New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil has raised a demand in Parliament for starting a direct train between Bhavnagar and Delhi, stating that passengers from the Saurashtra region are facing difficulties due to the lack of direct rail and air connectivity. Gohil said Bhavnagar is an important division of Western Railway and one of the major cities of the Saurashtra region in Gujarat. He pointed out that the district includes the Palitana Jain pilgrimage centre, one of the most imp...Read More

New Delhi: The central government has collected toll worth Rs 20,383 crore from the National Highways passing through Gujarat over the last five years. The central government has also allotted Rs 47,236 crore for Development & Maintenance of NHs of Gujarat during these five years. The information was provided by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari in Rajya Sabha on March 11, 2026 while replying to a question raised by RS MP Parimal Nathwani. Nathwani wanted ...Read More

New Delhi: The Government of India has sanctioned 54 Solar Parks sanctioned under the scheme for “Development of Solar Parks and Ultra-Mega Solar Power Projects” as on 28 February, 2026. Out of these, 7 Solar Parks are in Gujarat. The state ranks No. 1 with 12,150 MW of sanctioned power generation capacities under this scheme. The information was provided by Union Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy Shri Shripal Yesso Naik in Rajya Sabha on March 10, 2026, while replying to a qu...Read More

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, Harsh Sanghavi, has been appointed as a central observer by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana. The appointment was announced in a press release issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh on March 9, 2026. According to the release, BJP national president Nitin Nabin approved the appointment of central observers for the Rajya Sabha elections in different states. Harsh Sanghavi has been assigned ...Read More

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