240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Govt begins to draw up plan or Porbander as Mission City
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has begun to draw up a city development plan (CDP) for Porbander following a Government of India (Gol) nod to include the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi as a Mission City under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JN-NURM).
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Shit in water: Is the - ISI mark all bull?
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: If racketeers bottling water containing harmful microbial organisms in appalling conditions and peddling it as an ISI marked product were posing a grave risk to public life, licensed '1ST manufacturers fare no better.
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Hep-B toll surpasses plague deaths
Ahmedabad: Hepatitis-B outbreak that crept silently upon unsuspecting victims has claimed more lives than the suspected Surat plague which drew global attention and saw not less than five lakh people fleeing the city in panic!
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Who will take water scamsters to task?
Ahmedabad: Who is responsible and accountable to the unsuspecting consumers being fooled by racketeers who are peddling illegally ISI marked 'packaged drinking water?
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Hepatitis toll rises to 58
Ahmedabad: The deadly hepatitis-B virus claimed its 58th victim in Meghraj taluka in Sabarkantha on Monday A harried health department has now concentrated its surveillance in Idar taluka as fresh cases have been traced to this area. With this 53 fresh cases have been reported in the last few days, most of them in Sabarkantha.
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Seized ivory from India or Africa?
Forest Dept To Have DNA Test Done On Contraband At Wildlife Institute of India Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: State forest department is leaving no stone unturned to track source of two pieces of elephant tusks weighing 2.2 kg worth Rs 2.20 lakh seized at Sardar Patel International Airport on Sunday.
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Shift in water: AMC, BIS Start clean-up act
Action After TOI Expose On Bottled Water Scam Team TOI Ahmedabad: Several agencies swung into action on Monday after the TOI expose on the bottled water racket and how it posed a health risk on the users.
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Politics over paani? 9,700 cusecs Narmada water released into canal
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In a decision with far-reaching political implications, the Gujarat government has suddenly doubled the release of water from the Narmada dam into the 458-kilometres-long main canal, starting at Kevadia Colony and ending at Rajasthan.
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That's What Raids By BIS Have Revealed
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: So you don't feel a threat from the needles which are causing a hepatitis epidemic? Listen, that 'trusted' ISI mark on your 20-litre jar of so-called "ozonised mineral drinking water" could be fake!
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Two Syrian nationals caught with 2kg ivory
Ahmedabad: Two Syrian nationals