Gandhinagar, June 18 (IANS) Gujarat has secured national recognition for 15 schools under the Centre’s Swachh Evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025-26 programme, with each selected institution set to receive a certificate and a grant of Rs one lakh to continue environmental and sustainability initiatives, government officials said on Thursday. The programme, launched by the Ministry of Education as part of the fifth anniversary celebrations of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, assesses…
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Gandhinagar, June 13 (IANS) Gujarat has emerged as the leading state in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri-SVAMITVA Scheme, issuing more than half of all property cards prepared across India during the programme’s second phase and completing drone-based mapping in over 11,500 villages. The achievement comes as the Centre marks 12 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, during which the SVAMITVA Scheme has been positioned as a major initiative to provide legal ownership records for …
Gandhinagar, May 7 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday said that decisions on preventive detention and externment measures such as PASA and “tadipar” must be taken after hearing police officers, while stressing that strict action against anti-social elements should be ensured wherever necessary. He was addressing the closing ceremony of a three-day Revenue Department’s ‘Chintan Shibir’, where he underlined the need for administrative decisions to be taken with due…
New Delhi/Banaskantha, May 2 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday condemned remarks made by the Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagdish Vishwakarma against Banaskantha MP Geniben Thakor, calling them “shameful and insulting”, as the political controversy continued to intensify. In a post on social media platform X, Priyanka Gandhi said, “The statement made by the Gujarat BJP President against senior Congress leader and MP Geetaben Thakor ji is extremely …
Banaskantha/Mehsana, April 30 (IANS) Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagdish Vishwakarma on Thursday said that recent electoral outcomes in the state reflected public endorsement of development-oriented governance and criticised the Congress for what he described as attempts to defame the country abroad. He was addressing two separate party programmes held in Banaskantha and Mehsana districts, where newly elected representatives and party workers were present.At the ‘Banas…
Gandhinagar, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has recorded a sweeping victory across Gujarat in the local self-government elections, retaining control of all 15 municipal corporations and securing an overwhelming majority across municipalities and panchayats, according to results declared on Tuesday. Polling was held for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats. Even before counting began, the BJP had won 732 of the 10,005 …
Ahmedabad, April 15 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch seized 412 grams of mephedrone valued at Rs 12.36 lakh and arrested two men during a raid in the Gheekanta area of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, officials said on Wednesday.Officials added that the operation followed specific intelligence inputs received during election-related patrolling.The raid was carried out on April 13 at a place near the Laxmi Mata temple, opposite Navtad Pol.Police said their team was on patrol to maintain law and order ahead …
Ahmedabad/Banaskantha, April 5 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), in coordination with the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Banaskantha, has detained a wanted accused from Punjab, allegedly linked to a grenade smuggling and terror network with cross-border connections, officials said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Bikramjit Singh alias Vicky, a resident of Nangal Panwan in Amritsar, was apprehended from a dhaba in Deesa, where he had been working as a casual labourer.Official…
Ahmedabad, April 4 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested six individuals for allegedly running an online cricket betting operation from a flat near the Memnagar area, officials said on Saturday. The accused were placing bets on Friday night’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings using multiple online cricket betting IDs.Acting on a tip-off, police raided an apartment in Anand Park Society at around 11 p.m., which had been rented specific…
Gandhinagar, April 1 (IANS) The Gujarat government has approved investment-linked assistance for 23 industrial units worth more than Rs 1,607 crore, a move expected to generate an estimated 5,634 jobs across multiple districts, officials said after a high-level committee meeting on Wednesday. The approvals were granted at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, where final eligibility certificates for state support were cleared for the selected units.The assistance is ai…