Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Casino Zone To Be Set Up Near Dholavira Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Dry Gujarat is all set to get its biggest watering hole in a desert. This could be a jackpot for a state struggling to boost its tourism. The Gujarat government is betting big on Casino Zone, replete …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Impressed with the tourist influx after the Big B shoot in Gir, the state tourism department has proposed to the forest department to keep a part of the forest open throughout the year and increase the number of permits issued to visitors. The forest closes …
Gandhinagar: Gujarat is set to get two more power plants. Ancient town of Vadnagar in Mehsana, which happens to be the native place of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and industrial hub of Savli in Vadodara will have one power plant each with a capacity of 1,000MW. The gas-fired plants will …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: The green cover in Gujarat may double. The dream, however, is linked to the Rs 44,000-crore National Green Mission, which is in the last phase of finalisation. The social forestry department officials said the green mission, unveiled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: The green cover in Gujarat may double. The dream, however, is linked to the Rs 44,000-crore National Green Mission, which is in the last phase of finalisation. The social forestry department officials said the green mission, unveiled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at …
Ahmedabad: The social forestry department has decided to rope in schoolchildren for taking care of the saplings planted in school premises during Kanya Kelavani drive. Officials from social forestry department said the survival rate is just 35 per cent which was normal. The move, however, has been taken to improve …
Ahmedabad: Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) will now extensively cover eastern parts of the city with its three kilometre long stretch between Narol and Jashodanagar becoming operational on Wednesday. There would be at least five bus stops on this route and four new BRTS buses would be added to the …
Monsoon To Remain Elusive For A Week Ahmedabad: City mayor Kanaji Thakore is expected to perform the prajanya-yagna in Madhavpura on Sunday, during which he will sit in a vessel full of water, and pray for rain. Thakore will be joined by scores of citizens who are enduring fasts and …
Vapi: The people of historic Bagwada village, a sub-centre of Peshwa regime, in Valsad district feel harassed by the ongoing mining activity at the foot of a hill there because of the nuisance that it causes and the danger it poses to ancient monuments. The Arjun Gadh (fort) and the …
Ahmedabad: It may not be long before we lose the great Indian bustard forever.The very existence of the bird, which was once touted as a strong contender to replace the peacock as the national bird in the 1960s, is in crisis. As its only habitat in Naliya in Kutch grasslands …
Solar power lights up four checkposts in Kutch, more projects in pipeline Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: Gujarat police have taken a new step towards clean energy by utilising natural energy sources for its new projects. Starting their experiment with solar power plants and windmill in Karai Police Academy three …
Ahmedabad: In a bid to make the newly-constructed BRTS route from Narol to Naroda Patia green, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has budgeted Rs 24 lakh. Saplings will be planted on BRTS median and traffic island on the route. Recently, AMC floated tenders for 60,511 sq metre of area on BRTS route …
Esther David The first elephant which came to the Ahmedabad zoo in the 60s was Sumitra. Actually, she was a performing circus elephant, but had hurt her foot on a piece of iron scrap, while walking on the banks of river Sabarmati. She was sent to the zoo hospital, but, …
Officials Say Crude Oil Dumping At The Site Illegal Tushar Tere | TNN Vadodara: While a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the fire that erupted in the backyard of Gujarat Refinery three days ago, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) too is making a separate inquiry into the incident. …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: While scientists across the globe are still debating whether usage of cell phones results in heart diseases, a new study carried out by scientists at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) has revealed that mobile phones also affect eyes. The scientists, who have studied …
Bhavnagar: Following the finding of a high amount of hazardous industrial waste that was being dumped in a creek near Sisodiya Yard in Alang, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) held an emergency meeting with Alang Ship Breakers
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Business of illegal disposal of bio-medical waste has started again. Over 150 kg bio-medical waste containing needles, syringes, blood bags, vials and other material was seized from a godown in Ghatlodia on Tuesday. The material was neatly packed in plastic bags. This proves that a …
