Gujarat to host India’s largest IT Expo -Vibrant IT Summit in September
Gujarat will host country’s largest industrial expo of the Information Technology sector in September this year, say industry sources. GESIA IT Association represents the companies in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Gujarat, aided by National Association of Software…
Film director held for making extortion call to former Gujarat minister
Morbi Police in a joint operation with its Mumbai counterpart has nabbed a struggling Bollywood director for calling up former Gujarat minister and industrialist Jayantibhai Kavadiya in the name of gangster Ravi Pujari to extort money from him. Superintendent of…
Gujarat : ED seizes jewellery worth Rs 85cr in Mehul Choksi case
Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday seized more than 34,000 pieces of jewellery valued at Rs 85 crore which was brought in from Dubai and were recovered during search proceedings at a strong room belonging to Bharat Diamond Bourse. The…
Facebook ranks Kerala Tourism Page as best FB page in 2017, Gujarat Tourism page ranked third
In line with its proactive efforts in the social media space, Kerala Tourism’s Facebook page has trumped other state tourism boards by climbing on to the top slot. The Kerala Tourism Facebook page attained first place in a ranking done…
Gujarat Governor gets additional charge of MP while Anandiben goes on leave
President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli to additionally discharge functions of Governor of Madhya Pradesh during the absence on leave of Governor Anandiben Patel. According to a statement, “The President is pleased to appoint…
Hemang Raval is new Guj Congress Social Media Coordinator
The Congress announced on Monday that Hemang Raval will be Social Media Coordinator for Gujarat. A Congress communique said that party president Rahul Gandhi has approved the appointment of Mr Raval as Social Media State Coordinator. ”The party appreciates the…
Gujarat BJP leaders to meet party chief Amit Shah in New Delhi today
BJP president Amit Shah will chair a meeting of the party’s office-bearers today, during which he will take stock of organisational and political issues as the party gears up for a series of polls, including the 2019 Lok Sabha elections….
Gujarat : 55,000 bank employees to go on strike on May 30-31
Bank employees and officers in Gujarat will join the nation-wide strike of banks on May 30 and 31. Nearly 55,000 bank employees to protest against the merger rise in wages and to press for some other demands. Under the banner…
Bitcoin case: Sessions court granted two more days’ remand of Kirit Paladiya to CID
Sessions court granted two more days remand to CID (Crime) for Kirit Paladiya in the Shailesh Bhatt kidnapping and bitcoin extortion case. CID (Crime) on Wednesday had recovered 119 bitcoins worth Rs 7.2 crore from Kirit Paladiya’s Binance wallet. In…
GSEB Gujarat Board Class 12 exam Results 2018 declared, Girls outshine boys
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) declared the results of GSEB Class 12 Examination 2018 Total of 1.34 lakhs students appeared for the exams out of which 98,067 passed, taking the pass percentage to 73%, whereas the pass…
Gujarat : AMC will get only Re 1 from MEGA for leasing out the land for 99 years
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will give 825 square meters of land to MEGA near the Amraiwadi area, for which the civic body is slated to raze an Anganwadi and a Pay & Use toilet. Metro Express Link for Gandhinagar Ahmedabad (MEGA)…
IOC owned Gujarat refinery’s 400 sanitation workers on strike
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) owned Gujarat refinery 400 sanitation workers on on an indefinite strike demanding fixed salary. Five workers have been detained by police as they tried for immolation. Sanitation workers of the refinery, who work on a contract basis,…
Protest : Gaushalas, panjrapoles are not receiving any government financial assistance, neither any fodder
Protests held by gaushala and panjrapole managements in Deesa taluka of Banaskantha district, demanding fodder for the cattle and financial help from the government to run them. Fodder assistance announced by the state government during last year’s flood which is…
Tonnes of groundnut was gutted in fire in godown of Rajkot
Tonnes of groundnut was gutted after a massive fire engulfed a godown in Shaper Veraval Godown in Rajkot. About 15-17 crore groundnuts gutted to fire. The blaze erupted in the godown and nearly a dozen fire tenders were still engaged…
Gujarat high court issued departmental action warning to judges over sluggish trials
Gujarat high court issued a stern warning to judges in lower courts about sluggish trials. High Court warned that,’ who do not conduct speedy trials in criminal cases, should be prepared for departmental action.’ Justice J B Pardiwala sluggish trials clear violation…
