Tapi, Feb 13 (IANS) Chikhalvav, a tribal village in Vyara taluka of Tapi district in Gujarat, is setting a benchmark in women’s empowerment, with all eight members of its panchayat, including the sarpanch, being women. For the past four years, the village’s administration, from local governance to education and healthcare, has been entirely managed by women, who make decisions collectively to ensure the benefits of government schemes reach every household.Rakshaben Gamit, Sarpanch of C…
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Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) With spiritual fervour gripping the city amidst the four-day ‘Swabhiman Parv’ celebrations, a large number of Lord Shiva devotees arrived in Somnath on Friday morning via special trains.The devotees hailing from Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, and Ahmedabad reached the holy city this morning and were accorded a warm welcome with drumbeats and traditional ‘Bhathigal Garba’.The Gujarat government has made special arrangements for Shiva devotees for the ‘Somnath Swabhiman Parv’, …