Gandhinagar, May 31 (IANS) Around 500 Asiatic lions across the Gir landscape have undergone deworming as Gujarat’s Forest Department intensifies disease-control measures following a series of lion deaths linked to a suspected infection, Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia said after visiting affected areas on Sunday. Modhwadia conducted an on-ground review at the Jamwala Rescue Centre, the Babariya forest area and the Jasadhar Animal Care Centre, where veterinary teams are monitori…
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New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A vast expanse of solar panels is rapidly transforming the white salt deserts of Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch into one of the world’s biggest renewable energy hubs, a report has said.Spread across nearly 280 square miles near the India-Pakistan border, the Khavda solar park is expected to become the world’s largest solar power project by 2029.Once completed, the site will host nearly 60 million solar panels and generate 30 gigawatts of electricity — enough to power an …
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A high-level meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s top leadership, including Union Ministers and party president Nitin Nabin, will take place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, this evening.The meeting, to be held at 5.30 PM is expected to focus on various issues including Rajya Sabha polls and the impending elections to several Legislative Councils. Party’s sources said that the key agenda of the high-level meeting is to discuss and finalise the na…
Gandhinagar/Valsad, May 30 (IANS) Eighteen-year-old Rahul Jakhar from Gujarat’s Valsad district has won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, setting a new Indian Under-20 national record and becoming one of the continent’s leading young athletes in the discipline. Jakhar amassed 7,185 points across the two-day, 10-event competition to secure the title, surpassing the previous national U20 mark in the gruelling combined event.His victory mark…
Bhuj, May 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inspected security infrastructure along the India-Pakistan border in the sensitive Sir Creek and Harami Nala regions of Gujarat’s Kutch district, as the Centre intensified its focus on technology-driven border management and anti-infiltration measures. During the visit, Shah reviewed the operational preparedness of the Border Security Force (BSF), visited border installations, and assessed surveillance arrangements in the marshy creek…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA), has crossed the landmark milestone of 90 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHAs) across the country, the government said on Saturday.Uttar Pradesh leads with over 15.3 crore ABHAs, followed by Rajasthan and Maharashtra with 7.1 crore each, Bihar with 6.3 crore, and West Bengal with 5.9 crore ABHAs.Significant contributions have also come from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, And…
Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday renewed his party’s call for the speedy implementation of river-linking projects across India. He asserted that interconnecting major river systems is critical to addressing the country’s growing water crisis and ensuring equitable distribution of water resources among states.In a statement, Nagenthran highlighted the importance of the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project, a flagship initiative …
Bhuj, May 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed authorities in Gujarat’s border districts to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards unauthorised encroachments, strengthen action against illegal infiltration and financial crime networks, and closely monitor demographic changes, which he described as the most serious challenge facing border regions. Shah was chairing a high-level security review meeting in Bhuj on issues concerning Gujarat’s border and coastal districts alo…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) West Bengal BJP president and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday claimed in a social media post that the Tata Group would return to the state with fresh investment proposals.Referring to the exit of the Tata Motors’ Nano project from Singur in Hooghly district in October 2008, Bhattacharya said the group had been forced to leave amid the anti-land acquisition movement led by the Trinamool Congress under then Opposition leader Mamata Banerjee, who later bec…
May 30 (IANS) A migrant woman who gave birth while in custody and was left without anyone to take her home after being granted bail, was reunited with her family in Madhya Pradesh after officials from the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Nadiad District Jail arranged transport and police assistance for her journey.The woman, originally from Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh, had migrated to Gujarat with her family in search of daily-wage employment.She was lodged in Nadiad Distric…