Nadiad (Gujarat), May 2 (IANS) A special NDPS Court in Gujarat’s Nadiad convicted and sentenced two persons to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the interstate smuggling of over 220 kg of poppy straw in 2022, an NCB official said on Saturday. Jagdish Bhuriya and Dinesh Bhuriya, both residents of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh, were sentenced to jail by the court on Friday, along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh each, under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substa…
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Gandhinagar, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 38,949 newly constructed rural houses across Gujarat on March 31, in what officials describe as a significant expansion of housing access for low-income families under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin).The houses, built at an estimated cost of Rs 651 crore, have been completed across multiple districts for families who were previously houseless or living in kutcha structures.The scheme, aimed at improving rural livin…
Gandhinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Gujarat is currently underway, with election officials receiving a large number of applications for inclusion, deletion and correction of voter details across the state, poll officials said on Friday. The voter revision exercise, launched on October 27, 2025, completed its enumeration phase before the draft electoral roll was published on December 19, 2025.According to official data, a total of 6,54,594 app…
Gandhinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) The Centre has approved Rs 1,078.13 crore from the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) for a series of major road development projects across Gujarat. The allocation follows the high-level review meeting held in Gandhinagar on November 25, 2025, between Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. The funding will support 41 road works under the state government, covering a total length of 564.57 kilometres. The pr…