Category Articles: Politics

R&B Superintendent Engineer suspended after misbehave with MLA

September 24, 2023
R&B Superintendent Engineer suspended after misbehave with MLA

Gandhinagar: A superintendent Engineer in Road and Building (R&B) department working in Ahmedabad has been suspended with immediate effect after his spat with the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) during the coordination meeting chaired by the district collector to discuss the issues of public interests. A coordination meeting of city and district MLAs was called by district collector in which Dariyapur MLA had raised the issue of pending construction of Talati office in his constituency ...Read More

Sharad Pawar meets Gautam Adani in Gujarat

September 23, 2023
Sharad Pawar meets Gautam Adani in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and founder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar held a meeting with a politically controversial business tycoon Gautam Adani in Ahmedabad for over an hour. According to a news agency report, Pawar visited Adani at the latter's residence and office (headquarters of Adani Group) in Ahmedabad. This is not the first visit of Pawar to Adani whose company is headquartered in Ahmedabad. Pawar had visited Adani earlier too in Ahmedabad. At leas...Read More

Jamnagar civic body seeks Rs. 1095 crore grant from State govt including for building a Riverfront

September 23, 2023
Jamnagar civic body seeks Rs. 1095 crore grant from State govt including for building a Riverfront

Jamnagar: The standing committee of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) has approved the proposal of requesting a grant of Rs 1095 crore from the state government for various development works including for Rs 600 crore riverfront project of Jamnagar. The proposal recommends a grant of Rs 1095 crore under Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojna from the state government for various development works in the city. It includes Rs 600 crore riverfront development project. It also includes Rs 8 crore ...Read More

PM Modi likely to inaugurate Malsar river bridge during Gujarat visit

September 23, 2023
PM Modi likely to inaugurate Malsar river bridge during Gujarat visit

Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi is likely to open a newly constructed river bridge over river Narmada at Malsar virtually from his public function at Bodeli on September 27. The bridge has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 225 crore. It's a 3.5 km long and 16 meter wide bridge which makes it easy to go from Vadodara to Netrang, Dediapada and Maharashtra. The bridge had suffered some damages on its approach due to flood in river Narmada recently which are being repaired at pres...Read More

Anand gets new District Collector

September 21, 2023
Anand gets new District Collector

Anand: Gujarat government has transferred Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Praveen Chaudhary as the new district collector of Anand in Central Gujarat. Chaudhary is year 2014 batch Gujarat officer who is presently the Deputy Municipal Commissioner in Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC). The previous district collector of Anand Mr. Gadhvi was suspended for misconduct last month over the honey trap issue. DeshGujaratRead More

PM Modi likely to visit Gujarat on October 2nd

September 20, 2023
PM Modi likely to visit Gujarat on October 2nd

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit his home state of Gujarat on October 2nd, Gandhi Jayanti. According to available information, he will be visiting Ahmedabad and Chhota Udepur during this trip. There is no official note on his visit, but the local sources said that in Ahmedabad, the PM Modi is expected to visit the Sabarmati Ashram to pay homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his birth anniversary, where he will offer flowers at Gandhiji's statue. Fur...Read More

Gujarat govt signs five MoUs for proposed investment of Rs. 1095 crore

September 20, 2023
Gujarat govt signs five MoUs for proposed investment of Rs. 1095 crore

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today signed five memorandums of understanding(MoUs) here for investment proposals worth Rs. 1,095 crore in the State. The government said this will result in the creation of 1230 employment opportunities in the coming years. The government said the MoUs signed today are in packaging material production, plastic, textile, renewable sector projects, formulation and API, food processing plant of cooking oil, green tea, ready-to-eat Gujarati khichdi, desi G...Read More

Since 2021, 70% of MBBS grads did not join mandatory govt service in Gujarat

September 19, 2023
Since 2021, 70% of MBBS grads did not join mandatory govt service in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Out of a total of 2,653 students who have graduated from government-affiliated medical colleges since the academic year 2020-21, 70%, i.e., 1,856 students, have yet to commence their service in government-operated facilities. The state government informed the Gujarat assembly during the monsoon session that 1,856 of these students have not taken up positions in government-run healthcare facilities as required by the bond they signed. These students had received financial support fo...Read More

Congress blames Gujarat govt for Bharuch flood; Govt refutes the allegations

September 18, 2023

Bharuch: Gujarat Congress President Shaktisinh Gohil, who is also a member of the Rajya Sabha, attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government on Sunday, blaming the massive release of water from the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River for the flood situations in the low-lying areas of Bharuch district. The Government has however in its today's press conference refuted Congress allegations. Gohil stated, "It is a matter of great sorrow that over 17 lakh cusecs of water ...Read More

Gujarat CM to return from 3-day visit of Rajasthan tomorrow

September 18, 2023
Gujarat CM to return from 3-day visit of Rajasthan tomorrow

Kota: The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel, who is on a three-day visit to the neighboring state of Rajasthan for election campaign during 17 - 19 September, during a media interaction in Kota on Sunday, stated that the Gujarat model of development surpasses that of Rajasthan. He criticized the Congress party's freebie schemes, suggesting that they would not yield any advantage in the Vidhan Sabha elections. On Sunday, the CM addressed the Parivartan Yatra in Baran and held a subseq...Read More