Gujarat : Suresh Prabhu to inaugurate Indian Global Textile Summit 2018 today
Suresh Prabhu, Union minister of commerce and industry to inaugurate Indian Global Textile Summit 2018 today. In Indian Global Textile Summit there will be textile exhibition, Farm to Fashion and other activities. The three-day exhibition, organized by the Gujarat Chamber…
Surat rape-murder case: Accused arrested, brought to Ahmedabad
Prime accused of of rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl was brought by Ahmedabad police crime branch to Ahmedabad. On Friday, police claimed to have cracked the case by arresting the prime accused from Rajasthan. According to initial probe by…
Bharat- Gujarat Bandh : Buses thrashed in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavagar
Dalit organizations across the country have announced a Bharat Bandh today. Organization protesting the alleged dilution of SC\ST Act, the government is likely to move a review petition in the Supreme Court. Owing to Bandh bus thrashed in Ahmedabad. Government on…
Gujarat Cong chief Solanki rejects rumour of his resignation
Gujarat Congress head and former Union Minister Bharatsinh Solanki on Monday strongly denied the rumours of his resignation from the post. Mr Solanki, who was in New Delhi on Monday, informed media persons in national capital that all the rumours…
Jay Shah defamation case: SC stalls proceedings against website journo
Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Gujarat Magistrate Court not to proceed against the journalist of a web portal till April 12, in connection with the Jay Shah defamation case. The web portal scribe had approached the apex court, after…
BJP registers protest with EC against Congress’s Rajya Sabha nominee Rathwa in Gujarat
BJP has urged the Election Commission to intervene immediately and maintained that that the nomination of Congress leader Naranbhai Rathwa for the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat be declared null and void or quashed because of submission of ‘fake’ documents…
PM Modi condoles loss of lives in accident in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of at least 25 members of a marriage party in an accident in Gujarat this morning. “My condolences to all those who lost their loved ones due to an accident near…
25 killed as truck overturns in Gujarat
As many as 25 people were killed when a truck overturned in this district of Gujarat early Tuesday morning. According to Police Superintendent A M Syyed, the incident took place when the truck, carrying a marriage party, turned turtle, killing…
IAS reshuffle: Gujarat cadre officer to be new Mines Secretary
In a major reshuffle among senior officers just few days before the commencement of second part of Budget session of Parliament, the government on Wednesday ordered that IAS officers R Subrahmanyam and Anil Gopishankar Mukim have been appointed as secretaries…
Gujarat Budget 2018: Rupani govt’s first budget with opposition protest
Gujarat Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented the Vijay Rupani-led BJP government’s first budget of the 14th Assembly. Finance Minister Nitin Patel said in the Assembly that fiscal deficit of Gujarat was at a record low of 1.42 per cent of…
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau meets Gujarat CM Rupani
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on one-day visit to Gujarat where he holds meeting with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the city airport before his departure. Chief Minister Rupani invited the Canadian PM to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit,…
Gujarat Budget: Nitin Patel said, “The budget will bring smile on everyone’s face’
Finance minister and the deputy chief minister, Nitin Patel, will start his speech on budget in Tuesday in Gujarat assembly at 12:00 noon Dy CM Nitin Patel said, “The budget will bring smile on everyone’s face. This will be a…
Gujarat civic polls results: BJP Wins 47 Municipalities, Congress Gets 16
Counting of the votes in Gujarat Municipality Election 2018 has begun at 8 am today and the results will be declared on the same day. The voting for the 74 nagar palikas (municipalities) in Gujarat had concluded peacefully on Saturday with…
Air Odisha to begin operation, Rupani to inaugurate on Feb 17, Modi to flag off Aba’d-Diu service on Feb 25
Airline connecting major towns of Gujarat is to begin operations on February 17. Bhubaneswar-based Air Odisha has received regulatory approvals to begin scheduled passenger commuter services under the regional connectivity scheme. Maiden flight will be inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister…
Gujarat granted total Rs 509 crore for development of six smart cities
Gujarat has been granted total Rs 509 crore for development of six smart cities, according to data released by the Union urban development department. Across the country various cities has sent proposals under the smart city mission. In all the…