Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-gas-prices-among-the-costliest-in-country_1789834
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Ahmedabad gas prices among the costliest in country
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-gas-prices-among-the-costliest-in-country_1789834
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Blow to Narendra Modi: Supreme Court agrees with Gujarat Lokayukta's appointment
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi lost a major battle today. The Supreme Court has ruled that that the appointment of retired judge RA Mehta as the state's Lokayukta or ombudsman is valid.
The Modi government said it would soon implement the Supreme Court's order. "We will soon implement the Supreme Court judgement on Lokayukta," state Law Minister Bhupindersinh Chudasama said in Gandhinagar.
Justice Mehta was picked as Lokayukta in August 2011 by Gujarat's Governor Kamla Beniwal - the post had been vacant for mMr Modi challenged the appointment on the grounds that the Governor had not consulted his Cabinet.
The Supreme Court disagreed. The judges said that the Governor must seek the advice of the Cabinet to select the Lokayukta, and this was done.
"I don't think Modi government's attitude will be a challenge for Lokayukta," Justice Mehta said today.
In January 2012, the Gujarat High Court had endorsed the appointment of the Lokayukta with this grim feedback on Mr Modi's decision to challenge it: "The Chief Minister acted under a false impression that he could turn down the superiority and primacy of the opinion of the Chief Justice which was binding. The spiteful and challenging action demonstrates a false sense of invincibility."
What could cheer up Mr Modi is that today's Supreme Court order asks for those remarks to be expunged. ore than seven years.
Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/blow-to-narendra-modi-supreme-court-agrees-with-gujarat-lokayukta-s-appointment-312225
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Ahmedabad sets a record with 70.1% voting
On Monday, Amdavadis woke up to a windy morning. When people stepped out to vote, it was cold breeze which greeted them. However, the wind or
chill factor did not stop the citizens from exercising their franchise. They queued up outside their respective booths, keeping at bay their
social status, their caste or their creed. At the end of the scheduled time, the average polling recorded across 16 constituencies was a
whopping 70.1%.
“I salute the voters of the city. They are the man of the match,” district election officer Vijay Nehra said at a press conference. Between 9 am and 3 pm, 50% of the people exercised their democratic right. In the booths that the DNA team visited, it witnessed brisk and smooth voting.
Jamalpur-Khadia
BJP MLA Bhushan Bhatt, Independent Sabir Kabliwala and Congress's young candidate Samirkhan Sipai were locked in a triangular contest here. The Sipai and Kabliwala factions tried to woo minority voters throughout the day, but queues were shorter in these areas. This could be reason for the turnout being lowest here among the city’s seats.
Vejalpur
In Juhapura, long queues could be seen in almost all booths. l Polling was smooth and brisk in most areas during the first three hours, and gained momentum later in the day.
Ellisbridge
Voting was brisk in this area where GPP candidate Jagruti Pandya is in fray.
ln all five booths, 30% votes were already polled by 11 am. l At a booth in Memnagar, people from different walks of life could be seen standing in a queue and awaiting their turn.
Sabarmati
Long queues were witnessed in many booths set up in schools, displaying enthusiasm among voters. l By 11 am, polling at many booths in Ranip had crossed about 50%.
Ghatlodia
Queues were seen until 11.30 at almost every polling booth. By noon, however, the crowd diminished. l With just 90 minutes left for polling to end, BJP supporters started visiting houses to bring residents to vote. They succeeded in some places.
Vatva
Queues could be seen right since 8:30 am outside polling booths. l In the four booths at Urdu School No. 1 in Vatva village, over 20% voting was completed by 11:00 am.
Bapunagar & Thakkarbapa Nagar
Long queues were seen in both constituencies immediately after polling began. l Heavy turnout was seen initially, but by 3 pm, most booths wore a deserted look.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-sets-a-record-with-70-1pct-voting_1778798
“I salute the voters of the city. They are the man of the match,” district election officer Vijay Nehra said at a press conference. Between 9 am and 3 pm, 50% of the people exercised their democratic right. In the booths that the DNA team visited, it witnessed brisk and smooth voting.
