Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has transferred three officers of Indian Administrative Service(IAS) today. With this, Ahmdabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has got a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority(GUDA) has got a new in-charge CRO. Rajkot Municipal Corporation(RMC) has got a new Municipal Commissioner and Bharuch has got a new District Collector. The details fo transfers: -Shri D.P. Desai, IAS (SCS:GJ:2008), Municipal Commissioner, Rajko...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi attended the Sneh Milan (gettogather) function over dinner at Gujarat BJP chief and union minister CR Patil's residence in the national capital. The function was also attended by all members of parliament, members of lagislative assembly of Gujarat, National Democratic Alliance leaders. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the State Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Union minister Amitbhai Shah, Gujarat Rajya Sabha MP and EAM S Jaishankar, BJP...Read More

Rajkot: A man from Rajkot has been arrested in connection with a major GST scam worth ₹186 crore, involving fraudulent claims of Input Tax Credit (ITC). The accused, Pragnesh Manharbhai Kantiya, a partner at M/s. Infinity Exim, allegedly used bogus transactions to claim false ITC amounting to ₹34 crore. Based on the information received by the State GST Department's Investigation Branch and related research, search and seizure operations were conducted on November 11, 2024, against 14 com...Read More

Ahmedabad: In protest against the continued collection of toll tax on the Vadodara-Halol and Adalaj-Mehsana roads, despite recovering several times the construction costs, 16 lakh commercial vehicle owners in Gujarat will refuse to pay tolls on these roads starting December 21. The Akhil Gujarat Truck Transport Association stated that toll collection on these roads began in 2001-02 and alleged that while the roads were built at a cost of ₹515.19 crore, the toll collected so far is nearly ₹3,...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has announced a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners. Effective from July 1, 2024, the DA rate will increase from the current 50% to 53% of the basic pay under the Gujarat State Services (Pay Revision) Rules, 2016. Employees and pensioners will receive arrears for the period from July to November 2024, which will be disbursed along with the December salary in January 2025. The revised DA will apply to all state government and panch...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Police have made fare meter installation mandatory in all auto rickshaws in the city. This rule will come into effect from January 1st, after which any rickshaw driver found operating without a meter will face legal action. It is noteworthy that the traffic police had received numerous complaints from the public about rickshaw drivers. In response, this rule has been introduced for the convenience of citizens. However, before the rule is enforced, rickshaw drivers hav...Read More

Ahmedabad: To address traffic rule violations, the city police will now be using AI-based dashcams. The traffic police in Ahmedabad have equipped 32 vehicles and 28 police constables with mobile "Dash Cams." All of these cameras are AI-based and will automatically capture three types of violations: (1) riders without helmets, (2) dangerous driving, and (3) drivers without seat belts. When activated, the AI-based cameras will record incidents such as helmetless riders, wrong-side driving, or t...Read More

Mumbai: The first concrete base slab of the Mumbai Bullet Train station has been cast, on 30th November 2024 at a depth of about 32 metres from the ground level, which is equivalent to a 10-storey building, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) announced today. The station is being built using the bottom-up method, which means that excavation work has commenced from the ground level and the concrete work has started from the foundation. This slab is 3.5-meter-deep, measures...Read More

- Suspended Police Inspector Sanjay Padariya is expected to file a police complaint against Sardardham VP Jayanti Sardhara. Padariya was suspended for allegedly beating Jayanti Sardhara during a conflict at a wedding venue. CCTV footage of the incident has come to light, showing that Jayantibhai shoved Padariya, who later retaliated with an attack on Jayantibhai. - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that central tax authorities have registered 12,803 GST e...Read More

Rajkot: The Food Department of Rajkot Municipal Corporation has levied a fine of ₹7 lakh on food business owners after 11 samples taken were found to be adulterated. The civic body is also filing cases in the matter. The civic body team, while inspecting a sample of Vanilla Ice Cream from "Satya Vijay Patel Soda Factory," located near Prahlad Cinema on Sar Lakhaji Raj Road, Rajkot, found that the milk fat content was lower than the required standard. As a result, the sample was declared "su...Read More