Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has appointed seven members to the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC). The new members are K. L. Bachani (IAS), K. C. Sampat (IAS), K. S. Vasava (IAS, retired), Mayur Mehta (IAS), Dipak Kumar Rathod and Dr Shishir Trivedi. With these appointments, the recruitment process, particularly the interview process, is expected to become faster. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Monday appointed senior IAS officer Ajay Bhadoo as the Managing Director of the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) Ltd. Bhadoo, a 1999-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was recently repatriated to the state government and placed at the disposal of the Industries and Mines Department for his new assignment. With his appointment, Roopwant Singh, IAS, has been relieved of the additional charge of GMDC managing director. Bhadoo returns t...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Sunday launched the ‘Gujarat Tourism Year 2026-27’ at an event held at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, to mark World Tourism Day. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi unveiled the official Gujarat Tourism Year logo and launched the Gujarat Film Shooting Permission Portal. Sanghavi called for coordinated efforts by all stakeholders, including hotels, restaurants, tour operators and transport operators, to improve the tourist experience. He emphasized clean...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced 32 candidates for the upcoming Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) general election. The candidates have been declared for eight wards, namely Wards 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, with four candidates named from each ward. The list was announced following a meeting of the party's election committee chaired by Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma. The BJP's announcement covers 32 of the 44 seats acr...Read More

Ahmedabad: A day after announcing in-charges and co-in-charges for various states and Union Territories (UTs), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appointed state general secretaries (Organisation), state joint general secretaries (Organisation) and other organisational functionaries across states and UTs with immediate effect. The party has retained Ratnakar as the State General Secretary (Organisation) for Gujarat while also giving him the responsibility of Dadra and Nagar Haveli a...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced new state in-charges and co-in-charges for 36 states and Union Territories. For Gujarat, the party has retained Tarun Chugh as the state in-charge, while Delhi MLA Ajay Mahawar and Chhattisgarh MLA Gomti Sai have been appointed as co-in-charges for the state. Mahawar, a BJP MLA from the Ghonda Assembly constituency in Delhi, was first elected in 2020 and retained the seat in the 2025 Assembly elections. He was born on Jan...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the appointment of new district presidents in three districts, namely Dang, Narmada and Bharuch. According to a party announcement, Suresh Motiram Choudhary has been appointed as the BJP district president for Dang, while Paresh Kantibhai Lad has been appointed as the district president for Bharuch. In Narmada, Shabdsharan Tadvi has been appointed as the new BJP district president. The party said the new app...Read More

Amreli: Amreli City Congress president Sandip Dhanani has been booked for allegedly assaulting a young man with a tea kettle late at night on Savarkundla Bypass Road near the RTO office. The incident, which was captured on CCTV, left the victim with head injuries requiring nine stitches. According to the complaint, the incident took place near the Rajchamunda shop, where Dharmkumar Jagrutbhai Joshipura had gone late at night to buy mava-masala. Dhanani was allegedly present at the spot and as...Read More

Vadodara: Gambhira Bridge connecting Vadodara and Anand districts across the Mahi River was e-inaugurated on Saturday by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel here. The Rs 235 crore bridge has been constructed in about one year. The earlier bridge at the location had suffered structural damage, affecting connectivity between the two districts. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Sankalp Bhoomi Smarak, developed at a cost of Rs 28.59 crore. The memorial complex in...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a decision to prescribe maximum time limits at various levels for the tender approval process, with the objective of expediting development and construction works and preventing unnecessary delays in administrative procedures. Under the existing system, a period of around 120 days was generally considered for completing the tender approval process. To ensure that works commence at the earliest, the Chief Minister has now introduced strict ...Read More