Gujarat

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Property Tax Revenue Could Help Cities Adapt To A Hotter World

As the financial year ends, several urban local bodies (ULBs) are introducing amnesty schemes to encourage property tax payments. With…

8 months ago
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A Cruise On The Narmada River: Is It Legal, Just Or Justified?

The Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department’s cruise project on the Narmada river faces strong opposition due to potential ecological disruption and…

1 year ago
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How Uncertain Weather Makes That Pinch Of Salt Dearer

Gujarat produces 80% of India’s salt. Most of it is produced in coastal areas which are impacted by unpredictable rainfall…

2 years ago
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When Two Livelihoods Collide

The brackish water ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch is made up of a mix of seawater, river run-off…

2 years ago
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Native Pastoralists From Gujarat Demand Their Land Rights

The central government approves a cheetah breeding and conservation centre in Gujarat’s sprawling Banni grasslands. Banni has historically remained a…

2 years ago
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From Abundance To Endangerment To Revival

“It is just like a human being,” said Mahipatsinh Sodha, a farmer from Gujarat’s Kachchh district, about guggal, a native…

2 years ago
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Ramesh Reminds Shah Of Gujarat’s ‘Reality’

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, claiming that he was boasting…

2 years ago
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Life Lessons On A Journey Through Mangroves

The memory came alive as I sat down to transcribe the recordings from the field. All I could hear was…

2 years ago
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Gujarat Farmers Accuse Pesticide Company Of Damaging Their Crops

Salim Patel is a 43-year old cotton farmer based in Tralsa, a village in Vagra taluka of Gujarat’s Bharuch district.…

3 years ago
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Bilkis Bano Case: Convicts’ Release Approved By Union Govt

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case were released since…

3 years ago
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Rape Convicts’ Release Has Shaken My Faith In Justice: Bilkis Bano

Bilkis Bano, a survivor of the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, on Wednesday said the premature release of all the…

3 years ago
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Bilkis Case: Cong Asks If PM Approved Of Guj Govt Decision

The Congress on Wednesday stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the release of the convicts in…

3 years ago
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11 Life-Term Convicts Released, Bano’s Family Left Surprised

The husband of Bilkis Bano on Tuesday said they were surprised after coming to know from the media about the…

3 years ago
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SIO Condemns Teesta’s Arrest By Guj Police

The Students' Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) on Sunday said the arrest of activist Teesta Setalvad and a former IPS…

3 years ago
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A Lotus, Not A Chinese Dragon: Gujarat Changes Name Of Fruit

The government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has decided to change the name of dragon fruit…

5 years ago
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India’s First ‘Mysterious’ Monolith Spotted In Gujarat

A "monolith", the likes of which have appeared and vanished in different parts of the world since November, has now…

5 years ago
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5 COVID-19 Patients Killed In Gujarat Hospital Fire

Five patients were killed in Gujarat on Friday in a fire that broke out in a COVID-19 ward, the fourth…

5 years ago
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Migrant Workers In Gujarat Clash With Authorities

Hundreds of migrant workers in Gujarat have clashed for a second day with authorities, hurling stones at police personnel trying…

6 years ago
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Police Clash With Migrant Workers In Gujarat

Police fired tear gas on Monday to scatter migrant workers during clashes in Gujarat, officials said, as authorities relaxed one…

6 years ago
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Stranded Migrants Set Vehicles On Fire In Gujarat

Hundreds of migrant workers, stuck in Surat amid the lockdown went on a rampage on Friday night, setting many vehicles…

6 years ago
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Seven Killed, 150 Injured In Riots In Delhi

At least seven people were killed and around 150 were injured in clashes between opposing groups in Delhi, a police…

6 years ago
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Crowds Gather To Greet Trump Hours Before He Lands In India

Crowds were lining up outside a giant stadium in western India on Monday ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first…

6 years ago
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Donald Trump To Woo Executives During India Visit

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet executives of large Indian companies with interests in the United States as he looks…

6 years ago
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  • Politics & Society

Why Strong Monsoon Rains Are Not Necessarily Good News For Indian Farmers

India, one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers, experienced its heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years this year. While rain…

6 years ago
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Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken: Sanjiv Bhatt And His Many ‘Convictions’

In June 2019, a Sessions Court sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a custodial death case…

6 years ago

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