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After Covid, now a mammoth vaccination drive for lumpy skin disease

Cattle are being vaccinated swiftly as the disease breaks out of its initial holds of Rajasthan and Gujarat and starts infecting buffaloes too

Wrong, unjust to felicitate accused in 2002 Bilkis Bano case: Fadnavis

The 11 convicts undergoing life sentences in the two decades old cases were set free on August 15, after spending 14 years in jail following an apex court order.

Gujarat Cong MLA invites PM Modi to Somnath with request to travel by road

Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to travel from Bhavnagar to Somnath by road in a bid to draw attention to the potholed highway

Defence personnel's family to get Rs 1 crore if he dies on duty: Gujarat

Earlier, a compensation of Rs 1 lakh was given to the family of those who were killed in action or died in the field

Gujarat Congress is full of chaos and groupism, says turncoat ex-MLA

Mahendrasinh Baraiya, a former Congress MLA who recently joined the BJP along with his supporters, told mediapersons that the state Congress doesn't value its workers

Ease of doing drug business, Rahul attack on PM over Gujarat 'drug hauls'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over multiple drug hauls from Gujarat and asked for how long he would be silent on the matter. His attack came days after the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police busted a mephedrone manufacturing unit in Gujarat and seized drugs worth Rs 1,026 crore. " 'Ease of doing drug business' in Gujarat? Mr Prime Minister, answer these questions. Drugs worth thousands of crores are reaching Gujarat. Who is spreading this poison in the holy land of Gandhi-Patel," the former Congress chief said in a tweet in Hindi. Posing a series of questions, he asked why the port owner had not been questioned so far despite drugs being recovered time and again. "Why are NCB and other government agencies still not able to nab 'Narcos' running drug cartels in Gujarat?" Gandhi said. "Narcos" is the title of a Netflix series on drug cartels in Colombia. Who are the people sitting in the government of the Centre and in Gujarat wh

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will embark on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat from today

CBI should probe scams in Gujarat, Bundelkhand Expressway: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday he was not afraid of a CBI probe but the agency should also investigate the alleged scam in the Bundelkhand Expressway construction which developed cracks just five days after the prime minister inaugurated it. In an interview with PTI, Sisodia, who is among 15 people and entities named in an FIR registered by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy, said his party was not scared of any investigation and asserted that the scams being alleged by BJP leaders were nothing but "shagufe (lies)". On Saturday, the deputy chief minister said he might be arrested in two-four days. Recently, based on a report submitted by the Delhi chief secretary, Lt Governor V K Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into the Kejriwal government's Excise Policy, 2021-22, over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses. Claiming that he was unaware about any report, Sisodia said, "The BJP, CBI, L-G,

AAP fears attack on Kejriwal, Sisodia during Guj visit, seeks protection

Fearing that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia could be attacked during their visit to Gujarat on Monday and Tuesday, AAP has sought more police protection for the two leaders

Shankersinh Vaghela launches party, will contest assembly polls in Gujarat

Veteran politician and former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Sunday floated a new party, Praja Shakti Democratic Party. His party will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat

Bilkis case: 3 Muslim MLAs urge Prez to revoke decision to release convicts

Three Gujarat Congress MLAs have written to President Droupadi Murmu seeking her direction to the state government to withdraw its "shameful decision" to release the 11 convicts serving a life sentence in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. The three MLAs- Gyasuddin Shaikh, Imran Khedawala and Javed Pirzada- have written a letter to the President, Shaikh said on Saturday. "Gujarat Congress MLAs @Gyasuddin_INC, @Imran_khedawala and Javed Pirzada wrote a letter to the President of India Draupadi Murmu regarding Bilkis Bano case," stated a post on Shaikh's Twitter handle with a copy of the letter. The letter stated the "shameful decision" of the Gujarat BJP government ordering the release of the 11 convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven members of her family has "tarnished the day (on which such a decision was taken)." "Even though the Central Government has a clear guideline that rape convicts serving life imprisonment should not be released under the policy of .

AAP's Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia on 2-day visit to Gujarat from Monday

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he and his deputy Manish Sisodia will visit Gujarat next week with a message that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will provide free and quality education as well as healthcare services if it is voted to power in the state in upcoming assembly polls. The AAP national convenor said he and Sisodia will be in Gujarat for two days during which they will also hold interaction with youth. "On Monday, Manish ji and I will go to Gujarat for two days - to guarantee education and health. Like Delhi, We will open good schools, good hospitals and mohalla clinics in Gujarat as well. Everyone will get good education and medical treatment for free. People will get so much relief. Will interact with youth also," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. Kejriwal made the announcement a day after the CBI raided Sisodia's residence in connection with an alleged scam in the formulation of Delhi excise policy. While the CBI raid lasted for more than 14 hours, AAP leader

SC dismisses PIL against Reliance's zoo being built in Gujarat's Jamnagar

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the permission granted to a zoo being built by Reliance Industries in Gujarat's Jamnagar saying there was no logic or basis in the petition. A bench of justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari junked the plea filed by an advocate seeking to ban acquisition of animals by Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. The top court said there is hardly any scope to dispute that the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre is a recognised zoo as well as a rescue centre. It said there was no legal infirmity in grant of recognition to the zoo and the rescue centre by the Central Zoo Authority. "The allegations of the petitioner regarding lack of expertise on the part of respondent No 2 or regarding commercialisation remain uncertain and it does not appear that the petitioner has carried out the requisite research before moving this court in PIL jurisdiction. "We are impelled to observe that the petitioner himself is

Larsen & Toubro commissions new green hydrogen plant at Hazira in Gujarat

The plant will produce 45 kg of green hydrogen daily, which will be used for captive consumption in the company's Hazira manufacturing complex

Good or bad economics? 'Freebies' divide Gujarat politicos, economists

Will BJP's promises for Gujarat fall in the freebies category or welfare schemes, asks political opponent

Some convicts in Bilkis case 'Brahmins with good sanskaar': Gujarat BJP MLA

Some of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 are "Brahmins" with good 'sanskaar', said BJP MLA part of panel to recommended remission to all the 11 men found guilty

GMDC to increase lignite production by additional 1.5 MT this year

State-owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) on Thursday said it is augmenting lignite output by further 1.5 million tonnes this year. The development assumes significance as the PSU is targetting to build up its lignite production in a bid to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) eyeing for cheaper fuel. GMDC Managing Director Roopwant Singh said that its customer base among MSMEs in textiles, chemicals, and ceramics along with captive power plants is increasing. Hence, the company is increasing its lignite production this year. "This will help us minimising the constantly increasing demand-supply gap and catering the energy requirements in the state," he said. The PSU has invited bids for its Surkha (N) mine in Bhavnagar from lignite mining contractors. The company produced 8.5 million tonnes of lignite last year and plans to increase it to 10 million tonnes this year. "The RFP for lignite Mining at Surkha (N), Bhavnagar, includes two packages with a

2 former Congress leaders join BJP ahead of Assembly polls in Gujarat

Nearly weeks after resigning from the Congress, former Gujarat minister Naresh Raval and former Rajya Sabha member Raju Parmar joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

4,000 litres of adulterated milk seized from a truck in Gujarat's Rajkot

Four thousand litres of adulterated milk was seized from a truck at a checkpoint in Rajkot, said the officials on Tuesday.

Volatile cotton prices, weak domestic demand hurt Gujarat's denim industry

Most MSMEs running at 60 per cent capacity as high input prices have also made exports costlier