Premal Balan

The dawn of a new direction

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is increasingly focusing on social sector issues such as women's empowerment, the education of girls, health care and skill-building

Skill development centre to come up at Charanka solar park

Asia's largest solar park spread across 5,384 acres generates 590 Mw solar power

MoEF panel not satisfied with EIA of Mithivirdi nuclear plant

Asks NPCIL to submit revised report with specific data on radioactivity, land acquisition

Aptel rejects Tata Power's appeal against April 2013 compensatory tariff order

Refuses to condone delay in filing of appeal after over a year

Novartis files lawsuit against Zydus

Zydus is accused of infringing patents related to a drug used to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

Cotton acreage hits new record

Heavy output set to follow but industry insists there will be no glut and export will hold up

Dholera SIR gets green nod from MoEF

Project, spread across 920 sq km, awaits CRZ clearance from Gujarat govt

Gujarat still close to PM Narendra Modi's heart

Recently National Board for Wildlife gave green nod to nine govt and private projects in Gujarat

Aptel rejects GUVNL's bid to cut solar power tariff in Gujarat

The appellate body also upheld order of GERC of Aug 2013 that had struck down GUVNL's demand for re-determination of solar power purchase tariff

Good returns prompt Gujarat farmers to shift to sesame

As of August 11, sowing stood at 127,100 hectares in Gujarat, 107% of the total sowing area in the state (119,100 hectares)

Gujarat SMEs got just 2% of Rs 54,000 crore subsidy in 21 years: Study

The study is part of a recently-released book 'Growth or Development -- Which way is Gujarat Going?'

Exports from APSEZ units up 19% in 2013-14

Exports from SEZ units begun in 2006-07 with Rs 7.65 cr and has now reached Rs 1,992 cr for 2013-14

This season, Gujarat farmers bet on cotton

Sowing for cotton done in 2.82 million hectares which is 104% average sowing area

National Green Tribunal pulls up GMB, GPCB for pollution at Navlakhi port

Directs GPCB to recover cost from GMB for improper handling of coal at port

Premal Balan: Anandiben Patel's Gujarat model

Her push for women empowerment is noteworthy, but observers believe she will need time to come out of Modi's shadow

CEPT University to launch India's first 'Smart City' course

CEPT is India's premier architecture, planning and design institute

GSPC LNG in talks with Dahej SEZ units for supply of gas

These include facilities of ONGC Ltd, Torrent Energy Ltd with combined gas demand of 3.8 MMTPA

Vibrant Gujarat man is India Inc's PMO pointsman

Jagdish Thakkar helps Modi reach out

Amit Shah: An organisation man at helm

Though he appears to be a down-to-earth kind of person who is very soft-spoken, Shah is an orator par excellence who can charge up a crowd