Surat: An expert team from the Kochi Water Metro Project visited Surat today to conduct a feasibility study for a water metro along the Tapi River. The team, which included marine civil engineer Nishant and boat design expert Arjun Krishna, surveyed a 10 km stretch of the Tapi River from the Causeway to Valak Patiya. The team carried out the survey using two boats, with officials from the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Fire Department also present. Following the survey, the expert ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Under the AgriStack project of the Union Government in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat, a Farmer Registry was launched on October 15. This initiative aims to link farmers' land records with unique IDs. Each farmer receives a unique 11-digit Farmer ID, similar to an Aadhaar ID, which includes details about their land. This ID enables farmers to access various state and central government benefit schemes in a transparent, efficient, and timely manner. So far, over 2.5 lak...Read More

Gandhinagar: Surat city crime branch arrests two RTO agents accused of making fake RC books. The arrested individuals, identified as Nimesh and Hemant, had been on the run for some time. Earlier, five others were arrested in the same case. It was also revealed that one of the accused had previously been caught for making fake election cards. - In Pictures: Jigar Halani, Director - Solution Architect & Engineering at NVIDIA, conducted a session on deep-tech, data analytics, and artificial ...Read More

Dahod: The construction of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is ongoing, with packages 26 to 31 falling under the Dahod to Vadodara segment. In previous updates, we discussed packages 27 to 31. In this latest update, we share the most recent information from vloggers and on-site footage regarding Package 26, which stretches from Bhimpura village (Dahod district) to the state border between Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Based on the visuals, it appears that this last package in Gujarat is likely to take ...Read More

Gandhinagar: IAS officer Mona Khandhar, Principal Secretary of the Panchayat, Rural Housing & Rural Development Department in the Gujarat government, has been entrusted with the role of Chairman of the Gujarat Panchayat Seva Pasandagi Mandal (Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board), which oversees recruitment for the Panchayat department. The 1996-batch IAS officer succeeds retired IPS officer Hasmukh Patel, who stepped down voluntarily after being appointed as Chairman of t...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday, November 21, while hearing a petition challenging the state government’s decision to introduce teachings from the Bhagavad Gita in schools. The court observed orally that the teachings are rooted in morality and culture, rather than religion. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi, was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against a 2022 resolution issued by the state education department. The ...Read More

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday announced that it has imposed monetary penalties on several cooperative banks in Gujarat for non-compliance with regulatory guidelines. The Amod Nagric Co-operative Bank Ltd. in Amod, Bharuch district; The Karjan Nagarik Sahakari Bank Limited in Karjan, Vadodara district; and The Rajula Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd. in Rajula, Amreli district were each fined for failing to adhere to prescribed norms. Additionally, The Vijay Commercial Co-operative ...Read More

Bharuch: A week after AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava from Dediapada in Narmada urged tribals to unite and demand a separate state, Bhil Pradesh, BJP MP from Bharuch, Mansukh Vasava, dismissed the idea as "impossible" due to conflicting demands from tribal communities across different regions. He called the concept of Bhil Pradesh "preposterous" (wahiyat). Speaking at a Diwali Sneh Milan event in Dediapada, Mansukh Vasava cautioned tribals against being misled by the idea of forming a separate state, ...Read More

Vadodara: The road between Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway and Amit Nagar circle in the city will be closed for two years to facilitate the construction of a flyover by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), as per a notification from Vadodara City police. Vehicles traveling to and from the expressway must use alternate routes to commute between Amit Nagar circle and Dumad bridge. The Rs 56-crore flyover will span a traffic island featuring the iconic abacus sculpture, relocated to the Sama Lak...Read More

Ahmedabad: A patient admitted for angioplasty at a major corporate hospital in Ahmedabad earlier this week experienced delays under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). According to the hospital administrator, initial approvals that previously took 30 to 45 minutes now take up to three hours. Documentation requirements have also increased, with additional reports and test results, such as blood tests and treadmill tests, now being mandated. It is learned that this delay might be the...Read More