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. …
Vadodara: A major fire erupted in the Gujarat Refinery backyard in Karachiya village on Tuesday morning causing panic in surrounding areas. No casualties were reported but heavy smoke engulfed the area following which nearby hutments were evacuated. Fire brigade officials said the yard was full of furnace oil, bitumen and …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: For now, the idea of a 24x7 water supply system in the city has been shelved. Four years ago, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had conducted a detailed survey to gauge whether a private contractor supplying water and charging a fee by metering a consumer
Count Is Expected To Register A Drop Of 35 Per Cent Over Last Census Figure Of 1,431 Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The vulture count in the state may for the first time plummet to three digits, registering a drop of over 35 per cent over the last count in …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: What will be the fate of Ashok and Rupa? The stay of the elephants at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden in Kankaria has come under a cloud of uncertainty following a dictum by Central Zoo Authority (CZA) that a zoo environment is not the best place …
Sawarkundla (Amreli): A pride of lions was captured in the lens of wildlife photographer Dilip Jiruka as they swaggered along a road passing through Bhuva village in Amreli on Saturday afternoon. The stretch falls in the Gir sanctuary area. It was a sight to behold
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: How about watching an anaconda live that too from a three to four metre distance? Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden at Kankaria will soon get a pair of anacondas
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is facing with a tough task finding bidders for parking contracts at three sites below flyovers on Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes, including AEC, Memnagar and Shivranjani. Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), the special purpose vehicle to run and operate BRTS …
Warden Threatens To Sabotage Heritage City Status Bid Ahmedabad: The spat between animal rights activist and Canadian national Lisa Warden and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) turned ugly on Wednesday. Warden threatened to lobby against Ahmedabad getting the world heritage city status by Unesco, while AMC officials said they would …
Ahmedabad: Those wanting to buy land along the Sabarmati riverfront will have to wait for another couple of months. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is in no mood to sell the plots on the western side of the river. AMC is in the process of preparing urban and land use …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to seek directions from the central government on whether to continue with the implementation of the agreement between Dow Chemical Company and the state-owned Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL). Minister of state for petrochemicals Saurabh Patel told TOI,
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is starting to show its reservations on whether to continue implementing the agreement between Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL), a state PSU, and Dow Chemicals Company, reached in April 2008 to set up a Rs 600-crore plant to produce chloromethane. If senior …
Ahmedabad: Unlike the past monsoons, Sabarmati riverfront this year looks more secure in the event of heavy rains this season. For the past two years, the reclaimed sandy bank used to get washed out in a heavy downpour resulting in damages running into crores of rupees. But in the last …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Bhavnagar: In a major ecofriendly step towards renewable energy generation in India, seaweed sourced ethanol (ethyl alcohol), a biofuel additive in transport fuel, has been used to run a car for the first time. Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) in Bhavnagar scientists recently …
Tushar Tere | TNN Vadodara: This small village located in Mehsana district, which has a population of just 1,300, had been facing water shortage like any other village in north Gujarat some 10 years ago, till the residents of Dethali village overcame their water crisis. Men and women are now …
11 Chemical Units Had Been Sealed For Dumping Effluents Into Lake Ahmedabad: The dreams of people in east Ahmedabad to have a lake similar to that in Vastrapur and Kankaria have now been immersed in polluted waters. A couple of days ago, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities tried to fill …
Ahmedabad: In many ways, for people living in Bapunagar, the new lake at Malek Shaban stadium is a playground lost. Earlier, at least on Sundays, about 2,000 odd youths from the nearby areas, including from Maninagar, used to play cricket here right from six in the morning. The residents of …
Ahmedabad: Launching supplementary nutritional food programme targeted at about 40 lakh beneficiaries, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi called upon the non-government organisations and society leaders to donate toys for children at anganwadis. Chief minister on Tuesday said that psychological development of the children at anganwadi would get a boost through …
