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The occasion dates back to 2017, ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Elections. Even as election campaigns were going on at full throttle, a parallel movement by Asha (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers was gaining momentum across the state. Asha workers mobilise communities towards local health planning through utilisation and accountability of existing health services. Interestingly, […]
The main culprit of the huge migrant-smuggling ring, Charanjit Singh is believed to have sneaked into India under the stolen identity of none other than a resident from the infamous Dingucha village in North Gujarat. Dingucha village grabbed the headlines in January this year when a family of four was found frozen to death on […]
The legal battle being waged by the administrators of three prominent social clubs in the city of Ahmedabad has culminated into Supreme Court directing the Service tax department to refund the GST Collected till 2017. The clubs were trying to recover the service tax money since 2005. Their contention to refund the GST collected between […]
Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar has now become India’s richest woman, as per the IIFL Wealth Hurun India rich list 2022. She has surpassed Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw to become the richest self-made Indian billionaire. Nayar has a net worth of Rs 38,700 crore and she is the only woman on this list who has […]
Even though Covid took over India and the economy suffered, Gujaratis seem to have coped up, and robustly so. The biggest wealth gainers of India according to IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022 are Gujaratis. Over 86 individuals hail from Gujarat as part of the list this year. Leading from the front is world’s […]
Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat State Chief Gopal Italia and State General Secretary Manoj Sorathia on Wednesday met America’s Consulate General, Mumbai Mike Hankey. AAP leaders discussed the vision of Aam Aadmi Party to improve the future of Gujarat. They discussed politics, economy and vision of Gujarat in detail and took guidance from Mike Hankey so […]
The two-day session of the Gujarat Assembly commenced today, September 21. The session passed amendments in Gujarat Goods And Services Tax Act (SGST) to maintain uniformity with Central Goods and Services Tax Act (CGST). Various decisions were taken by the GST Council in its 43rd and 45th meetings. Gujarat’s Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai attended the […]
A 100-page chargesheet is filed against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired Director General of Police R B Sreekumar, and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Gujarat.The three are facing charges of the alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. While convicted in a custodial death […]
Ratan Tata, the former chairman of Tata Sons, is among the three new trustees of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES). The other two trustees are KT Thomas, former Judge, Supreme Court, Kariya Munda, Former Deputy Speaker. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the PM-CARES Board of […]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday to start his six-day visit to Gujarat in the run up to the state Assembly elections. He visited the Gandhi Ashram and tried his hand at spinning the famous charkha. He said, “Such charkha used to be in my house and today I feel lucky that I am able to operate […]
BJP national president J P Nadda has said that nearly Rs 2,700 crores have been allotted by PM Modi for retaining the glory of Nalanda University. Speaking at the Professors Summit in Ahmedabad, he said that educational institutes are on the path to revival. The Nalanda University Act, 2010 was passed in both houses of […]
The final session of the 14th state Legislative Assembly got off to a tense and tumultuous start. Regarding the plight of the farmers in Gujarat, who have been at the receiving end of nature, state Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel said that farmers affected by natural calamities had been allotted a whopping Rs 6,622 crore over […]
The Search cum Selection Committee appointed by the Governing Council (GC) of MICA recommended unanimously Dr. Githa Heggde as the next Dean of MICA. The board has accepted the decision of the committee comprising Prof. Anantha Babbili, Ms. Aparna Mahesh and Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta. MICA, Ahmedabad is India’s premier institute of Strategic Marketing and […]
The state’s Maldhari (cattle herder) community is up in arms against the government. On September 21, the Maldhari community decided to not provide milk in the dairy or at home. Although the government has withdrawn the Cattle Control Bill, Maldhari Samaj is disappointed with the government’s policy on some remaining issues. A Maldhari convention was […]
The Maldhari (Pastoralist) community in Gujarat forced the state government to unanimously withdraw the contentious Gujarat Cattle Control (Keeping and Moving) in Urban Areas Bill, 2022 . The state government introduced the bill in March this year to bring a permanent solution to the problem of stray cattle in urban areas, prompting a massive protest by the Maldharis. On Wednesday, September […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court (SC) that it found no criminality in 5,800 tapes of phone conversations by corporate lobbyist Niira Radia in 14 preliminary inquiries it conducted on SC’s directive. The Income-Tax Department had intercepted Radia’s phone calls in 2008-09. A three-judge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud was hearing a plea by industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata for […]
Over 300 Muslims, including some Congress activists, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 21. Significantly, the Muslims belong to several villages in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, a constituency of late Ahmed Patel, the all too powerful congressman who had the ears of the Congress high command for several decades. The induction is also significant […]
On his maiden visit to Goa, Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat stressed the need for organic farming. Devvrat said that efforts must be made to ensure that farmers venture into organic farming using natural products and urged the state government to uplift farmers to make them self-sufficient. He was participating in a daylong event at the […]
The last session of the Gujarat Assembly before a new House is elected by this year-end begins today. The state Assembly elections are due in December this year. The House will discuss the state government’s proposal to withdraw a bill which was passed in April for tackling the stray cattle menace in cities. On March […]
Two years ago, the Gujarat government announced that farmers involved in indigenous cow-based complete natural farming would be assisted with Rs 900 per month or Rs 10,800 per year per cow for maintenance. The farmers were asked to make online applications to avail the benefits. The money, the state said, would be transferred every quarter […]
