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  Chief Minister-Guajrat...Narendra Modi
The common man and now the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, in his second term, is riding a massive mandate, delivering promises and fulfilling aspirations.
Gujarat was awarded the prestigious 'UN Sasakawa' award for outstanding work in the field of disaster management and risk reduction.
Gujarat was awarded Gold and Silver shields for outstanding performance in the energy sector by the Central Government.
www.narendramodi.org /cmguj.htm   (296 words)

  
  Gujarat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gujarat was a major center of Indian Ocean trade, and their capital at Anhilwara (Patan) was one of the largest cities in India, with population estimated at 100,000 in the year 1000.
Gujarat was placed under the political authority of Bombay Presidency, with the exception of Baroda state, which had a direct relationship with the Governor-General of India.
Gujarat was hit with a devastating earthquake on January 26, 2001 at 9:00am claiming a staggering 20,000 lives, injuring another 200,000 people and severely affecting the lives of 40 million Gujaratis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gujarat   (1848 words)

  
 Chief Minister of Gujarat
Chief Minister of Gujarat since October 2001, Mr Narendra Modi was born to a middle class family in the Mehsana district of Gujarat in 1950.
Last year, Gujarat registered a GDP growth rate of over 10%, which was the highest growth rate among all the states in India.
A wide cross section of the people of Gujarat, cutting across religions, income groups and even political affiliations, continue to adore Mr Narendra Modi as an able and visionary leader who is effectively, substantially, significantly, transparently and convincingly uplifting the quality of their lives.
www.gujaratindia.com /Government/govt2.htm   (1340 words)

  
 Dissent Magazine - Summer 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The official Gujarat high school textbook on social studies for Class IX makes the blatantly false claim that in most states Hindus are in a minority and that Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs are in the majority-even though Hindus are approximately 85 percent of the population and Muslims less than 10 percent.
BJP chief minister Narendra Modi during the events, stated, "What is happening is a chain of action and reaction." Shortly after that, he said, "It is natural that what happened in Godhra the day before yesterday, where forty women and children were burnt alive, has shocked the country and the world.
Indeed, given the centrality of rape in the events that took place, usually rape followed by murder, we can say that the intent to destroy the group is enacted in all the ways the Convention specifies-with the exception of the removal of children to another group, since children were murdered here along with their parents.
www.dissentmagazine.org /menutest/articles/su03/nussbaum.htm   (4872 words)

  
 CNN.com - Gujarat backlash halts Indian parliament - April 17, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
"Today Gujarat is burning, tomorrow the country will burn," shouted one MP from the opposition Congress party as he and several other lawmakers stormed to the center of the lower house, forcing the speaker to adjourn proceedings.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is a member of Vajpayee's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The violence in Gujarat was sparked by an attack on February 27 by a gang of Muslims on a train carrying Hindu activists returning from the northern Indian town of Ayodhya.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/15/india.parliament   (376 words)

  
 INDIA: Gujarat - An Area of Darkness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The brutalities are of such a nature that one feels that Gujarat has not entered an age of enlightenment, or, if it ever entered, it has exited from it and has entered an era of darkness.
The Gujarat carnage is an attack on Indian democracy, its diversity and pluralism.
The government of Gujarat, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, is, it appears, silently encouraging the VHP enthusiasts to implement their plan of a Hindu India, at least in Gujarat.
www.ahrchk.net /hrsolid/mainfile.php/2002vol12no03/2215   (1735 words)

  
 Gujarat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gujarat will be the next test, not just for the government but for the Opposition.
Gujarat has given to India two of its biggest leaders in the Indian Independence Movement, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The Gujarat Sultanate was founded in the 13th century and it continued to exist till the 1576, when Akbar, the mughal emperor conquered it and annexed it to the mughal empire.
www.wikiverse.org /gujarat   (825 words)

  
 Gujarat - Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre et gratuite
On peut retracer l'histoire du Gujarat depuis la civilisation de la vallée de l'Indus, par les ruines de Lothal, qui était autrefois un port.
L'État du Gujarat est situé entre les latitudes 20°6' N et 24°42' N et les longitudes 68°10' E et 74°28' E. Il est bordé au nord par le Pakistan, au nord-est par le Rajasthan, à l'est par le Madhya Pradesh, au sud-est par le Maharashtra et au sud-ouest par la mer d'Oman.
Le Gujarat est l'un des États les plus prospères, ayant un PNB par habitant au-dessus de la moyenne de l'Inde.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gujarat   (721 words)

