Friday, August 7, 2026

Dalit solidarity with Prof Teltumbde in Ahmedabad

CV News/ Saturday, February 09, 2019 As part of protests being held across India, several Dalit rights activists gathered in Ahmedabad to show solidarity in support of Prof Anand Teltumde, sought to be persecuted allegedly on "frivolous and unsubstantiated" charges, such as he sympathizes with Maoists, that he helped provoke violence at Bhima Ko...

Patients will get cashless treatments up to Rs. 5-lakh at 2600 hospita...

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today categorically stated that the state government is determined to provide healthy and long life to all of its citizens by covering them under world’s biggest health insurance scheme ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojna’ (ABY) launched by Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Mr. Narendrabhai Mo...

Gujarat, Central govt “mess” over poisonous Narmada waters...

  CV News/ Sunday, February 10, 2019 Even as the Gujarat government is going ahead with Narmada Jubilee celebrations, Mother Narmada is allegedly facing it's worst-ever crisis. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in a statement says that after stopping Narmada water from big dams, the drinking water consumption was reduced, and now the rese...

Facebook page dedicated to farmers’ cause “hacked”, ...

CV News/ Wednesday, February 06, 2019 A Facebook page dedicated to farmer’s issues, problems, and knowledge has allegedly been hacked. The page was created in September 2014 to raise the voice of Gujarat farmers’ issues and problems. Its owner, Sipai Husen, claims, it has received more than 2 lakh likes, and it was growing at rapid rate in short...

RKBY to ensure coverage to farmer’s loans and crops by 18 company

Back in 1999, the government introduced the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) or the Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana (RKBY) to ensure coverage to farmer’s loans and crops. The scheme did not get off to a good start, lying dormant for a long time and later on being selectively employed to cater to the political motivations of some politici...

Gujarat IAS cadre ex-bureaucrat regrets poor state performance in educ...

Former state health commissioner Dr Amarjit Singh, Gujarat cadre IAS, made a civil society consultation in Ahmedabad an occasion to come down heavily on Gujarat's performance in social sector. Quoting official data, he suggested that, despite economic growth, Gujarat remains one of the worst performers in the social sector. Not only does the state ...

Union Minister of State Jashwantsinh Bhabhor compliment Gujarat for be...

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today inaugurated the 1 st Rashtriya Adivasi Kala Mahotsav-2019 at Dahod, considered as the eastern gateway of Gujarat. Speaking on the occasion, he said that promoting tribal art in India and abroad is the best way for the conservation of tribal skill and talent; the Central Government and Gujarat Government are doi...

Sanjeli and Jhalod new taluka bhavans

Rs4.80-cr Sanjeli and Jhalod new taluka bhavans dedicated to people Gujarat Chief Minister lays stone of Rs2.50cr memorial to tribal freedom fighter Guru Govind at Karath-Kamboi, Rs.3.20cr Kedarnath temple Ahmedabad, Sunday: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today laid the foundation stone of district tourism development works of a memorial t...

Relocation of crocodiles from Narmada dykes for tourism safety “...

Counterview Desk In a letter to the Union environment, forests and climate change minister, senior officials of the ministry under him and their Gujarat counterparts, including chief minister Vijay Rupani, top Vadodara-based environmentalist Rohit Prajapati has demanded that the government must immediately stop translocation of the crocodiles from...

South Gujarat tribal rights body seeks special state assembly discussi...

CV News/ Tuesday, January 29, 2019 The South Gujarat-based civil rights organization, Adivasi Kisan Sangharsh Morcha (AKSM), has asked 27 tribal legislators of Gujarat to demand a special discussion in the Gujarat state assembly, whose session begins on February 18. AKSM convener Romel Sutariya, in a statement, has said that the issue has become...

Rs.200-cr to start 2,000 startups by 2022

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the 21 st national convention of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) at L.D. College of Engineering here today. He took keen interest while going round the exhibits set up by the stalls. Nearly 10,000 students and youth from across India are participating in 70-odd competitions, besides ...

Mega Placement Fair is to create job opportunity for 60,000

Mega Placement Fair for Gujarat University affiliated and grant-in colleges with a view to create 60,000 job opportunities. Thanking the industry for their cooperation with the government in the placement fair, he said that 33 Mega Placement Fairs are proposed to be held across the state till February 13, 2019. The objective is make Gujarat a mo...

Rs.28.50-cr Take Home Ration (THR) plant at Banas Dairy

Inaugurated the modern Take Home Ration (THR) plant of 200 metric tonne per day capacity built at a cost of Rs.28.50-crore at the Banas Dairy at Badarpura in the Banaskantha district. It adds up to 5,368 metric tonnes per month. Speaking on the occasion, he said the plant has been built as part of the pan-India National Food Security Act, 2013 an...

Snapdeal sells products at unbelievable discounts. Are they Counterfei...

CERC makes a representation to DCGI asking for urgent intervention Consumer Education and Research Centre(CERC), Ahmedabad conducted an online survey of personal care products and cosmetics sold on e-portals Snapdeal and Nykaa. While Snapdeal is an e-commerce platform with over 3,00,000 sellers, Nykaa is a popular online store that claims to sel...

 Ambaji temple covered with 140-kg gold.

Domes of all the temples with gold at the temple town of the famous Ambaji Shakti-pith in north Banaskantha district.  Ambaji temple covered with 140-kg gold. Ambaji Development Authority to plan and implement all round development of the temple town, including roads, gutter lines and pilgrim’s shelter, for the convenience of the pilgrims. Th...