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The government said a total of 283 Asiatic lions died due to various causes during 2020 and 2021. (Representational)

283 lions, 333 leopards died in state in two yrs: Gujarat GovtSubscriber Only

March 15, 2022 09:41 IST

The Gujarat government also told the House that 3,33 leopards died during the two-year period across the state. Twenty seven per cent of these deaths were also caused by unnatural reasons.

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Gujarat: BJP sounds poll bugle

March 14, 2022 04:46 IST

An official release from the party stated that by writing these slogans on the wall, Paatil sounded the party's election bugle while adding that party workers are prepared to win all 182 seats.

A poster of The Kashmir Files movie. (Photo: ZeeStudios_/Twitter)

Gujarat: The Kashmir Files exempted from tax

March 14, 2022 00:56 IST

The film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in the early 1990s and stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty among others. 

These figures were cited by Parmar during the discussion on a question related to Suraksha Setu Yojana of the state government under which, among other things, women are also provided training in self defence.

Gujarat reported over 3,800 cases of rape in two years, assembly told

March 11, 2022 04:21 IST

The third district reporting highest cases of rape and gangrape is Vadodara with 183 rape cases and four cases of gangrape.

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Gujarat bought 15 lakh remdesivir injections at Rs 165 cr over last year: Finance Minister Kanu Desai

March 10, 2022 17:44 IST

The minister said the state was able to tide over the third Covid wave due to its vaccination drive, the state government’s action plan and the people's adherence to Covid guidelines

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Gujarat government: Rs 6.5-crore aid given to 500 fishermen families in 2 yrs

March 10, 2022 04:15 IST

As per the reply, the government is paying daily financial assistance of Rs 300 to the families of fishermen apprehended by the Pakistani authorities. In 2020, the state government paid Rs 2.30 crore to 184 fishermen families.

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Modi, Shah, Nadda, Bhagwat to be in Gujarat from March 11 to 13

March 10, 2022 03:56 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his home state on a two-day visit between March 11 and 12. Apart from attending a number of programmes in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Modi is also scheduled to hold a roadshow from Ahmedabad airport to Gandhinagar.

In a press statement, Congress said, “The claims of the state government about providing lakhs of jobs and do recruitments following a 10-year recruitment calendar have proven false.”

Cong attacks govt’s ‘false claims’ on employment after BJP tables data in Assembly

March 10, 2022 00:14 IST

The attack on the ruling party came following a set answers given by ruling BJP to starred questions raised by Congress MLAs during Question Hour in Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday.

Desai was responding to Congress MLA Virji Thummar who pointed out how growth rate of Gujarat’s GSDP has steadily fallen from the 19.21 per cent growth clocked in 2005-06. 
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State’s GSDP grew by 8.21 % in nine years: Kanu Desai

March 10, 2022 00:11 IST

The Indian Express has last week quoted the state’s annual budget for 2022-23 to point out how Gujarat’s economy had grown by 16.99 per cent between 2004-2011 and at 12.19 per cent between 2011-22

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Cong mlas Applaud BJP MLA says Bharatnet not working in any Dabhoi village

March 10, 2022 00:11 IST

The MLA also pointed out that a provision of Rs 100 crore was made in the state budget for this project, while an additional Rs 73 crore has been provided in budget proposals for the year 2022-23.

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Gujarat minister in Assembly: ‘BJP, RSS have nothing to do with Nathuram Godse’

March 9, 2022 09:22 IST

The statement came in response to the Congress raking up separate incidents — one in which Godse was featured as a hero in an elocution contest in Valsad district and another when his bust was installed in Jamnagar.

The public univresities include the Gujarat University, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Sardar Patel University, Saurashtra University, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.  (File)

BJP minister Jitu Vaghani accuses Congress of playing vote-bank politics

March 8, 2022 03:45 IST

Jitu Vaghani was speaking at the Gujarat Assembly while participating in a Motion of Thanks discussion on the Governor's Address to the House delivered on March 2, the first day of the budget session.

