Ahmedabad: A total of 92 lions have died in the last two years in Saurashtra region.

Ahmedabad: The people of Saurashtra take care of lions as they would of their own family members. If they spot a lion in the vicinity of their village, they take pride in the fact and protect it.

Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)- Ahmedabad, an arm of union ministry of petroleum & natural gas (MoPNG) will sensitize industries about the energy efficiency and climate chan

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Thursday asked the state government to find out which private hospitals deny treatment to swine flu patients. Justice Anant Dave even inquired what action can be taken against such hospitals for such gestures.

Earlier this week, TOI had reported that various private hospitals refuse to admit patients down with H1N1 virus. The high court did not seem content with the measures taken to contain spread of H1N1 virus and the treatment provided to the affected. The state government and the corporations like AMC have been asked to come up with further details on what "concrete actions" they are planning to take to contain the situation.

The PIL contends that if the road was to be built many date palm trees will have to be chopped off and local farmers would face heavy loss

Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre over a public interest litigation (PIL) objecting to laying down of a road in Mundra block in southern Kutch. Petitioner Sulaiman Turk has questioned the construction of 9.6 km long road from the Adani group owned Mundra Port to the National Highway No 8A.

New Delhi: Union agriculture ministry has declared 17 districts of Gujarat consisting 132 talukas as drought-affected.

In a reply to Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, union minister of water resources Harish Ravat stated that the districts include Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Vadodara. The minister also stated that, water being a state subject, planning, and execution and funding of water resources projects was within the purview of respective state governments.

In keeping with new-found proximity to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, UK minister of state for foreign office Hugo Swire in the second high-profile visit to the state after British high commissioner James Bevan’s visit, spent an hour with the CM in a bid to take the “engagement” to the next level.

Briefing the media following his interaction, the UK foreign minister said the talks focused on “engaging more with Gujarat”. The high point of the visit, however, was the announcement made by BG chief executive Chris Finlayson of completion of the agreement for the long-term sale of LNG to India.

Central Fund Scaled Down By 100cr

Ahmedabad: The lion’s share of conversation funds in the country are meant only for the tiger. For the Asiatic lion, found only in Gujarat, the central government seems to have only peanuts. The Planning Commission has asked the Gujarat government to slash its project to preserve the lions outside the Gir sanctuary by Rs 100 crore.

Swine flu cases have reached epidemic proportions in Gujarat with 121 deaths, most of them females between 15 and 45 years of age, during the past two-and-a-half months.

Besides, at least 652 people have been detected positive for H1N1 virus. In comparison, only 30 deaths were reported last year out of 101 cases that were reported.

At a time when neighbouring Maharashtra is facing the worst drought in 40 years, Gujarat is gearing up to conserve water on a war-footing: About five lakh people will gather in Rajkot district on M