Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, June 27 (IANS) Plans to develop 101 oxygen parks in Ahmedabad alongside a large-scale plantation drive across 308 locations in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency have been finalised as part of a wider green-cover expansion programme aimed at increasing urban greenery and public access to open green spaces. The decisions were taken during a high-level review meeting held in Ahmedabad under the chairmanship of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.The meeting was…
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Gandhinagar, June 26 (IANS) Gujarat Police has prevented narcotic substances worth more than Rs 13,600 crore from reaching users in Gujarat and other parts of India over the past five years, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Friday as the state marked the ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’.In a statement on social media platform on X, Sanghavi said Gujarat Police had registered more than 3,700 cases under anti-narcotics laws during the five-year period and …
Gandhinagar, June 26 (IANS) Gujarat Police have seized more than 1.36 lakh kilograms of narcotic substances worth over Rs 13,600 crore and arrested 5,346 people in connection with drug trafficking cases over the past five years, as the state intensified its campaign against organised drug networks and international smuggling operations. The figures were released ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, with senior state officials highlighting the resu…
Vadodara, June 25 (IANS) In a significant prelude to the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Regional Summit for Central Gujarat, the state government has disbursed financial assistance of Rs 1,432.41 crore to 12,908 industrialists in Vadodara, marking the highest allocation among the regions where similar summits have been held. The assistance was distributed by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi at a meeting in Vadodara on Thursday, during which he also underlined the state’s focus on strengthening i…
Gandhinagar, June 23 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and BJP state president Jagdish Vishwakarma paid tributes to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary on Tuesday, remembering the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder for his role in advocating national integration and his opposition to Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status.In a message marking the occasion, Patel recalled Mukherjee’s slogan, “One country cannot have two cons…
Ahmedabad, June 22 (IANS) When the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch dismantled one of India’s largest alleged “digital arrest” fraud networks in 2024, arresting 17 accused, including four Taiwanese nationals, the investigation not only exposed the growing sophistication of transnational cybercrime but also laid the foundation for a book on modern cybercrime investigations.The case, which gained national attention and was later referenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat…
Gandhinagar, June 20 (IANS) More than 3.13 lakh passengers on Saturday submitted feedback on Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) services since March, with the state-run transport operator recording an average satisfaction rating of 4.7 out of five after expanding its QR code-based feedback system across Gujarat. The digital feedback mechanism, introduced on a pilot basis in March last year, has now been rolled out on a large scale following positive passenger response.The QR codes …
Gandhinagar, June 20 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi joined political leaders across the country in extending birthday greetings to President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday as she celebrated her 68th birthday. In a message posted on social media platform X, Patel described President Murmu’s rise from a modest background to the country’s highest constitutional office as an inspiration for crores of Indians.“Your life journey, rising from a …
Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) Ahmedabad has emerged as the epicentre of Gujarat Police’s ongoing ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, accounting for the highest number of Bangladeshi nationals identified during the statewide verification and enforcement drive and offering investigators an unprecedented insight into how undocumented migrants were living, working and moving across the state. The operation, launched simultaneously across Gujarat after weeks of intelligence gathering, telecom analysis, technical surv…
Gandhinagar, June 2 (IANS) Gujarat Police will launch “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0” across all districts from Tuesday, intensifying its crackdown on mule bank accounts used by cybercriminals to receive, transfer, and launder money obtained through online frauds. The decision was taken at a statewide review meeting, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, via video conference on Monday night.Senior police officers, including Director General of Police K.L.N. Rao, attended the meeting, wh…