Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: The commencement of the Gujarat Assembly’s budget session has officially kicked off an intensive, year-long political season for the state. According to political analysts, Gujarat is entering a period marked by three distinct "seasons": a marathon legislative session, large-scale local elections that serve as a "semi-final," and a historic shift in Rajya Sabha representation. The Assembly Session: A Platform for Narrative Attempting The current budget sessio...Read More

New Delhi: For the safety of wildlife in Gir forest, apart from the existing two underpasses for lion movement, construction work for 5 more lion underpasses has been taken up. In addition, work for implementation of an Artificial Intelligence based Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for monitoring lion movement has been sanctioned covering 115 km in the Damnagar-Pipavav section of the Bhavnagar Division of Western Railway, located within the Gir National Park and Lion Wildlife Sanctuary. The syst...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat has emerged as one of the key states under the Centre’s Sagarmala programme, with nine port-led development projects sanctioned so far. Of these, five projects have been completed as of now. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal stated that Sagarmala projects in Gujarat involve a total estimated investment of ₹1,340 crore. Of this, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has co...Read More

New Delhi: As a result of sustained efforts by the Government, 2661 Indian fishermen have been repatriated from Pakistan since 2014. This information was provided by Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh in Rajya Sabha, while replying to a question raised by Member of Parliament Parimal Nathwani regarding fishermen from Gujarat released from Pakistan jails during the last three years. The Minister stated that in calendar year 2025, 18 fishermen from Gujarat have been rel...Read More

New Delhi: The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’ (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. So far, financial amount of more than Rs. 7,130 Crore has been saved in more than 23.02 lakh complaints. A toll-free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints. The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the �...Read More

New Delhi: Protection and management of wildlife and its habitats is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. However, the Central Government has launched ‘Project Lion’ which envisages landscape ecology-based conservation of the Asiatic lion in Gujarat by integrating conservation and eco-development, the Union government said today. The objectives of Project Lion are: To secure and restore lions’ habitats for managing its growing p...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat ranks No. 1 in renewable energy installed capacity in the country with total installed capacity of 38,219.18 MW as on 31 July, 2025. Solar power contributed the largest share at 21,904.55 MW, followed by wind power at 14,081.48 MW and remaining coming from large & small power and bio-power. Moreover, Gujarat has the potential for 220504.51 MW more renewable energy generation: the biggest potential is from wind power at 1,80,790 MW, followed by solar at 35,770 MW. This info...Read More

New Delhi: Out of the 87 railway stations in Gujarat identified for development under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, work at 18 stations has been completed so far, and projects at others—including Ahmedabad, Surat, Somnath, Bhuj, and Asarva—are progressing at a good pace, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. In his reply to question, the Railway Minister said, “Development works at railway stations under the Amrit Bharat St...Read More

Anand: The “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University (TSU) has recently been established through an act of Parliament, which was passed in the last budget session 2025. At this stage, the University has four courses, which include one ongoing course of the erstwhile Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and three new courses started after the establishment of the University. The current approved annual intake capacity in the University, including that of one affiliated Institute, is as follows: ...Read More

New Delhi / Surat  — In the Rajya Sabha today, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil accused the Gujarat Government and influential builder lobbies of orchestrating a land scam under the guise of modernizing Surat Airport. Gohil alleged that in response to his official question in Parliament, the Central Government admitted that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) currently has no requirement for any additional land for the Surat Airport project. "If there is no need ...Read More