  
 300402
Therefore, the Chief Minister of Gujarat should be dismissed immediately and adequate measures be taken to rehabilitate the people who have been displaced due to communal conflagration.
What all happened in Gujarat is not something new but has been going on for the last 54 years in country and for the last 46 years of the Congress party rule in the country and the States ruled by the Congress party.
But unfortunately, in Gujarat, for a short while, we allowed it to be conveyed that there is one group which is qualified for a higher relief and there is another group which is qualified for less.
parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls13/ses9/300402.html   (13486 words)

  
 rediff.com: The Rediff Special Message Board
The chief minister didi a right thing by approaching the people for their judgement which is a right thing to do.
Not allowing the Gujarat elections to take place now is equivalent to usurping the Gujaratis right to choose their own government and to decide their own destiny.
This was the only way to seek the fresh mandate from people of Gujarat in view of the concerted campaign run by a section of the media to paint the CM, BJP and all other Hindu organisations in fl conveniently forgetting that all this started in the first place due to carnage in Godhra.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/jul/23mess3.htm   (4849 words)

  
 GUJARAT TRAVEL,India- Gujarat Tourism,Travel to Gujarat, Holidays,Gujarat Tours,Tour Packages of Gujarat, Tourist ...
Located on the country's western coast, Gujarat is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and southwest and Pakistan to the northwest.
Though the capital of Gujarat was shifted from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar, it is still the second largest industrial city in western India.
Junagarh is situated in the western state of Gujarat at the foothills of the Girnar Hills.
www.merukatours.com /Gujarat.htm   (1488 words)

  
 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The emergency of 1977 was a turning point for Shri Narendra Modi as he proved his mettle to leaders, boosted the morale of the workers and led movements to restore democracy in the state.
As a skilled and capable organizer, Shri Narendra Modi not only nurtured the growth of the BJP in Gujarat and other states, he took over the reigns of the leadership in the State as Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001 from the Rajkot 2 constituency.
As Chief Minister, he has emphasized the need for rural development, an ideal long desired by Mahatma Gandhi.
www.aahoa.com /events/Narendra_Modi.asp   (549 words)

  
 C4 News - World - India - Justice in Gujarat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gujarat is throwing a party, an attempt to re-vamp its sullied image.
She has testified, though so far only at a special commission set up by the Gujarat government, where the police again stood by as she was abused by a mob of Hindu hardliners.
Since the Chief Minister hadn't responded to our formal request for an interview, we attended his summit in order to try and question him there.
www.channel4.com /news/2003/10/week_2/06_guj.html   (1257 words)

  
 countercurrents.org gujarat riots home page
Gujarat is a society divided — where minorities are segregated and face social and economic boycotts.
The Gujarat High court has dismissed the very existence of the union government setting up the U.C.Banerjee committee and its findings into the death of 59 people who were burnt in the train on February 27, 2002.
The Gujarat police are almost completely saffronised,cooking up false cases of sedition, illegal arms and criminal conspiracy against young and innocent boys of the Muslim community.
www.countercurrents.org /gujarat.htm   (2575 words)

  
 MSN India - Modi sworn in Gujarat chief minister :: News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In a departure from protocol, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani attended the function in Ahmedabad.
Just a year ago, Modi, a former RSS pracharak was parachuted into the state as Chief Minister after the BJP suffered a string of electoral reverses under Keshubhai Patel.
Gujarat's politics was transformed and Modi took centrestage.
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 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
Tony Blair is hit with a purple flour bomb in the chamber of the House of Commons during a session of Prime Minister's Questions.
Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi visits North Korea to secure the release of the families of the nine abducted Japanese citizens returned earlier.
hallencyclopedia.com /2004   (4860 words)

  
 CNN.com - Vajpayee admits mistake over Gujarat - April 30, 2002
Vajpayee is accused of doing nothing, while critics say the chief minister of Gujarat -- a member of the ruling Hindu Nationalist party, the BJP -- used state machinery to fan the flames of violence against Muslims.
More than a thousand people marched in protest, accusing the government of complicity in the Gujarat bloodbath, and demanding that the chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modhi, be sacked.
The opposition's censure motion, which said the government has failed to ensure the security of Muslims in Gujarat, was finally defeated -- with the coalition winning the vote 276-182, with eight abstentions -- leaving the government with a comfortable majority.
www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/30/india.censure/index.html   (617 words)

  
 India 2002 News Monitor -- Prevent Genocide International
Gujarat's Hindu nationalist state minister, Gorbardhan Jhorapia, last night claimed the attack on the train was "well-coordinated and pre-planned".
The chief minister denied police had been derelict in dealing with the riots, saying the region's Hindu majority had "shown restraint" in their response to the train attack.
The compromise was announced by the chief mediator in the dispute, the Shankaracharya of Kanchi, Jayendra Saraswati - one of India's four Hindu pontiffs.
www.preventgenocide.org /asia-pacific/india/2002.htm   (20242 words)

  
 Protest Gujarat Government's Behavior During Communal Riots Petition
We also condemn strongly the delay on the part of the Central and the State government in calling for Army deployments in the riot-affected areas, days after it had been abundantly clear to the national and international community that the state police was ineffectual in containing the violence.
We strongly condemn the role of the various religious factions in escalating the violence in Gujarat, for vitiating the communal milieu in the entire nation and creating the polarized atmosphere where such large scale riots are possible.
We request that all state actions be taken in a transparent and public manner in order to assure the citizens of Gujarat of the sincerity of the government in combating communal violence, and ensuring public confidence in the state machinery.
www.petitiononline.com /nhrc/petition.html   (1180 words)

