Sunday, July 13, 2025

Open 12-day Shopping Festival in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today inaugurated the first-ever multi-locational 12-day Shopping Festival in Ahmedabad. Speaking on the occasion, he said the Ahmedabad city is making giant strides from a modest trade centre selling cheap goods at weekly Gurjari haat to an industrial hub. When small traders join hands to host shopping festivals...

10 per cent quota for Unreserved Categories

In an important decision for social equanimity, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today announced that the benefits of 10 per cent quota for Unreserved Categories of Economically Weaker Class for education to higher education and government jobs will be applicable after Makar Sankranti on January 14, 2019. In case the announcements have already ...

Govt clears 7 TPs, five for Ahmedabad

Continuing his trend of clearing over 100 Town Planning Schemes (TPs) for rapid and vertical development in urban areas of the state in year 2018, in the beginning of new year 2019.  Gujarat government sanctioned as many as seven new TPs, including five in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat. Since his heading of the Urban Development Department, the Chief Min...

Colleges would be paid salary as per 7 th Pay Commission

Teaching staff of state government’s universities, its affiliated granted government & private colleges would be paid salary as per 7 th Pay Commission from Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani has decided today that teaching staff of Gujarat Government’s universities and its affiliated government and private granted colleges woul...

19 leading industry captains, CEOs to attend Vibrant

Gujarat Government’s Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit –2019, 9 th edition of the series to be held from January 18, will witness presence of as many as 19 leading industry captains and CEOs of the country. The ceremony of this mega event, which is to be attended by Prime Minister Mr. Narendrabhai Modi, will witness presence of Chairman and managing d...

WoW provide education to deprived and poor students to bring them into...

Flagged off the ‘Wisdom on Wheels’ (WoW) bus, a specially designed bus developed under the Swant Sukhay Yojna by district collector with an aim to provide education to deprived and poor students to bring them into main stream of education in Rajkot city and district areas, in Rajkot. CM handed over WoW kits, which contained educational tools, to 1...

Basic amenities, gutter lines lacking, forcing slumdwellers to defecat...

Poor AMC allocation: Basic amenities, gutter lines lacking, forcing slumdwellers to defecate in open, Ahmedabad authorities told CV News/ Friday, January 11, 2019 Even as Ahmedabad has been declared “open defecation free plus” (ODF+) by the Narendra Modi government, which means the city has hygienic and usable public toilets, a grassroots communi...

Story of a foot soldier of Gujarat riots coming from a vulnerable comm...

Thursday, January 03, 2019 By Rajiv Shah He is one of the more prominent "foot soldiers" of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Suresh Jadeja, alias Langdo, alias Richard, is indeed a well-known name in the Naroda Patiya massacre case, in which 97 persons were killed on February 28, 2002, the first day of the riots that shook the nation. Ordinarily, such a...

Whistle-blowing IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s wife suspects foul pl...

Thursday, January 10, 2019 The car hit by an "unregistered" beacon-light flashing truck By Nachiketa Desai* Paranoia has seized Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt, after the car she was driving was rammed in broad day light. According to Shweta Bhatt, it was beacon light-flashing truck without regi...

State-wide 20,000-odd bird rescuing Karuna Abhiyaan

With a view to rescue and save the bird sustained injuries caused by thread use for flying kites during the forthcoming ‘Kite Festival’, Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today launched state-wide ‘Karuna Abhiyaan’ (Mercy Mission) in Ahmedabad. The Karuna Abhiyaan will continue between January 10 and 20. The Chief Minister categorically...

Chir Batti – ghost lights in Kutchh Banny

Strange lights are seen over the vast plains south from Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India. These are the weird Chir Batti – "ghost lights". It is hard to tell whether this landmark is meteorological phenomenon or something else. BANNI GRASSLANDS Marshy, desolate wetlands – Banni grasslands – rise just a few metres above the sea level – although sea...

Bopal to get water from Narmada Canal based project”

Gujarat Chief Minister dedicates, lays stone of AUDA development projects worth Rs.285-crore “Bopal to get water from Rs.160-crore Narmada Canal based project” Ahmedabad, Tuesday: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today dedicated and laid the foundation stones of various development projects of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) wo...

CM releases book “Mahatma Gandhi: Sanchar ni Shashvat Kala”

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today, in Gandhinagar, released Gujarati translated version ‘’Mahatma Gandhi: Sanchar ni Shashvat Kala” from original English book “Mahatma: A Great Communicator” written by Dr. Dhiraj Kakadiya, a senior officer of Gujarat Government. The Gujarati translation is done by Dr. Sonalben Parikh, granddaugh...

Complaint is about fake product sold on the e-commerce giant’s portal

Court sends notice to Amazon on CERC complaint The Ahmedabad District Forum has admitted a complaint filed by Consumer Education and Research Centre, Ahmedabad and its chief general manager, Pritee Shah, against e commerce company Amazon for sale of a fake product. The court has taken cognizance of the matter and issued a notice to Amazon. Apar...

renovation of two Gurudwaras at cost of Rs. 10-Cr in Kutch

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today laid foundation stones for the renovation and refurbishing works of ‘First Paatshahi Gurudwara’ and another Gurudwara at Bet Dwarka, at a total cost of Rs. 10-Crore, located at Lakhpat in Kutch. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rupani said that the life of Guru Nanakji was not just an inspiration for ...