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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat for three days to inaugurate several development projects. He is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat–from October 31 to November 1. This time he will be visiting Vadodara, Kevadia, Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Panchmahal and Banswara (Rajasthan). Here’s his detailed schedule: Vadodara The Prime Minister will lay the foundation […]
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Jagdish Thakor on Saturday announced the Parivartan Sankalp Yatra and its roadmap. Gujarat Congress will embark on this yatra from October 31. The party will launch the campaign in 175 of the 182 Assembly constituencies in the State. The yatra will cover 5432 kilometres and will reach out to over […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Gujarat on October 30 to pay homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 147th birth anniversary. The PM will visit Kevadia on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas and will also participate in the Ekta Diwas parade. He is on a three-day visit to Gujarat i.e. October 30-November […]
The farmers under the umbrella of the Gujarat Kisan Sangathan resorted to Gandhigiri to draw the state government’s attention to their plight. The farmers distributed 4,000-kg garlic free of costs among the poor at Satyagrah Chhavni in Gandhinagar on Saturday as part of their protest. Despite healthy cultivation of garlic in the state, farmers allege […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accused the BJP of threatening those who wanted to make donations to the Congress. Gehlot was in Surat on Saturday. He told a press conference that the BJP was cornering “95% of the total donations made through electoral bonds as donors are not providing funds to other parties out of […]
The outgoing Gujarat government has cleared the first step to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state. The decision comes ahead of the Assembly elections, dates for which have not yet been announced by the Election Commission. Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday told the media that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel had cleared […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a crowdsourcing campaign to select the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the Gujarat elections. Kejriwal announced a number to register the opinion — 6357000360. On this number, people can send voice messages, WhatsApp and SMSes till November 3. The results would be announced on November 4. He […]
The much-celebrated Vande Bharat Express, a semi-high-speed, electric multiple unit train, was meant to cut down travel time drastically, besides being energy efficient. However, a spate of accidents, including one near the Atul Railway Station in Valsad at 8:17 AM today, makes us wonder whether the much-publicised engineering marvel is ready to lead the new […]
Sensex reclaimed the Rs 60,000 mark in early trades on Friday but profit-taking at higher levels dragged it down below the psychologically important level and it ended at 59,960 points, up 203 points on the day. This was the second consecutive session of gains for the index despite fears of another rate hike by the […]
Seconds after taking off from Delhi, IndiGo flight 6E-2131 to Bengaluru caught fire in one of its engines. The Airbus A-320 aircraft was grounded at Delhi airport. There were 84 people on board. All are safe. The incident took place around 9:45 pm. Preliminary reports indicate that the pilot used the fire extinguisher in the […]
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai denied being in the know of cash envelopes being distributed in the guise of Diwali hampers as alleged. The BJP government in Karnataka courted a major controversy when the allegations about an official from CMO approaching the print and electronic media persons with cash bribes ranging from Rs 1 lakh […]
As AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal made a pitch for printing images of Hindu deities Ganesh and Lakshmi on currency notes, the Congress and BJP have trained their guns on the party in power in Punjab for removing Mahatma Gandhi‘s photos from government offices. Gujarat BJP president CR Patil warned the people to remain vigilant and […]
Booth management, page pramukhs, micro management remain the core of BJP’s much tested electoral strategy in Gujarat. The strategy, in effective use for over a decade now, has realised in touch rewards for the Saffron Party. Every voter’ page has an incharge who is responsible for not only reaching out to them much before elections […]
The Adani Group-managed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad (SVPIA) witnessed an all-time high passenger footfall and cargo movement this festive season. More than two lakh passengers travelled from the SVPIA last week, and the cargo movement crossed 200 tonnes in a single day, which is an all-time high. The airport ensured a seamless passenger […]
The Congress on Friday said the Election Commission does not have the jurisdiction to regulate issues such as freebies, and urged the panel to focus on ensuring free and fair polls through proper implementation of Election Laws. The poll panel on October 4 had proposed amending the model code to ask political parties to provide […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the two-day chintan shivir conclave on internal security that began on Thursday. Home ministers of all states were invited to attend the event at Surajkund to discuss a host of internal security issues. Modi addressed the state home ministers and police officials via video conference and said, “The […]
Two months ago, Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s loyalist Uday Samant, who is the state’s industries minister, had said that the Tata-Airbus aircraft manufacturing project will come up near Nagpur. On Thursday, the Modi government allotted the project to Gujarat. Earlier, a joint venture semiconductor project of the Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronics giant […]
Maharashtra’s loss is Gujarat’s gain. Again. Boosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make-in-India initiative, the Centre announced that a transport aircraft manufacturing facility for the Air Force will come up in Vadodara. Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant, as well as Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, wanted to bring the project to Nagpur. The Centre announced on Thursday […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised the idea of “One Nation, One Uniform” for police, saying it is just a suggestion and he is not trying to impose it on the states. Addressing a “Chintan Shivir” of state home ministers through video conference, Modi also advocated close cooperation among the states to tackle crimes […]
Another big investment to the extent of Rs.1000 crores is coming to Gujarat by way of an MoU between the government and Lightstorm Company to build the state’s first submarine cable landing station under it’s IT policy 2022-27 The project is expected to provide employment to over 2000 people over the next five years. The […]
