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RBI suspends Vadodara based Asia’s oldest cooperative bank’s license
Reserve Bank of India has suspended the license of Asia’s oldest Cooperative bank: Anyonya Co-operative Bank Limited (ACBL) Vadodara(Gujarat) for six months after examining all options for their revival. RBI has also ordered to stop all transactions. The Reserve Bank of India ordered the bank to stop most of its operations under Section 35A... »
Gujarat Pipavav Port IPO subscribed nearly 19 times
The Rs 500 crore public issue of Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL) has received overwhelming response from investors. The issue, which closed today, has been subscribed 18.67 times, as per the NSE website. Qualified institutional investors’ portion closed on Wednesday, which got subscribed 13.2 times. Till August 25, non-institutional and retail investors subscribed 1.2 times &... »
TTF 2010 concludes in Ahmedabad
Travel and Tourism Fair(TTF) has now become yearly feature in Ahmedabad. As Gujaratis are known for their huge spending in tourist activities, the state is lucrative place for anyone offering good tourism deal. Therefore this time, there were 350 stalls in TTF, and 27 states were officially participating. Ahmedabad’s new Gujarat University indoor AC hall has... »
Gujarat has 37,138,891 telephone users
There are 671.69 million telephone connections in the country as on June 30, 2010 against a target of 600 million total telephone connections to be provided by March 2012. The license area-wise details of telephone connections are as under: Sr. No. Name of the license area Total Number of telephone connections in the country 1.... »
Gujarat has second highest number of CNG stations in India
The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora has informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that as per the available information, 596 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations are presently operating in the country. The State/UT wise details are as follows: State Total No. of CNG Station NCT of Delhi 196 Maharashtra 159 Uttar Pradesh 20 Gujarat ... »
NIIT and Sports Authority of Gujarat ink MOU
Sports Authority of Gujarat and NIIT today signed an MoU to provide chess training to youths in a high-tech way. The MoU was singed in the presence of state sports minister Minister Fakirbhai Vaghela, state secretary to sports youth and cultural ministry Bhagyesh Jha said in a release here. Jha said world chess champion Vishwanathan... »
Pilot project of internet in train:Howrah-Delhi replaces Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express!
Though trial run for provision of Internet facility had been conducted in Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, the Indian Railway has decided to introduce pilot project for the same in Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express, obviously because the central railway minister Mamata Banerjee is from West Bengal, and she is known for doing much for her state with... »
India’s 71.4% vacancies filled through employment exchanges are in Gujarat
Gujarat has continued to be top in job placements notified through employment exchanges in India for the seventh consecutive year in 2009, Gujarat Government’s spokespersons ministers Jaynarayan Vyas and Saurabh Dalal said in Gandhinagar today. As per the latest annual report of the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, Gujarat provided jobs through the exchanges... »
India gets new Rupee symbol - Download it in various formats
The Union Cabinet today approved the symbol for the Indian Rupee. This symbol will be used by all individuals/entities within and outside India after its incorporation in `Unicode Standard’, ‘ISO/IEC 10646’ and ‘IS 13194’. A public competition was held amongst resident Indian citizens inviting entries for the symbol, which reflects and captures the Indian ethos... »
Vimal launches new anti-microbial Odour-free DEO2 fabric
Vimal, the flagship textile brand of Reliance Industries, today announced pan-India roll out of its new range of anti-microbial suiting fabrics which it said would help increase its market share. The fabric - DE02- can arrest growth of fungi and bacteria to keep garments odourless in hot and humid conditions, the company said. “This breakthrough innovation... »