Gandhinagar, July 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday assured stringent action against those responsible for the alleged leak of a third-year Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) examination paper at Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar, saying the matter concerns students’ careers and should be treated beyond political considerations. Reacting to the controversy, BJP chief spokesperson Anil Patel said preliminary information suggested that the Shalya Tantra-I exa…
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The ISI has been focusing on the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in recent months. This signals a shift in conventional operations that were carried out by the Pakistan-based terror groups along the Line of Control (LoC) or within Jammu and Kashmir.The busting of a Jaish-e-Mohammed module by the Gujarat Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) last week is a sign of how terror groups are modifying their operations. In recent months, the maximum activity by ISI-backed terror groups ha…
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) Gujarat has trained over 4,000 young volunteers under the first phase of the ‘Yuva Aapda Mitra’ Scheme, moving towards its target of creating a trained community-based disaster response force across 17 districts, with women expected to account for half of all participants.According to the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA), the scheme aims to strengthen the state’s capacity to respond to natural and human-made disasters by preparing local volunteers t…
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police of Gujarat on Friday arrested an Indian Air Force corporal in connection with a jewellery shop robbery involving the use of a firearm that took place in the Khadia area nearly two years ago, recovering the weapon allegedly used in the crime after tracing it to a service revolver stolen during an unsolved house burglary in Jamnagar. The breakthrough came in the investigation of an FIR registered at Khadia Police Station following the robbery at a jew…
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) The D.N. Nagar Police in Mumbai have registered a cheating case against a 46-year-old woman after a UK-based Indian-origin man alleged that she fraudulently obtained more than Rs 15.72 lakh from him by promising marriage and concealing details about her past relationships. According to police, the complainant, originally from Jamnagar in Gujarat and currently residing in Leicester, United Kingdom, came into contact with the accused, identified as Rekha Hamir Solanki, throu…
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Mumbai Customs on Wednesday arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly smuggling hydroponic weed worth Rs 2.05 crore into the country through Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). According to Mumbai Customs, officials intercepted a passenger identified as A.D. Rajani, a resident of Jamnagar, Gujarat, based on specific suspicion that he might be carrying contraband items after arriving at CSMIA from Bangkok.Following the interception, a detailed…
Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) Gujarat is advancing towards environmentally friendly and sustainable development through the modernisation of its road infrastructure. To add strength to the state’s green corridors, the state government is set to undertake Rs 1,147 crores project, for the construction of climate-resilient roads using modern technology. Work on 20 roads across various districts of the state will begin using green technology, with old road materials being reused to reduce costs and pro…
Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) Gujarat is set to scale up the use of green construction methods in its road infrastructure with the commencement of 20 road projects across multiple districts, under a Rs 1,147 crore programme aimed at improving durability, reducing construction costs and promoting large-scale reuse of existing road materials. The initiative forms part of the state’s infrastructure development programme aligned with national development priorities associated with Prime Minister Nare…
Gir Somnath, May 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday participated in the ‘Somnath Amrut Mahotsav’ in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, marking 75 years since the inauguration of the reconstructed Somnath Temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas dedicated to Lord Shiva.The celebrations at the historic Somnath Temple commemorated the temple’s restoration and its inauguration by India’s first President, Dr Rajendra Prasad, in 1951.Ahead of the religious ceremonies, PM Modi held a roadsho…
Gir Somnath, May 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the ‘Somnath Amrutparv-2026’ celebrations on Monday as the Somnath Temple marks 75 years of its post-Independence reconstruction, with a series of religious, cultural and aerial events planned at the historic shrine in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district.PM Modi, who is also chairman of the Shree Somnath Trust, is scheduled to arrive at Somnath from Jamnagar by air on Monday and will greet people during a roadshow from the …