Category Articles: Politics

Gujarat ATS to become third agency of State Police to get Risk Allowance

March 27, 2023

Gandhinagar: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police will get a risk allowance. This announcement was made during the conference titled - Internal Security Review; Coastal Perspective in State capital Gandhinagar today. The Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi proposed this allowance during the conference, to which Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel immediately agreed. Watch | A meeting held in State capital Gandhinagar today for review of Internal Security: Coastal Security Pe...Read More

Vacate the house in a month: Lok Sabha secretariate to disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi

March 27, 2023
Vacate the house in a month: Lok Sabha secretariate to disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat has given notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to vacate a government bungalow. The allotment of the government bungalow will be canceled with effect from 23.04.2023. Consequent upon his disqualification/cessation from the membership of the 17th Lok Sabha with effect from 23rd March, Rahul is allowed to retain bungalow number 12, Tughlak Lane along with its units for a maximum period of one month (upto 22nd April). The allotment of the aforesaid accommodatio...Read More

World’s largest 30,000 MW solar wind park in Gujarat to be fully operational by 2026: Govt

March 27, 2023
World’s largest 30,000 MW solar wind park in Gujarat to be fully operational by 2026: Govt

Gandhinagar: The world's largest solar-wind park with a capacity of 30,000 megawatts being developed at Khavda in the Kutch district of Gujarat will be ready with 100% installed power generation capacity by December 2026. The energy minister of Gujarat, Kanubhai Desai made this announcement in the State assembly. In reply to a question in the state assembly about the project, the minister confirmed that 50% of the installed power generation capacity will be achieved by December 2024, while t...Read More

Congress MLAs suspended from Gujarat Assembly for rest of the part of Budget session

March 27, 2023
Congress MLAs suspended from Gujarat Assembly for rest of the part of Budget session

Gandhinagar: All legislators of the opposition Congress party are suspended from the State Assembly for the rest of the days of the ongoing Budget session. The budget session is going to conclude on March 29. During the question hour, Congress legislators were seen shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani. The Congress MLAs were wearing black clothes to exhibit their protest. As they entered the well with placards and slogans chanting, the Spea...Read More

Gujarat govt inks MoU with 3 companies for proposed investment of Rs. 11,291 crore

March 27, 2023
Gujarat govt inks MoU with 3 companies for proposed investment of Rs. 11,291 crore

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for proposed industrial investment to the tune of Rs. 11,291 crores which according to the Government will generate employment opportunities for 10,600 persons. The MoUs were signed today in the State capital Gandhinagar under the Atmanirbhar Gujarat Schemes for Assistance to Industries. The 3 MoUs signed today shall pave way for Rs. 11,291 crores proposed investment and generation of employment opport...Read More

Gujarat Science City to have Rs. 10 crore Nuclear Science & Technology Gallery

March 27, 2023

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Science City will have a new Nuclear Science & Technology Gallery. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for the same by the Gujarat government and the department of Atomic energy of the Government of India. The MoU was signed in the State capital Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The gallery shall be set up through financial assistance of Rs. 10 crores. The estimated targetted time for completion of the gallery is 12 months. G...Read More

Why Surat Court gave highest possible sentence to Rahul Gandhi under relevant law

March 25, 2023
Why Surat Court gave highest possible sentence to Rahul Gandhi under relevant law

Surat: Surat court on March 23rd convicted Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years in jail. Following the conviction, Rahul is disqualified as a Member of Parliament. One of contributing factors to his disqualification is 2 years sentence, that the court has ordered. This is the highest possible punishment provisioned under defamation law. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat HH Varma has in the verdict specifically mentioned why Rahul ...Read More

Mobile phones, harmful items, smoking and narcotics substances found in Gujarat jails during searches

March 25, 2023
Mobile phones, harmful items, smoking and narcotics substances found in Gujarat jails during searches

Gandhinagar: During a mega search operation carried out across 17 jails of the state; 16 mobiles, 10 electric items, 39 harmful items, 519 items related to smoking, and 3 narcotics items were found in the jails. The mega surprise checking was conducted by the teams of police in 17 jails including four central jails - Sabarmati jail, Vadodara jail, Rajkot jail, Lojpor jail (Surat); 11 district jails, Palra and Galpadar (Kutch) Jail. Around 1700 police officers and employees joined the search ...Read More

Kiran Patel Case: PRO in Gujarat CMO resigns after his son gets summoned

March 25, 2023
Kiran Patel Case: PRO in Gujarat CMO resigns after his son gets summoned

Gandhinagar: After his son was summoned in a case related to fake PMO official Kiran Patel, Hitesh Pandya, an additional public relations officer (PRO) in the chief minister's office, resigned from his post on Friday. According to sources, Pandya, who had been working in the CMO for about 20 years, was asked to vacate his post after his son Amit Pandya was summoned by J&K Police in the Kiran Patel case. Kiran Patel was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for posing as an officer of the Prime Mi...Read More

Gujarat BJP reacts to Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as Lok Sabha MP

March 24, 2023
Gujarat BJP reacts to Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as Lok Sabha MP

Gandhinagar: Gujarat BJP Vice President Gordhan Zadafia addressed a press conference today at the state BJP headquarters Shree Kamalam, regarding Rahul Gandhi's conviction and subsequent disqualification from Lok Sabha. While addressing the media the BJP leader said, "A Surat court convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, leading to his disqualification as a Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha in accordance with the People's Representative Act." "The issue at hand is the languag...Read More