Gandhinagar, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 38,949 newly constructed rural houses across Gujarat on March 31, in what officials describe as a significant expansion of housing access for low-income families under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin).The houses, built at an estimated cost of Rs 651 crore, have been completed across multiple districts for families who were previously houseless or living in kutcha structures.The scheme, aimed at improving rural livin…
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Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, March 4 (IANS) Gujarat recorded 4,890 emergency incidents across the state during the Holi-Dhuleti festivities, compared with the normal daily trend of 4,002 cases, marking an increase of 888 emergencies or 22.20 per cent. As per the figures received till 9 p.m. on Wednesday, district-wise data shows that several parts of the state witnessed a notable rise in incidents.Ahmedabad reported 908 emergencies, up from its usual 767, for an 18.37 per cent increase.Surat …
Gandhinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Quality standards in public-interest works will not be compromised at the village level, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Tuesday, stressing that accountability and workmanship must remain central to rural development initiatives across Gujarat.The Chief Minister was speaking at the inauguration of the ‘Gram Shakti Training Programme’ at the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Secretariat, organised by the Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress party has resolved to raise a host of issues, including reframing the VB-G RAM G Law, ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Aravalli deforestation and mining, and India’s foreign policy in the first half of the two-part Budget Session of Parliament beginning from Wednesday. The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) met this afternoon at its Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence, which was attended by party President and Rajya Sabha lea…
Tharad (Gujarat), Jan 26 (IANS) The 77th Republic Day was celebrated at the helipad ground in front of the newly constructed court building at Malupur in the Vav-Tharad district, where Gujarat’s state-level function was held in the presence of Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.The ceremony was organised in the newly formed district in keeping with the practice of holding the state-level Republic Day celebration in different parts of Gujarat — a tradition initiated du…
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) A horrific road accident on the Jaisalmer Highway in Jodhpur claimed the lives of four people and left 24 others injured after a private bus collided with a gypsum-laden tanker on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred near the Mulanada royalty checkpoint under the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar police station area. The condition of the two injured passengers remains critical. In another tragic incident, a young motorcyclist’s leg was severed after he was hit by the speeding tanker m…