Jamalpur-Khadia
BJP MLA Bhushan Bhatt, Independent Sabir Kabliwala and Congress's young candidate Samirkhan Sipai were locked in a triangular contest here. The Sipai and Kabliwala factions tried to woo minority voters throughout the day, but queues were shorter in these areas. This could be reason for the turnout being lowest here among the city’s seats.
Vejalpur
In Juhapura, long queues could be seen in almost all booths. l Polling was smooth and brisk in most areas during the first three hours, and gained momentum later in the day.
Ellisbridge
Voting was brisk in this area where GPP candidate Jagruti Pandya is in fray.
ln all five booths, 30% votes were already polled by 11 am. l At a booth in Memnagar, people from different walks of life could be seen standing in a queue and awaiting their turn.
Sabarmati
Long queues were witnessed in many booths set up in schools, displaying enthusiasm among voters. l By 11 am, polling at many booths in Ranip had crossed about 50%.
Ghatlodia
Queues were seen until 11.30 at almost every polling booth. By noon, however, the crowd diminished. l With just 90 minutes left for polling to end, BJP supporters started visiting houses to bring residents to vote. They succeeded in some places.
Vatva
Queues could be seen right since 8:30 am outside polling booths. l In the four booths at Urdu School No. 1 in Vatva village, over 20% voting was completed by 11:00 am.
Bapunagar & Thakkarbapa Nagar
Long queues were seen in both constituencies immediately after polling began. l Heavy turnout was seen initially, but by 3 pm, most booths wore a deserted look.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-sets-a-record-with-70-1pct-voting_1778798
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
India vs Pakistan T20 match in Ahmedabad on 28th December 2012
New Delhi: The
Ministry of Home Affairs has cleared an India-Pakistan ODI and T20
cricket series, to be played during the Christmas week and over the New
Year, when touring England return home for a break.
The series is likely to be played between December 25 and January 7 - three one day internationals and two T20 matches will be played at Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Kolkata.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India or BCCI had announced in July that, "It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012 - January 2013." The modalities would be worked out shortly, the BCCI had said in its statement then. Those modalities, primarily the security concerns and clearances required in cricket with Pakistan, were worked out today, senior BCCI official Rajiv Shukla said.
England, who are already in India, will finish playing four Test matches and will fly back for Christmas. They will then be back in the New Year to play ODIs and one T20 match. In that time, the Pakistan team will fly in and play India. For Team India, it will mean back to back games without a breather, but there is huge interest likely since India and Pakistan will resume cricket ties after five years.
The tour has been organised at the behest of the Pakistan Cricket Board, which has been seeking resumption of cricketing ties for some time now. The two countries last played a Test and ODI series in 2007. Then came the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 plunging bilateral ties between the two countries to an all-time low. Cricket suffered. India were scheduled to tour Pakistan in January 2009, but most players said they were reluctant to go.
Sri Lanka stepped in and agreed to tour Pakistan instead, but a terror attack on the visiting team in Lahore on March 3, 2009, saw an end to international cricket in Pakistan. Since then, no international team has toured Pakistan. Even World Cup 2011 matches scheduled to be played in Pakistan were shifted to other venues in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
On the sidelines of efforts to revive bilateral ties between the two nations, the Pakistan Cricket Board has been pushing hard to resume cricketing ties with India and also bring back international cricket to Pakistan. Earlier this year, the foreign secretaries of both the countries had talked about resuming sporting contact and PCB chief Zaka Ashraf made three offers - that India could tour Pakistan, or play them at a neutral venue, or then it could allow PCB to host their home series in India. The PCB chief has held several meetings with BCCI president N Srinivasan.
For the last five years, India and Pakistan have only played each other in multi-team series and in the famous semi-final of the 2010 World Cup when India defeated Pakistan at Mohali.
