Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) The Gujarat government has substantially increased financial assistance for the purchase of “Sanedo” agricultural vehicles under the ‘Kisan Parivahan Yojana’, in a move aimed at reducing transport costs for farmers and improving the movement of agricultural produce, particularly in rural and remote areas of the state. Announcing the decision on Tuesday, State Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said the increase in subsidy was approved after repeated representati…
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New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday that the current Cheetah population in the country stands at 53, of which 33 are Indian-born. Chairing a review meeting of Project Cheetah, Yadav said, “Survival rates of introduced individuals and cubs have been found to be in line with, and in certain cases, better than, global benchmarks, demonstrating the effectiveness of scientific management and monitoring protocols.”He said the …
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visits to the Netherlands and Sweden constitute part of India’s wider European outreach, which includes Norway and Italy, at a time of shifting alliances in the geopolitical landscape amid the dramatic change in US foreign policy under Donald Trump’s presidency.”Underlying the trip is a larger geopolitical calculation on both sides. Europe is seeking to reduce its economic exposure to China and cope with the fallout of the Russ…
Jammu, May 19 (IANS) One person was killed, and eleven others were injured on Tuesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district.Police said a passenger bus overturned on the Gool-Sangaldan road near the Sangaldan area of the district.The officials said the accident occurred after a bus bearing registration number JK02CU-7482 reportedly lost control and overturned on the roadside.Soon after the incident, rescue and relief operations were launched by police, locals and emergency …
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India is steadily improving in terms of industrial depth to become a global superpower, a report has said.”The challenge before India is to become a more technologically capable, industrially mature and structurally resilient one. It will have to enhance its ability to manufacture precision and high-end industrial machinery that can produce other machines, the report from India Narrative said.It further highlighted that it has a long way to go in developing dense, vertic…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Two employees of a businessman from Gujarat were allegedly robbed by a gang on the pretext of carrying out a business transaction. After looting Rs 42 lakh from them, the accused allegedly abducted the two employees and forced them into a car.However, it is alleged that the two men were later taken to the Kona Expressway in Howrah district and thrown out of the car. After learning about the incident, the businessman from Gujarat arrived in Kolkata and lodged a formal compl…
Gandhinagar/Sabarkantha, May 19 (IANS) The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (A.N.T.F.) of CID Crime and Railways carried out a raid in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, leading to the seizure of cannabis plants and processed contraband valued at approximately Rs 6.38 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on specific intelligence inputs and under the supervision of senior police officers, a team led by Police Inspector R.V. Patel conducted a search operation in agricultural land and a residential propert…
Ahmedabad, May 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch in Gujarat has arrested a female employee in connection with the alleged theft of gold ornaments worth over Rs 1.66 crore from a jewellery shop in the Nikol area, officials said on Tuesday.According to a police official, a complaint was registered at Nikol Police Station after gold ornaments valued at Rs 1,66,88,437 were reported stolen on May 11 from “Aabhushan Jewellers”, located at Gravity Shopping Mall in the area.The accused, identifie…
Gandhinagar, May 18 (IANS) The Gujarat government will provide “Ready-to-Eat Nutrition Snacks” for six months to adult tuberculosis patients weighing less than 42 kilograms and all children below the age of 14 as part of an expanded effort to strengthen treatment outcomes under the ‘TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’.The announcement was made during a high-level review meeting held at Lok Bhavan on Monday in the presence of Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, where senior offic…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) A framed image displayed at Gate 4 of the Ministry of Railways building in New Delhi offered a glimpse of what India’s bullet train future could look like — a sleek, aerodynamic train with a rounded nose, gliding over an elevated viaduct through lush green terrain.While the image appeared symbolic, possibly a digital rendering, it also reflected the government’s renewed confidence that the long-delayed Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project is finally gath…