Gandhinagar, May 7 (IANS) Gujarat observed World Athletics Day on Thursday by highlighting the growing participation of young athletes in the state through the ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ initiative, which saw 9,383 players compete in the state-level athletics competition held in Nadiad earlier this year.World Athletics Day is celebrated annually on May 7 with the aim of promoting fitness, discipline and awareness about sports among young people.The theme for this year’s World Athletics Day is ‘Sport: Buil…
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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…
Rajkot, April 29 (IANS) A trap operation by the Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Rajkot has resulted in the arrest of a Central GST (CGST) superintendent and a tax consultant for allegedly accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe, officials said on Wednesday.Mukesh Kumar, 43, a superintendent posted with CGST Division-1, Range-5 in Rajkot, and Akash Kaloliya, 33, a tax consultant, were caught on April 28 during a planned operation at Creative Complex located near the city’s ST bus station.According…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the dates of IPL 2026 fixtures between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have been swapped due to municipal corporation elections in Ahmedabad and other regions of Gujarat, slated to be held on April 26.Apart from Ahmedabad, municipal corporation elections will also be held in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Karamsad-Anand, Gandhidham, Nadiad, Navsari, Porbandar, Mehsana, …
Gandhinagar, March 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a fresh round of transfers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), appointing new district collectors in Jamnagar, Surendranagar and Gandhinagar as part of an administrative reshuffle.According to an official notification issued on Wednesday, P.B. Pandya, currently District Development Officer in Amreli, has been appointed Collector of Jamnagar.He will assume charge on March 31, succeeding K.B. Thakkar, who is set to …
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil, on Sunday, urged the Union and Gujarat governments to take immediate steps to safeguard and assist the Gujarati community affected by the escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US, which has led to widespread disruption across the Gulf region. In a video statement, Gohil said continuous reports of drone attacks, missile strikes and air raids in Iran and Israel, as well as in Gulf countries such as Abu Dhabi…
Ahmedabad, Jan 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached a resort and other properties valued at around Rs 4.92 crore of a former field supervisor of the Gujarat Land Development Corporation in Gujarat’s Anand district, in connection with allegations of possessing illegal assets, an official said on Thursday. The ED’s Ahmedabad Zonal Office said that it has provisionally attached properties to the tune of Rs 4.92 crore of Dhirubhai Bababhai Sharma under the provisions …