When the tour was announced in July, it was welcomed by cricketers, including Indian skipper MS Dhoni who had said, "It will be good for us if Pakistan team comes here to play." But former India captain Sunil Gavaskar had warned that India would at that time be in the middle of playing England, one the world's top teams, and would need the rest that the Christmas holidays would afford before going back headlong to the one-dayers.
He had also said, "As a Mumbaikar I feel what's the need of playing cricket with Pakistan? What's the urgency of playing cricket when there has been no co-operation from the other side? If you get away by doing a wrong thing once then you tend to do it again."
Kirti Azad, former India cricketer and now a BJP MP, also slammed the decision to resume ties with the neighbours. "What has changed that the government now wants to play cricket, and the BCCI and the government say that they want to improve ties? How have the ties improved since 1977-78 when India and Pakistan started playing cricket?"
The Maharashtra Congress too had asked the BCCI to reconsider the decision to restart cricket ties with Pakistan. The Congress in New Delhi, however, said that it had always maintained that cricket and politics should be kept apart.
Source: http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/198623-india-pakistan-series-in-december-gets-clearance
The series is likely to be played between December 25 and January 7 - three one day internationals and two T20 matches will be played at Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Kolkata.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India or BCCI had announced in July that, "It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012 - January 2013." The modalities would be worked out shortly, the BCCI had said in its statement then. Those modalities, primarily the security concerns and clearances required in cricket with Pakistan, were worked out today, senior BCCI official Rajiv Shukla said.
England, who are already in India, will finish playing four Test matches and will fly back for Christmas. They will then be back in the New Year to play ODIs and one T20 match. In that time, the Pakistan team will fly in and play India. For Team India, it will mean back to back games without a breather, but there is huge interest likely since India and Pakistan will resume cricket ties after five years.
The tour has been organised at the behest of the Pakistan Cricket Board, which has been seeking resumption of cricketing ties for some time now. The two countries last played a Test and ODI series in 2007. Then came the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 plunging bilateral ties between the two countries to an all-time low. Cricket suffered. India were scheduled to tour Pakistan in January 2009, but most players said they were reluctant to go.
Sri Lanka stepped in and agreed to tour Pakistan instead, but a terror attack on the visiting team in Lahore on March 3, 2009, saw an end to international cricket in Pakistan. Since then, no international team has toured Pakistan. Even World Cup 2011 matches scheduled to be played in Pakistan were shifted to other venues in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
On the sidelines of efforts to revive bilateral ties between the two nations, the Pakistan Cricket Board has been pushing hard to resume cricketing ties with India and also bring back international cricket to Pakistan. Earlier this year, the foreign secretaries of both the countries had talked about resuming sporting contact and PCB chief Zaka Ashraf made three offers - that India could tour Pakistan, or play them at a neutral venue, or then it could allow PCB to host their home series in India. The PCB chief has held several meetings with BCCI president N Srinivasan.
For the last five years, India and Pakistan have only played each other in multi-team series and in the famous semi-final of the 2010 World Cup when India defeated Pakistan at Mohali.
When the tour was announced in July, it was welcomed by cricketers, including Indian skipper MS Dhoni who had said, "It will be good for us if Pakistan team comes here to play." But former India captain Sunil Gavaskar had warned that India would at that time be in the middle of playing England, one the world's top teams, and would need the rest that the Christmas holidays would afford before going back headlong to the one-dayers.
He had also said, "As a Mumbaikar I feel what's the need of playing cricket with Pakistan? What's the urgency of playing cricket when there has been no co-operation from the other side? If you get away by doing a wrong thing once then you tend to do it again."
Kirti Azad, former India cricketer and now a BJP MP, also slammed the decision to resume ties with the neighbours. "What has changed that the government now wants to play cricket, and the BCCI and the government say that they want to improve ties? How have the ties improved since 1977-78 when India and Pakistan started playing cricket?"
The Maharashtra Congress too had asked the BCCI to reconsider the decision to restart cricket ties with Pakistan. The Congress in New Delhi, however, said that it had always maintained that cricket and politics should be kept apart.
Source: http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/198623-india-pakistan-series-in-december-gets-clearance
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