Gandhinagar: State Industry Minister Balvantsinh Rajput stated today that high-level discussions are underway for potential investment from Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer owned by Elon Musk. Addressing the press conference in the state capital, the minister stated, 'I want to emphasize that Tesla is in the pipeline.' Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, had indicated in June of the previous year that he planned to visit India in 2024, and there are reports that he is likely to visit during th...Read More

Gandhinagar: The state cabinet minister for civil aviation, Balvantsinh Rajput, announced on Tuesday that the construction of the Dholera airport is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. During the meeting of the standing committee on industries in Gandhinagar, Rajput expressed the department's goal of achieving "zero-pendency" in all MSME-related cases. According to an official statement, work is progressing rapidly at the proposed Dholera airport. Furthermore, Rajput who is also the...Read More

Adalaj: The government is currently providing meals to labourers at 125 centres for a cost of Rs. 5, and plans to increase this number to 250 centres soon said State Industries Minister Balvantsinh Rajput. Rajput was speaking at Annapurna Trust in Adalaj, which has recently begun providing "shahi khichdi" for Rs. 5. Narhari Amin, who is a Rajya Sabha MP and the President of Annapurna Trust, stated that the Trust is now providing high-quality food at a reasonable price. The Trust previously o...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has rejected Rajya Sabha member and national treasurer of Congress party, Ahmed Patel's demand to dismiss a plea filed by BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput against his Rajya Sabha election victory and fixed November 19 as next date of hearing. BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput had filed plea in the High Court challenging Rajya Sabha election verdict. Ahmed Patel had been declared victorious against Rajput in Rajya Sabha election last year after high-voltage political...Read More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat High Court to decide afresh the plea of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel challenging the maintainability of a petition filed by a BJP leader against his election to the Rajya Sabha.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said Patel’s plea against the petition of BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput required “de novo” (fresh) adjudication. Rajput filed a petition in the high court challenging the po...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court today rejected the application of Rajya Sabha member and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel which sought dismissal of BJP’s Balwantsinh Rajput’s petition challenging his narrow margin win in August 8, 2017 election on one of the 3 seats of upper house from the state. The single bench court of Justice Bela Trivedi had reserved its verdict on the application of Patel on April 11 after completion of hearing. Delivering its verdict the court today re...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today refused to give permission to make the Election Commission of India (ECI) a party/respondent in the petition of BP leader Balwantsinh Rajput challenging the election of Congress leader and political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel to Rajya Sabha during a nail-biting finish of August 8, 2017 election. The court of Justice Bela Trivedi ordered Rajput, who had filed the petition after losing closely to Patel, to not to make the ECI ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly today passed Year 2018 Gujarat Private University(Amendment) Act to make a way for setting up Gokul Global University in North Gujarat. Moving the bill, education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said the Gokul Foundation college campus was inaugurated in July 2011 in presence of Congress leader Ahmed Patel and then union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. In his speech, Dedhmukh had suggested to start university in the campus. The Gujarat government took decisio...Read More

Ahmedabad: BJP candidate in the August 8 Rajyasabha election in Gujarat, Balwantsinh Rajput who lost with a thin margin after a nail-biting photo-finish like situation in the counting post mid-night, moved Gujarat High Court today challenging the said controversial decision of the Election Commission to cancel two votes of dissident Congress MLAs polled in his favour and the victory of congress candidate and political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel. Rajput in...Read More

Jamnagar/Gandhinagar: BJP candidate in recently held Rajyasabha election in Gujarat, Balwantsinh Rajput, who lost with a close margin reportedly due to the 'controversial' cancellation of two votes, is in New Delhi for the past two days and was taking legal opinion of experts for filing a case to challenge the decision of the election commission, Raghavji Patel, one of the two former Congress MLAs (the other being Bholabhai Gohil), whose votes were cancelled by the commission informe...Read More