Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya on Sunday directed strict action against a junior pharmacist accused of negligence towards patients after reports surfaced that medicines were allegedly denied despite adequate stock being available in the state healthcare system.According to the Health Department, the Minister took serious note of the issue and directed officials to conduct an immediate inquiry into the allegations. The Gujarat government reiterated that negli…
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Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that Gujarat’s dairy cooperative network was transferring nearly Rs 200 crore every day into the bank accounts of women livestock rearers, describing the dairy sector as “one of the largest drivers of women’s economic empowerment in rural India”. Speaking at the inauguration of Madhur Dairy’s new milk processing plant at Dashela in Gandhinagar district, Union Minister Shah said that around 36 lakh women in Gu…
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to conserve petrol and diesel, Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Sameer Jain arrived at the High Court on Saturday by bicycle instead of using his official car. Justice Jain cycled from his residence in Gandhinagar to the High Court premises, accompanied only by his security personnel.Blending in with regular commuters along the route, he reportedly went largely unrecognised by the public. His arrival at the High Court …
Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for public infrastructure and civic development projects worth Rs 620 crore in Gandhinagar on Sunday, with the programme covering healthcare facilities, water supply systems, sewage infrastructure, roads, gardens, sports facilities and community amenities across the state capital. Shah, who represents the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, will virtually inaugurate and launch t…
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, on Saturday chaired a series of review meetings in Ahmedabad to assess the progress of development works in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, with discussions focussing on plantation drives, infrastructure projects, public healthcare and civic administration.By 2.30 P.M., HM Shah had completed six meetings at the South-West Zone Office on Corporate Road in Jodhpur area of Ahmedabad. Deputy Chief Minister H…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat, starting Saturday, where he will participate in a series of official programmes in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. During the visit, the senior BJP leader is expected to review major development initiatives, interact with newly elected civic representatives, and inaugurate a new milk processing plant aimed at strengthening the dairy sector in the region.As part of his engagements, Amit Shah…
Gandhinagar, May 15 (IANS) A day after three migrant workers died and one was critically injured following a suffocation incident inside an underground effluent treatment plant (ETP) tank at an industrial unit in the Saij Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) area of Kalol in Gandhinagar district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at the Mafatlal Gujarat Industries Limited, Unit C/15 to C/18, where tarpaulin fabric processing work is carried out and wastewater generated fr…
Gandhinagar, May 15 (IANS) The Gujarat government has reported a reduction in pilot vehicle calls to the Home Department over the last two days after introducing measures linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for fuel conservation and reduced official travel.Ahead of the Cabinet meeting on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said the decline in pilot vehicle deployments had already resulted in significant savings in fuel usage and manpower, as “the state administration inten…
Ahmedabad, May 13 (IANS) Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat travelled by train from Ahmedabad to New Delhi on Wednesday as part of a wider set of austerity and fuel-conservation measures adopted in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent call for “economic self-defence”. The Governor departed from Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad for his onward journey to Kurukshetra, accompanied by Lady Governor Darshana Devi.Senior railway officials received the couple at the station …
Gandhinagar, May 13 (IANS) In a major administrative exercise, the Gujarat government on Wednesday effected a large-scale reshuffle involving 72 IAS officers, transferring and reassigning senior officials across district administrations, municipal corporations and key state departments.The reshuffle includes changes at collectorates across several districts, such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Bharuch, Navsari, Morbi, Dahod, Junagadh, Valsad, Kutch-Bhuj, Arvalli, Botad, Tapi, Narmada and Kheda, alongside …