Investigation shows Narmada downstream “seriously” pollute...
By Rohit Prajapati, Krishnakant, Swati Desai*
Our investigation regarding quality of water flowing in the Narmada river downstream of the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD), dated April 6, 2019, between 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. reiterates, what is commonly known now, that the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is planned without considering its impact on the downs...
43% Congress, 32% BJP Lok Sabha candidates declare criminal cases
CV News/ Saturday, April 13, 2019
The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has found that, among the major parties, 16 (31%) out of 51 candidates from BJP, 23 (43%) out of 53 candidates from Congress, 16 (20%) out of 80 candidates from BSP, 3 (14%) out of 22 candidates analysed from AIADMK, and 11 (46%) out of 24 candidates from DMK have decl...
Industry needs to implement Industry 4.0 to be more competitive
FICCI along with Department of Heavy Industry under the Samarth Udyog Initiative organized an awareness workshops on Industry 4.0. with an objective to foster adoption of smart manufacturing. This Awareness workshop on Industry 4.0 – Preparing for Digital Transformation In Indian Manufacturing in Ahmedabad is a joint initiative of Department of Hea...
Why are you silent on discrimination against Dalit jawans? Macwan ques...
Friday, April 12, 2019
Close on the heels of releasing his book in Gujarati, "Bhed Bharat", which lists 319 cases of atrocities against Dalits and Adivasis across the country over the last five years, well-known Gujarat Dalit rights leader Martin Macwan has shot an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, telling him the reasons why he does ...
Gujarat govt performance on development “below average”: A...
Counterview Desk
Conducted as part of its all-India survey, the high profile NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has found that, in Gujarat, Better Employment Opportunities (42.68%), Drinking Water (37.12%), and Better Hospitals/Primary Healthcare Centres (30.23%) are the top three voters’ priorities. The survey also found that caste and ...
Abandon coal-based power plants, dams on Narmada river: MP 34 civil so...
Friday, April 12, 2019
Counterview Desk
As many as 34 civil society organizations of Madhya Pradesh, forming Jan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti, have, through a statement, put forward a list of demands before candidates fighting the Lok Sabha elections, ranging from abandoning new plans to have coal-based power plants to suspending fresh dams on the...
42% of Gujarat wants better employment opportunities
Focusing on Gujarat, this report provides an analysis of 10 most important governance issues as rated by the voters of Gujarat (out of the 31 listed in the questionnaire). These voters’ priorities are further examined in relation to the performance of the Government on those issues as perceived by the respondents. A three-level scale of GOOD, AVERA...
Jindal Steel & Power – Misleading Indian investors & Bankers...
Naveen Jindal has been using the coffers of JSPL to settle his personal rivalry against the Gujarat NRE group for years now, forgetting that JSPL is a public listed company with a separate legal entity and not a personal cheque book to be used at the promoter’s will, said Arun Kumar Jagatramka.
Despite knowing fully well that JSPL is barred unde...
Criminal Antecedents of Contesting Candidates in LS
The Supreme Court in its judgment in WP (Civil) No. 536 of 2011 (Public Interest Foundation & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Anr.), dated September 25th 2018, has given directions regarding publication of criminal antecedents of contesting candidates by candidates and political parties. ADR report said.
Additionally, the Election Commission o...
Those who disagree politically not anti-national, are not enemies, but...
CV News/ Thursday, April 04, 2019
In a sharply-worded critique of those at the top leadership in the BJP, party stalwart LK Advani, who has been "disowned" by his junior colleagues, has said that the party's conception of Indian nationalism "never regarded those who disagree ... politically as anti-national”. The comment comes amidst efforts by ...
Saurashtra topcop “threatens” Dalit builder his mustache w...
CV News/ Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Atul Chavda, an Amreli-based Dalit builder from Saurashtra, has complained to the director-general of police, Gujarat, that a senior police official of Amreli, an ASP, has used "derogatory words" against him on April 8 in front of the Circuit House, saying, "Police have to be very alert with Dalits having musta...
Dalit activist detained in Junagadh, as Modi arrives in city for poll ...
CV News/ Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Bharata Parmar, a Saurashtra-based Dalit rights leader close to well-known Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, who is an independent MLA, has been detained ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving in Junagadh to address an election rally. Bringing this to light, Mevani has claimed, Parmar has been detain...
Party wise List of Candidate
General Election to the Lok Sabha - 2019
Sr.No. Party Candidate
1 Akhil Bhartiya Jansangh 1
2 All India Hindustan Congress Party 1
3 Ambedkar National Congress 2
4 Ambedkarite Party of India 1
5 Apna Desh Party 2
6 Bahujan Maha Party 1
7 Bahujan Mukti Party 6
8 Bahujan Republican Socialist Party 1
9 Bahujan Samaj Party 25
10 Bahujan Su...
State level 16 headed body formed for journalists’ security in G...
Ahmedabad April 9: Coming from all across the state, journalists on Tuesday formed a state level body to ensure safety and security for working journalists in Gujarat.
The formation of such a body was necessitated after umpteen number of incidents of attacks on journalists that occurred in and outside Gujarat. What ignited Tuesday's outburst fro...
Congress’ Nyay scheme a surgical strike on poverty: The Economis...
Influential British weekly The Economist
CV News/ Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Top British weekly "The Economist" has praised Congress' Nyay scheme, which seeks to provide an extra Rs 6,000 to poor households, quoting a woman health worker, Rajmati, in a village in Haryana as saying, “It will also mean that you can survive without a husband,” insis...