Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday participated in the traditional Maha Aarti and Netrotsav ceremonies at the historic Jagannath Temple in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur area, marking a key religious observance ahead of the 149th Jagannath Rath Yatra scheduled on July 16.Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi attended the ceremonies, hoisted the temple flag and participated in the Maha Aarti. He offered prayers before Lord Jagannath and sought blessings for the…
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Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) Gujarat has set an ambitious target of planting more than 5.51 crore saplings across 74,453 hectares during this year’s ‘Van Mahotsav’ campaign, while the state Forest Department also plans to distribute around 11.80 crore saplings through its network of 423 government nurseries to expand green cover and encourage public participation in afforestation. The plantation drive will be carried out under the state government’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 3.0’ initiative and the ann…
Mehsana, July 1 (IANS) The Mehsana District Panchayat has launched what it describes as Gujarat’s first ‘District Panchayat at Your Doorstep’ programme, an initiative aimed at resolving public grievances closer to where people live and reducing the need for residents of rural areas to travel to the district headquarters. The programme was inaugurated on Wednesday from the renowned Shaktipeeth at Bahucharaji under the guidance of Mehsana District Panchayat President Nitin Patel.It seeks to bring …
Ahmedabad, May 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Naxalism in the country had ended by March 31 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while asserting that the BJP government had brought major changes to India’s internal security situation over the past decade. Speaking at the inauguration of new hostel facilities at Mata Umiya Dham in Ahmedabad, Shah said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had carried out “revolutionary transformation” in …
Raipur, May 10 (IANS) Star batter Suryakumar Yadav has arrived in Raipur and joined the Mumbai Indians squad in hours before their crucial IPL 2026 clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru takes place at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in the evening.Suryakumar and his wife, Devisha Shetty, welcomed their daughter Riddhima on May 7 and it led to doubts over whether he would join MI for their clash against RCB. “Surya Dada arrives in Raipur,” wrote MI on their so…
Gandhinagar, April 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a synchronised election campaign across 15 municipal corporations in Gujarat on Sunday, with candidates collectively taking a pledge of public service under the ‘Janseva Sankalp’ programme, marking the formal start of its campaign for upcoming local body elections. According to BJP leaders on Saturday, the programme will begin at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday across all 15 municipal corporations simultaneously.The party said the ini…
Gandhinagar, April 7 (IANS) Gujarat BJP’s state election committee (Parliamentary Board) on Tuesday held a nearly six-hour-long meeting at the Chief Minister’s residence in Gandhinagar to deliberate on candidate selection for the upcoming local self-government elections. The meeting was held in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma.Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi was also present, along with other members of the election committee.The…