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Women’s Day: PM to address Sadhvi Sammelan in Kutch tomorrow

March 7, 2022 01:04 IST

Acharya Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj from the party said the meeting of sadhvis from across Gujarat has been organised by Gujarat BJP Mahila Morcho on the subject of 'Dharma, Sanskruti and Rashtra'.

According to Kumar, the three day long workshop focussed on the maritime challenges faced in the Indian Ocean.

3-day workshop on Maritime law concludes at RRU in GandhinagarSubscriber Only

March 6, 2022 04:54 IST

“More than 95 % of India's trade and 80% of the world's trade happens through the seas. Despite newer modes of transport available, seaways remain the most prosperous and economic means of transport,” said Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, National Maritime Security Coordinator.

During the Question Hour, Speaker Nimaben Acharya had asked Vansh to express regret and take back his words after Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi suggested that the MLA should be suspended. The MLA later expressed regret. (File)

Gujarat Assembly: Congress members stage walkout after senior MLA Punja Vansh is suspended

March 4, 2022 15:32 IST

The decision to suspend the MLA was taken after the BJP’s Pankaj Desai moved a motion seeking his suspension for seven days over “unparliamentary utterances” against minister Harsh Sanghavi.

Gujarat Assembly Speaker Nima Acharya. (File)

Speaker adjourns House during Question Hour due to ruckus

March 4, 2022 10:40 IST

The development happened when discussion on a starred question raised by Congress MLA from Talala constituency Bhaga Barad was on.

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Last budget before assembly polls No new taxes, exemptions from professional tax, sops for industry

March 4, 2022 08:03 IST

In the last budget of the current BJP regime presented in the 14th Gujarat Assembly, the government also projected a growth of 17.4 per cent in the state's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) during the current financial year (2021-’22), the highest clocked in the past eight years.

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Governor hails Ahmedabad blasts verdict; speech cut short by Cong ruckus

March 3, 2022 09:33 IST

As the Congress legislators continued creating the chaos, the governor cut short his speech and left the House in five minutes. A copy of the governor's speech was laid on the table of the House and it was deemed to be delivered.

Chief of Army staff Manoj Mukund Naravane during the inaugural ceremony of 'Ahmedabad Design week 3.0' at Karnavati University, in Gandhinagar, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)

85% of purchases by Army is Indian, says Army chief General Naravane

February 27, 2022 04:16 IST

“Change is exponential and wars and conflicts have been harbingers of this change,” said MM Naravane.

Both the political parties organised protest rallies after the incident. 
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Former Cong MLA Hirabhai Patel, supporters join BJP in Gandhinagar

February 22, 2022 07:22 IST

The former Congress MLA and others joined BJP in the presence of party general secretary Bhargav Bhatt, party vice-presidents Gordhan Zadaphia and M S Patel

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Jayrajsinh Parmar to join BJP tomorrow

February 21, 2022 04:34 IST

Parmar posted a tweet in this regard while sharing a picture with Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil to media persons.

It has been decided to relieve such teachers while considering them as special case, the release said.

Transfer rules of govt teachers revised; ‘historic’, says Vaghani

February 18, 2022 04:26 IST

Quoting Vaghani, an official release said that the rules for transfers of government teachers were framed in 2012 and considering demands from teachers’ bodies, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given instructions to make important changes in it.

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BJP financing elections with money from drugs, illicit liquor: Congress

February 16, 2022 05:09 IST

Sukhram Rathva, leader of opposition in Gujarat assembly, claimed that illicit alcohol and narcotics drugs worth Rs 215.14 crore have been caught in the state in the past two years.

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Sanitation workers’ protest in Gandhinagar cross 50 days

February 15, 2022 23:14 IST

The workers are demanding regular employment directly under GMC instead of working under a private agency to which the sanitation work has been outsourced.

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Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board to adopt new SOPs, exams postponed to effect changes, says chairman

February 11, 2022 05:29 IST

The GSSSB chairman added that the board will be able to conduct the examination for Binsachivalay Clerk and Office Assistant within next two months, adding that the changes will have good impact on the confidentiality and transparency aspects of the examinations.

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