90,000 houses allotted to slum dwellers in 2 yrs: Minister

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 08:37

Ninety thousand houses have been allotted to slum dwellers here in two years, Gujarat Urban Development Minister Anandiben Patel today.

59% of women in Mumbai feel work environment is safe

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 22:06

Amid questions being raised about the safety and security of women, 59 per cent of women here felt that work environment in the metropolis is safe for them, a recent survey report said.

Contractor KR Makwana remanded in five days` police custody

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 22:10

Building contractor KR Makwana, arrested in connection with the twin building collapse case in Ataladara locality of Madhavnagar here on August 28, was on Monday remanded in five days` police custody by a local court.

Timely action by Vadodara collector saves 25 families

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 21:40

It was after Vadodara Collector Vinod Rao received an SMS text message from a resident of Kandari village on Tuesday night at 9.30 pm that he instructed the deputy collector to rush to the spot.

Former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele passes away

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 09:54

Jaywant Lele, former BCCI secretary passed away on Thursday night after suffering a heart-attack at a hospital in Vadodara.

Ganesh idol immersion in Vadodara city passes of peacefully

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 22:51

More than 1,500 idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed in various ponds and lakes located in the city and surrounding area this evening so far.

Vadodara building collapse: Congress wants govt inquiry commission head to `recuse`

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 23:09

Raising pitch for judicial probe into collapse of two buildings Congress asked Manjula Subramaniam, former Gujarat chief secretary, to withdraw as the head of the inquiry commission.

Vadodara buildings collapse: Gujarat Congress wants judicial probe

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 23:51

The Gujarat Congress demanded a judicial probe into the collapse of two buildings in the city early on Wednesday which claimed 11 lives.

Nine dead in Vadodara twin building collapse; Narendra Modi orders probe

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 08:27

At least 11 people were killed when two three-storey buildings built 11 years back collapsed in Madhavnagar locality of Atladara area.

Woman gives birth in public toilet near Vadodara

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 19:18

A woman gave birth to a baby boy in a public toilet near Vadodara railway station here.

Forest officials reunite leopard cubs with their mother

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 20:51

A team of forest officials rescued a one-and-half-month-old leopard cub, which had fallen in a well of a farm in Una area in Junagadh district, and succeeded in reuniting it with its mother.

Rs 82 lakh belonging to postal dept peon frozen

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 16:19

A special anti-money laundering court in Delhi has frozen Rs 82 lakh belonging to a postal service peon here for allegedly defrauding the department and investors through postal saving schemes.