  
 POLITICS-INDIA: Gujarat Pogrom Costs Chief Minister Modi U.S. Visa
The Gujarat chief minister's 'tourist/business' visa was cancelled by the U.S. State Department under a law that makes ''any government official who was responsible for or directly carried out at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom, ineligible for a visa''.
''We can confirm that chief minister of Gujarat state Narendra Modi applied for, but was denied, a diplomatic visa under section 214 (b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act because he was not coming for the purpose that qualified him for a diplomatic visa,'' added the spokesman.
Earlier India's External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh told reporters that the issue would be taken up with Washington since his ministry had endorsed Modi's U.S. tour and had requested that he be given a multiple-entry visa.
www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=27946   (921 words)

  
 Dawood Family Justice Campaign
Gujarat Chief Minister to face Genocide, Torture and Crimes against Humanity charges from UK family.
Mr Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister for the Indian State of Gujarat and thirteen other individuals including senior high ranking government officials and police officers are now facing serious charges of Genocide, Torture and Crimes against Humanity.
The Civil Suit for damages was filed at a Gujarat District Court, by the British based Dawood family on behalf of their relatives who were violently attacked and murdered during the Gujarat carnage two years ago.
www.dawoodcampaign.org /news/genocide_charges_20040430.html   (560 words)

  
 rediff.com: BJP defends Gujarat chief minister
The Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership is defending Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel's handling of relief and rehabilitation measures for the state's earthquake victims although pressure is mounting for his removal, following charges of negligence.
He stressed that there was no justification for the "tirade" against the chief minister, who was doing his best to ensure that the quake-hit people received maximum succour.
The minister emphasised that there would not be any resource constraint when it came to insurance companies meeting claims of the affected.
livechat.rediff.com /news/2001/feb/07tara.htm   (545 words)

  
 Need for State Level Human Rights Commission and District Courts
Our representatives have met the Chief Ministers of Gujarat, including the Secretary concerned as well as the police officials of the State but there is no result except disappointment and despair for us.
Out State of Gujarat claims to be a progressive, highly industrialized and socially advanced State but these are superficial impression if we take into account the deteriorating law and order situation, trampling of human rights of women, children, dalits and tribals and oppression of the minority.
In fact, a Committee comprising of the Chief Minister of Gujarat, speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Leader of the opposition and Home Minister has already been appointed for instituting the State level Commission but so far nothing is known about its proceedings.
www.pucl.org /reports/Gujarat/2001/nhrc.htm   (472 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Reliance to invest more in Gujarat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
He was speaking at the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat: Global Investors Summit 2005, in Ahmedabad.
The Vibrant Gujarat Summit was inaugurated by the vice president of India, Bhairon Singh Shekawat.
Reliance's assignation with Gujarat is an expression of its commitment and faith in the state and people, he added.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cns50473.htm   (314 words)

  
 A pracharak as Chief Minister
Such detachment was a major criterion for the choice of the BJP's general secretary in charge of organisational affairs; he was entrusted with the task of choosing candidates for elections and planning and executing the party's campaign strategy.
But the circumstances of his exit from Gujarat politics in 1995, soon after Keshubhai Patel assumed office as Chief Minister, smacked of his quest for extra-constitutional authority.
But the party turned down his suggestion that one of its Union Ministers from Gujarat be sent to Gandhinagar, on the grounds that it would lead to two byelections, one to the Assembly and the other to the Lok Sabha.
www.flonnet.com /fl1821/18210310.htm   (881 words)

  
 rediff.com: The Rediff Special Message Board
Your Views:when the opposition's move was defeated in the parliament on gujarat the democracy was dead.
Ending months speculation, he did not do a great favor to Gujarat people by resigning his post,if he was so democratic and compassionate in his approach,he would have done it long back,considering himself culprit before his people.
A general point not specific to Gujarat- The government is elected for a period of 5 years and they have no right to impose an election on the people, especially when it is a big drain on the exchequer.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/jul/23mess4.htm   (3631 words)

  
 Earthquake Relief for Gujarat
The earthquake measuring 6.9 on Richter scale hit the western state of Gujarat in the morning of 26th January, 2001.
North-East of Bhuj, a central town in Kutch district of Gujarat.
It is feared that over 6,000 people are dead in the State and it is also feared that the ultimate figure of death in Gujarat may even cross five figures.
www.gujaratindustry.gov.in /new.html   (337 words)

  
 Welcome to USA ! Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi : Miami IMC
Many journalists are now trying to explain lamely why they were wrong, and some hope he will be tamed or diminished in his second term.
After his Gujarat victory he is obviously the star vote-getter of the party, leaving far behind older aspirants like Murali Manohar Joshi.
I have no doubt that the temple attacks greatly aided Modi's victory in Gujarat, just as the Pakistani attack on Kargil ensured Vajpayee's victory in the general election of 1999.
miami.indymedia.org /print.php?id=779   (1446 words)

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