Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) Authorities across Gujarat expanded precautionary measures on Thursday as forecasts of continued heavy to very heavy rainfall prompted the closure of schools, colleges and anganwadis in several districts for Friday, while Valsad district ordered factories and industrial units to suspend operations amid flood-like conditions. The latest decisions come as the state continues to battle widespread flooding and intense monsoon rainfall that has already forced the evacuation …
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Gandhinagar, June 24 (IANS) The conviction and seven-year jail sentence handed to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava has placed the party’s Gujarat unit in a fresh political crisis, with legal experts and constitutional authorities indicating that the tribal leader now faces the prospect of losing his Assembly membership unless he secures timely relief from a higher court.A day after a Sessions Court in Narmada district convicted Vasava and eight others in a 2023 case involving the alleged…
Narmada, June 23 (IANS) A Gujarat court has sentenced Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava and eight others to seven years of imprisonment in connection with a 2023 case involving the alleged assault and intimidation of forest department officials, a verdict that has triggered strong political reactions from the BJP, AAP and Congress leaders. According to court proceedings, the Narmada Sessions Court found Vasava and his associates guilty in a case registered in 2023.Forest officials had rem…
Narmada, June 23 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava and eight others, including his wife Shakuntala Vasava, were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a sessions court in Rajpipla on Tuesday in connection with a 2023 case involving the assault of forest department officials, extortion and offences under the Arms Act. Additional Sessions Judge A.V. Hirpara pronounced the sentence after convicting the nine accused earlier in the day.The case stemmed from an incident that occurred …
Narmada, June 23 (IANS) A court in Gujarat’s Narmada district on Tuesday convicted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava, his wife Shakuntala Vasava and seven others in a 2023 case involving the alleged assault and intimidation of forest department officials, marking a significant legal setback for one of the party’s most prominent tribal leaders in the state.The court found the nine accused guilty in connection with an incident that took place in Dediapada on October 30, 2023.Arguments o…
Ahmedabad, June 5 (IANS) Ekta Nagar, a planned tourism hub built around the iconic Statue of Unity in Narmada district, has emerged as a global hotspot for green tourism due to the preservation of greenery and eco-friendly zones in its vicinity. Amid World Environment Day celebrations, the region’s economic viability and rich tourism prospects come back into focus on the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to develop it as an “electric vehicle only zone”.The goal set by the Pr…
Narmada, May 14 (IANS) Around 1,000 tribal households living in villages surrounding the Statue of Unity in Gujarat are being equipped with biogas plants under a government initiative aimed at promoting household energy self-reliance and reducing dependence on LPG cylinders and firewood, with 665 units already installed as the project enters its final phase.The scheme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the National Unity Day Parade held at Ekta Nagar last year, when he stated t…
Ekta Nagar (Gujarat), May 7 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday visited the Statue of Unity during his official tour of Gujarat, paying floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the monument. He also reviewed key tourism and development facilities at the site in Kevadia, also known as Ekta Nagar.The Chief Minister described the visit as an experience marked by a sense of pride and gratitude as he moved through the integrated tourism complex developed around the statu…
Gandhinagar, May 6 (IANS) The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Wednesday declared the Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results, with the overall pass percentage rising to 83.86, up by 1.30 percentage points from last year’s 82.56 per cent.A total of 7,69,993 regular candidates registered for the examination, of whom 7,56,392 appeared and 6,34,327 qualified.Among repeater candidates, 70,934 registered and 67,404 appeared, with 22,598 pass…
Surat, March 7 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday inaugurated the Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline lift irrigation project, based on the Ukai Reservoir, providing water to 53,750 acres across 73 tribal villages in Umarpada taluka of Surat district and Dediapada taluka of Narmada district.The scheme aims to ensure reliable irrigation for tribal farmers in these areas and boost agricultural productivity.Alongside the inauguration, the Chief Minister performed the groundbreaking cer…