Surat, June 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two sections of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and lay the foundation stone for four National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) projects worth a combined Rs 12,421 crore during his visit to Surat on June 5, coinciding with ‘World Environment Day’. According to the state government, the projects are aimed at strengthening connectivity across South Gujarat, improving freight movement, and supporting economic activity in the state’s tr…
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Jaipur, June 2 (IANS) An Innova car carrying tourists from Jaisalmer on a Char Dham pilgrimage plunged nearly 200 metres into the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district, killing four people, including an AIIMS doctor. Three others remain missing, while a 12-year-old boy sustained critical injuries. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday near Ganga Darshan Hotel in Saknidhar, Devprayag. CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced.The deceased have been identified as Dinesh Ku…
Bhopal, May 30 (IANS) Large parts of Madhya Pradesh continue to reel under severe heatwave conditions, with temperatures ranging between 42 and 46 degrees Celsius in several districts, officials said on Saturday. The intense heat has triggered an acute drinking water crisis, which has now become a major political issue between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Groundwater levels have declined sharply across the state.Water supply has also become irregular in many urban and rural …
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…
Vadodara, May 22 (IANS) The next edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) will be held in Vadodara in the last week of June 2026, with a focused review of the industrial and economic profile of Central Gujarat, the state government announced on Friday. The conference will concentrate on the Central Gujarat region, which comprises Ahmedabad, Anand, Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mahisagar, Narmada, Panchmahal and Vadodara districts.The region contributes around 28 per …
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced the appointment of three additional co-incharges for Gujarat as the party attempts to strengthen its organisational structure in the state following a disappointing performance in the recent local body elections. In an official notification issued on Tuesday, AAP named Vinay Mishra, Dinesh Mohania and Gaurav Sharma as additional co-incharges for Gujarat.The appointments come weeks after AAP suffered a major setback in the…
Bhopal, April 30 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh is steadily moving towards prosperity and is on track to develop along the lines of Gujarat, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Thursday.“The state is becoming prosperous, much like Gujarat,” Yadav said, crediting the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre’s support for key development initiatives in the state.Yadav made the remarks while addressing the ‘Krishi Karmayogi’ (agricultural worker) orientation training and workshop h…
Ahmedabad, April 27 (IANS) Construction of a 36-metre-high bridge over the Sabarmati River is progressing steadily as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (Bullet Train) project, with several key structural milestones already achieved, officials said.The bridge, approximately 480 metres in length and comparable in height to a 12-storey building, is being built alongside the Western Railway’s Ahmedabad-Delhi main line.It is situated between the proposed Sabarmati and Ahmedabad high-spee…
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Wishing all Tamils around the world a happy Tamil New Year, popular Tamil actor Harish Kalyan on Tuesday disclosed that his wife Narmada and he had named their baby girl ‘Kriya’. Taking to his X timeline to greet all Tamils around the world on the joyous occasion of the Tamil new year, Harish Kalyan wrote in Tamil, “Ulagengum vaazhum Tamizh uragvugazhukku iniya Tamizh Puthaandu nalvaazhthukkal. Ippadikku Kriya, Narmada and Harish Kalyan (Sweet Tamil New Year good wishes …