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Vedanta sees no funding problems for $19.5-bn chip JV with Foxconn

Vedanta chairman says chips from Gujarat would help to foster clusters of companies that could make products like iPhones, television sets, laptops and other electronic goods in India

6 killed as lift collapses at under-construction building in Gujarat

The lift crashed from the seventh floor. The under-construction highrise building, named Aspire-II was located near the Gujarat University campus

6 Pakistani nationals held with drugs worth Rs 200 crore off Gujarat coast

The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official said. Six Pakistani crew members of the boat were also apprehended, he said. The fishing boat carrying drugs was intercepted mid-sea by a joint team of the Coast Guard and ATS near Jakhau harbour in Kutch district, the official said. The heroin was meant to be transported to Punjab by road after being offloaded on the Gujarat coast. Based on a specific tip- off, we intercepted the boat which left from Pakistan, and caught six Pakistani nationals with 40 kg of heroin, he said. The ATS and Coast Guard officials along with the seized boat are expected to reach the Jakhau coast later in the day, he said. The state ATS and the Coast Guard had foiled similar attempts of drug smuggling in the past also and caught foreign nationals with huge quantities of narcotics

Vedanta-Foxconn sees Guj semiconductor plant reaching break-even in 5 yrs

Signs MoU with state govt; Vedanta to invest $10 billion of the $20 billion earmarked for the project in the first phase

Maha Oppn slams Shinde govt after Gujarat bags Vedanta-Foxconn project

As Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn jointly inked a pact to set up a semiconductor and display manufacturing unit in Gujarat, the opposition in Maharashtra on Tuesday slammed the Eknath Shinde-led government for "losing" out on the Rs 1,54,000-crore project. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the main opposition outfit, accused the neighbouring state, ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of snatching morsel from Maharashtra's mouth. State NCP president and former minister Jayant Patil said with the project slipping away from the hands of Maharashtra, the state has lost an investment potential of Rs one lakh crore. Taking an aim at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, whose government is being supported by the BJP, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), when it was in power, had "very strongly" pursued this project. It was almost decided that the plant will come up in Maharashtra, said Thackeray, who ..

AAP's Kejriwal guarantees corruption-free govt if voted to power in Gujarat

Kejriwal alleged that in the BJP ruled-states, citizens have to pay bribes for getting their work done in government departments

BJP set for another easy victory in Gujarat assembly poll, says Amit Shah

Earlier in the day, Vedanta group had signed an MOU with the state government to invest Rs 1,54 lakh crore in Foxconn Semiconductor plant in Gujarat

Vedanta, Foxconn to invest $19.5 billion for chip project in Gujarat

Reuters was first to report on Monday that the joint venture obtained subsidies including on capital expenditure and electricity from Gujarat

Vedanta picks Gujarat for $20-bn semiconductor foray with Foxconn: Report

Vedanta obtained financial and non-financial subsidies including on capital expenditure and cheap electricity from Gujarat to build the semiconductor plants, says a source

Worker killed, 20 injured, 3 missing after fire in Surat chemical factory

A worker was killed, 20 others were injured and three went missing after a major fire broke out in a chemical factory in Gujarat's Surat city, officials said on Sunday. The blaze erupted around 10.30 pm on Saturday in the Anupam Rasayan India Limited factory located in Sachin Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) area with a massive blast in a container storing hazardous chemicals, Surat in-charge Chief Fire Officer Basant Pareek said. The fire soon spread across the factory in which one worker was charred to death, he said. The body was recovered late night, Sachin GIDC police inspector DV Baldaniya said, adding that 20 workers were injured in the fire and they were undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the city. Three other workers were missing, he said. "We are searching the factory premises for the missing workers," the police official said. Fifteen fire tenders were rushed to the spot and it took nearly two hours to bring the blaze under control, Pareek

Gujarat: Congress calls 'symbolic bandh' to protest inflation, unemployment

Congress workers staged demonstrations in Bharuch and different parts of Gujarat as a part of the 'symbolic bandh' called by the party to protest against inflation and unemployment

Amit Shah to attend AGM of major Gujarat cooperatives tomorrow

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is slated to participate in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of major cooperative institutions of Gujarat on Sunday.In his day-long visit to his hometown, the Minister will participate in the co-operative symposium-- an AGM of major cooperative institutions of Gujarat organised in Amreli city in Gujarat around 11.30 am.Sources said that the pride of dairy co-operatives and owner of the brand Amul, GCMMF, the apex body of 18 milk unions spread across the state of Gujarat, may also participate in the AGM as the Union Cooperation Minister months ago this year lauded its commitment for strengthening the co-operative movement and empowering women.Speaking at the AGM, an official said detailed turnover, profits and future plans of the major co-operative institutions in Gujarat are expected to be discussed.The meet is being organised two days after, the Home Minister chaired a two-day conference of State Cooperation Ministers organised by the ...

Gujarat ATS, DRI seize 39.5 kg heroin worth Rs 200 cr at Kolkata port

The ATS team had received a specific information about a scrap consignment imported in February is lying at the docks of the Kolkata sea port since landing, and it carries drugs

SC seeks entire record of proceedings of Bilkis Bano case from Gujarat govt

SC asked the Gujarat government to file the entire record of the proceedings in the Bilkis Bano case, including the remission order given to the 11 convicts

Cong gives bandh call in Gujarat to protest against inflation, unemployment

The Congress has appealed to the traders and other businesses to pull down their shutters from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m

Gujarat Governor sparks controversy by calling Hindus 'biggest bigots'

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat's statement has sparked a controversy after he called Hindus hypocrites.

Bilkis Bano case: Centre consented to release convicts early, says lawyer

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Rishi Malhotra on Tuesday said the Centre had given its consent as per rules for the premature release from jail of 11 men convicted in the 2002 case of riot survivor Bilkis Bano's gang-rape and murder of her family members. During a panel discussion on Mojo Story, a digital news platform, Malhotra, who represents these 11 convicts in the Supreme Court, where their release has been challenged, said the Centre had given its approval as per the Gujarat government's remission policy, under which they were set free after serving more than 15 years in jail. All of them were awarded life sentences by the trial court. "Yes, absolutely," replied Malhotra when the panel host asked him if the Centre had given its approval as mandated as per rules for remission of sentence. "Absolutely... (approval) taken under the section 435 of CrPC. Please record my statement. I am saying this with full responsibility that the Centre government concurrence as required under the

Gujarat polls: Rahul promises farm loan waiver, LPG cylinder at Rs 500

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised loan waiver of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers in Gujarat, LPG cylinder at Rs 500 instead of the current price of Rs 1,000, free electricity to farmers and up to 300 units of free power to general consumers if his party comes to power in the state. Addressing the 'Parivartan Sankalp Rally' in Ahmedabad, Gandhi made a promises for people of Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year, including creation of 10 lakh new jobs, building 3,000 English medium schools and free education to girls. "The BJP government here will waive loans of top industrialists, but have you ever heard that they have waived loans of farmers?" Gandhi asked. "I promise to waive loans of up to Rs 3 lakh of each farmer after we come to power in Gujarat, he said.

45, including kingpin, booked for running IELTS exam racket in Gujarat

The Mehsana police have booked 45 persons, including the kingpin and private consultant company examiners and students for running the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam racket

Ahmedabad will have world's biggest sports city, says Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah declared that the city of Ahmedabad would soon be developed into the biggest sports city in the world