Gujarat Growth

Ro-Ro ferry service would help vehicular traffic: Modi

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Development of Ro-Ro ferry service terminals at Ghogha in Bhavnagar and at Dahej in Bharuch, will help in drastically changing the passenger and vehicular traffic in the region, chief minister Narendra Modi said. Modi, who is in the city to lay the foundation stone for constructing the Ro-Ro terminal at Ghogha, 20 km from Bhavnagar, [...]

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China Steel Corp to set up Rs.6,000-cr Electrical Steel Plant at Dahej

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Taiwan-based China Steel Corporation (CSC) today signed an agreement with Gujarat Government in presence of Chief Minister Narendra Modi to set up an Electrical Steel Plant on a 145-acre plot at Dahej GIDC Estate at a cost of Rs.6,000-crore. The construction on phase-1 of the project is scheduled to begin in June 2012 and manufacturing [...]

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Dholera SIR to be developed on Shanghai model: Narendra Modi

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Impressed by Yangshan deep water port near Shanghai, chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) would be developed on the Shanghai model. The CM reached Shanghai on Thursday, a day after visiting Beijing, during which he met representatives of leading Chinese companies and also held talks with Chinese [...]

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Sadbhavana Mission Will End Votebank Politics: Narendra Modi

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today began his three-day fast for “peace and communal harmony”, saying the success of his endeavour would mean an end to vote-bank politics. He also said that the fast was not against anybody. “We want to take this spirit to each and every village … Each and every house. This [...]

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Narendra Modi launches incubation centre ‘icreate’ to nurture young talents with innovative ideas

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One may call it as Gujarat giving a new ‘creative’ meaning to the otherwise horrible numbers of ‘9/11′, when Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched the state government’s ambitious project called ‘icreate’ (International Centre for Enterpreneurship and Technology) by launching the project’s website during a large youth convention held today at the majestic building of Mahatma [...]

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After Nano, Now Ford is at Gujarat, Biggest facility of Ford outside America

28 July 2011

#Gujarat is proud to host the biggest facility of #Ford outside America worth $1bn which will provide a total of 36000 jobs

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Infosys chief to cooperate with Gujarat government for incubation centre

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The founder-chairman of Infosys, N.R. Narayana Murthy, on Tuesday gave a positive response to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s offer to associate himself with the proposed Incubation Centre for Youths and has also expressed his desire to set up a research centre of the Infosys in the State. Mr. Murthy, who was here to deliver [...]

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Maruti Suzuki offers to set up 10-lakh cars per annum plant in Gujarat, top brass praises Chief Minister Modi’s positive approach

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Passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Limited top brass here today expressed intent to set up its another plant in Gujarat on a 500-acre plot with a capacity to produce 10-lakh cars per annum with provisions to produce 20-lakh cars per annum in the second phase depending on the global demands. MSL chairman R.C. Bhargav and [...]

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“Narendra Modi will not bow down before adversaries and would rather fight against any injustice” – Narendra Modi

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Even as Gujarat’s yearlong golden jubilee celebrations come to an end at a grand gala function at Sardar Stadium here this evening, Governor Dr Shrimati Kamlaji and Chief Minister paid handsome tributes to the visionaries who laid foundation of this progressive state and contributed to the development of the nation. Chief Minister Narendra Modi described [...]

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A Case Study : Media and Narendra Modi

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GUJARAT Chief Minister Narendra Modi is facing relentless criticism from media not only in his own country India but in all prominent media world over for the last almost ten years for anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in February 2002. These riots erupted after burning of a railway coach of Sabarmati Express near Godhra Railway Station [...]

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Gujarat has become barometer of development: Narendra Modi

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The inauguration of the Vadaj-Dudheshwar River Bridge and Parimal Garden Underpass at Paldi on Wednesday evening saw chief minister Narendra Modi lashing out at the Congress. Modi even went on to describe Gujarat as a barometer of development in the country. Earlier former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, who had inaugurated the tow projects, [...]

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Anna Hazare praises Shri Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar

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Shri Anna Hazare today praised Gujarat Chief Minister for rural development work he has done in Gujarat. Speaking in a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Shri Hazare said other states should follow the Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Bihar and should go to the root. Hazare said this when he was asked by a journalist [...]

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Gujarat’s experience gives me confidence that India can become a super power

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Providing a key note tackle in Indian today conclave on ‘How Indian can develop in the next decade?’, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri  Narendra Modi talked from the requirement for a knowledge dependent culture. Stating a study that indicated which 90% from the work these days in India is skill dependent, he explained our [...]

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Vibrant Gujarat 2011: State may get 1/3rd of India’s GDP in two days

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Over the next two days, India will see its industry pledge investments in one state that may add up to $450 billion, or one-third of the country’s GDP . Top names from Corporate India will announce projects they plan to start in Gujarat at the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit beginning Wednesday. When the CEOs [...]

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Kankaria turns into a massive canvas

29 December 2010

Awareness for social issues like saving the girl child, water and environment and promoting communal harmony dominated the canvas painting competition held on Monday, the third day of the Kankaria Carnival in the city. Participants mainly comprising youngsters painted their thoughts and opinions on these social issues. Many paintings were also made on the theme [...]

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