New Delhi: In pursuance of the Union Budget 2026-27 announcement to address the concerns faced by the manufacturing units in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) due to ongoing global trade disruptions, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) today introduced a special one-time relief measure to facilitate sales by eligible manufacturing units in SEZs to the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) at concessional rates of duty. The Union Budget announcement is being implemented through an exemp...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation has initiated plans to develop a landmark urban project, ‘City Square’, on Sindhu Bhavan Road (SBR), with tenders invited for the project estimated at ₹522.22 crore. The project, first announced nearly three years ago, is now moving towards execution. Once completed, the City Square tower will rise to a height of 175 metres, comparable to a building with over 50 floors, making it one of the tallest structures in Ahmedabad. Planned as a modern ...Read More

Mumbai: In a significant milestone for India’s freight infrastructure, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has successfully completed the trial run of freight trains on the final stretch of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), marking the corridor’s full operational readiness on March 31, 2026. The trial was conducted on the JNPT–New Saphale (Vaitarna) section, covering the last 102 km balance portion of the WDFC. During the exercise, a container...Read More

New Delhi: The Union Government has released over ₹2,461 crore in grants under the XV Finance Commission (XV-FC) to strengthen rural local bodies across eight states, including Gujarat. Gujarat has received ₹763.83 crore as the second instalment of tied grants for FY 2025–26. The allocation will benefit all 33 eligible District Panchayats (DPs), 247 Block Panchayats (BPs), and 14,563 Gram Panchayats (GPs) across the state. Additionally, a withheld portion of ₹7.338 lakh from the first i...Read More

Vav-Tharad: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today addressed a public gathering at Vav-Tharad in Banaskantha district, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth approximately ₹20,000 crore for North Gujarat. Noting that the sacred festival of Navratri had just concluded and that the day also marked Bhagwan Mahavir Jayanti, the Prime Minister paid his respects to Maa Ambaji and Bhagwan Shri Dharanidharji. Sharing his delight at landing directly at the D...Read More

Rajkot: Two siblings from a Nepalese family drowned in a swimming pool at a residential complex in the Raiyadhar area on Monday, just a day before they were to leave for Nepal. The incident occurred around 3 pm at Sopan Heights. The victims, Dipesh (7) and Deepshikha (5), reportedly entered the pool area after finding the gate open. Police said the girl accidentally slipped into the adult pool, and her brother drowned while trying to rescue her. Their father, Karan Bhandari, who works as house...Read More

Daman: State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has achieved a key milestone in its offshore Daman Upside Development Project (DUDP), with the commencement of gas monetisation from one of its platforms in the Arabian Sea. The project, located around 180 km northwest of Mumbai and about 80 km south of Pipavav on the Gujarat coast, began gas flow from Platform B-12-24P on March 29, 2026. The platform has been successfully commissioned, and gas is now being transported to ONGC’s Hazira p...Read More

Kutch: A Great Indian Bustard (Ghorad) chick has been born in the Abdasa region of Kutch after a gap of nearly a decade, Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia announced. This marks a key milestone in the joint efforts of the Forest Departments of Gujarat and Rajasthan, the Union Ministry of Environment, and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in wildlife conservation. He commended the officers of the Wildlife Division for their dedicated efforts and congratulated all stakeholders in...Read More

Ahmedabad: A political spar broke out on social media platform X between Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after the latter targeted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central Government over India’s rising dependence on crude oil, LPG and natural gas imports. The exchange began after Jairam Ramesh criticised the Centre’s energy policy, saying India’s import dependence on crude oil rose from 84% in 2014–15 to 90% in 2024–25, while LPG imp...Read More