Air force to hold recruitment rally in Gujarat

July 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Thousands of unemployed youth in Kashmir turned up at a recruitment rally by the Indian Air Force (IAF) here on Wednesday. The weeklong recruitment rally will conclude on July 27.

July 19th, 2009 CHANDAULI - One person was killed and five others were injured in a stampede during Army recruitment rally here on Sunday. According to sources, stampede occurred due to the panic created by an air fire by the Military Police to control the mob.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways has over 1.7 lakh vacancies for various grades, which will be filled in after reviving the existing recruitment process, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a question, Banerjee said the review of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) would also examine regional aspirations and problems raised during the railway recruitment process in Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Centre has approved a revised scheme for recruitment of constables in Central Para Military Forces. The new scheme aims at making the process of recruitment more objective and maximizing the use of technology in recruitment.

May 22nd, 2009 JUNAGADH - A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate's rally to celebrate victory in the Lok Sabha elections turned violent as members of two communities clashed in this Gujarat city and threw stones at vehicles, police said. The rally in Junagadh, about 250 km from Ahmedabad, was in support of Dinu Solanki, who has won from the Junagadh constituency.

May 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi was Sunday prohibited from addressing a rally in a Muslim-dominated area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, as authorities feared it could lead to a law and order problem. However, he was permitted to hold a rally at some distance from the area.

April 24th, 2009 JETPUR - The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat has been taking credit for the success of the schemes floated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi said Friday. 'The BJP government in Gujarat is claiming many of the UPA government schemes as its own and receiving praises for the same.

April 23rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi on Thursday invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Gujarat. "Sonia Gandhi is coming to Gujarat for campaigning.

March 26th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Massive security arrangements are in place in Ahmedabad ahead of a rally to be addressed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday after an intelligence warning of a possible terror attack, a home department official said here Thursday.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of Congress MLAs from Gujarat met with President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi on Monday to demand immediate removal of Gujarat cabinet Minister for Higher Education Maya Kodnani. Kodnani, who is the Women and Child Welfare Minister in the Narendra Modi's Government, is accused for having led a mob in the post-Godhra riots in 2002.

March 13th, 2009 IMPHAL - Thousands of youth turned up for recruitment rally in three districts of Thoubal, Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur recently following a State Cabinet decision in Manipur to establish Village Defence Force (VDF) to protect villages from militants. Villagers were quite enthusiastic on the organization of such a recruitment rally here.

March 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tuesday said it will field candidates in all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. 'Gujarat is an important state for the BSP high command.

February 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided the homes of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deputy inspector general and a head constable who allegedly received bribes for recruitment of constables in the paramilitary force. Head Constable B.B.

February 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Busting a major railway recruitment racket, the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested as many as 105 persons in Jaipur and six persons in Bhopal, a senior police official said Sunday. These include 16 persons involved in the operation of the racket, while the rest were all applicants.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The infrastructure development arm of a leading finance company in the infrastructure space Tuesday announced that it had signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Gujarat state government to build a thermal and solar power plant. A statement from Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd.