Gandhinagar, May 27 (IANS) The Gujarat government will organise a statewide series of welfare, environmental, and outreach programmes next month to mark 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led Union government, including large-scale plantation drives, ‘Jan Kalyan’ camps, natural farming workshops, and visits to major development projects across the state. State government spokesperson and minister Jitu Vaghani announced the programme after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.He…
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Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Mumbai Zonal Office conducted searches at 17 locations across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Daman and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in connection with an ongoing probe into the Cyprus-based illegal online betting platform Parimatch.During the raids, the agency seized movable assets worth around Rs 1.56 crore, including cash amounting to nearly Rs 1.2 crore. The ED also froze app…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Mahamandaleshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri Maharaj on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he described as bringing “unprecedented respect” to Sanatan culture, traditions and the country’s spiritual heritage during his 12 years in office.Speaking to IANS, Swami Kailashanand Giri said that under PM Modi’s leadership, religious centres such as Kedarnath, Kashi Vishwanath, Ayodhya, Badrinath and Ujjain Mahakal have gained national and global prominence like…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday congratulated the people of Assam over the passage of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a legislation that will establish a common framework for all residents on matters about marriage, divorce, separation, inheritance, succession, and live-in relationships. The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP government got the UCC legislation, 2026, passed through the State Assembly today, making Assam the first North-Eastern state and, overall, the t…
Jaipur, May 27 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court’s Jodhpur Bench on Wednesday upheld the life imprisonment sentence awarded to Asaram in the case involving the sexual assault of a minor student. While affirming the conviction, the court acquitted co-accused Shilpi and Sharatchand. Asaram, who is presently out on interim medical bail, will now have to surrender.The verdict was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Arun Monga and Justice Yogendra Kumar Purohit.Asaram was arrested in Aug…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A group of Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi on Tuesday evening.The meeting, which brought together representatives from different constituencies of Gujarat, was described by participants as a courtesy interaction during which they conveyed their experiences in public life and received guidance on governance and public service.Vejalpur MLA Amit Thaker said the meeting left a strong impression…
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will undertake a two-day visit to Gujarat on May 28-29, during which he is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for multiple development projects across the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency and Ahmedabad, and to hold organisational and review meetings. Shah, who is also the Member of Parliament from the constituency, will begin his programmes on May 28 with a series of development-related events across differ…
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Tuesday cleared a significant financial and policy measure for the cooperative sugar sector while also opening registration for farmers to sell summer moong at the Minimum Support Price (MSP), bringing combined relief measures for more than two lakh farmers and cooperative institutions across the state. Announcing the decision, Agriculture and Cooperation Minister Jitu Vaghani said: “The state government has granted official approval to sugarc…
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) K. L. N. Rao on Tuesday appeared before a Kutch court through video conferencing from Gandhinagar to give testimony in a 2021 Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) case, marking what officials described as a practical example of the expanding use of digital systems in judicial proceedings across the state. Rao attended the proceedings from the Formal Witness Deposition Centre at the Gandhinagar District Court, while the case hearing was …
Amreli, May 26 (IANS) Five Asiatic lions, including three cubs, have died in Gujarat’s Gir landscape over the past 10 days, with forest authorities suspecting babesiosis — a tick-borne parasitic disease — in four of the cases, while one cub is believed to have died in infighting among lions.State Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia said reports claiming a wider outbreak among Gir lions were emerged and clarified that only two lion deaths were officially suspected to be linked d…