Gandhinagar: Finally, the Government has shared officially shared the details of huge catch of heroin in consignments landed at Mundra Port of Gujarat from Afghanistan, via Iran. The Ministry of Finance, Government of India has stated that DRI has seized 3004 kg of heroin at Mundra and arrested eight persons in connection with this. The official note in full text follows: In its continued crackdown on smuggling of Heroin into India, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) detained two cont...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel has instructed today in the first cabinet meeting to cabinet ministers and officers to utilize their time in meeting common people in their offices on Mondays and Tuesdays. He asked to schedule no meetings or programs during these two days. No MLA will sit in waiting mode outside the office of officers on Mondays and Tuesdays. MLAs will be given entry to office directly. Earlier it was seen that MLAs were being made sit outside the off...Read More

Gandhinagar: Dushyant Patel, a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bharuch has been appointed to perform the duties of the office of the Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly so long as the said office is vacant. Patel replaces Dr. Nimaben Acharya who stepped down from the post. Dr. Nimaben was made Speaker after outgoing Speaker Rajendra Trivedi left the post to take oath as a Cabinet Minister. Monsoon session of State assembly is scheduled to be held in the last week of this month. Read More

Gandhinagar: In a detailed meeting covering all aspects of the State Education department, the new minister Jitubhai Vaghani gave directives on 14 different issues. The minister pointed out that there's no government university in 13 districts. He asked the department to come with estimates for setting up university/cluster university in the districts in order to make efforts for inclusion of same in the nex annual budget of the State. Vaghani asked officials to come up with short term, ...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on his visit to national capital New Delhi today gifted the murti of Simandhar Swami to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah today. Patel also visited President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu, Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying minister Parshottam Rupala during his visit to New Delhi. He gifted a book of Dada Bhagwan to P...Read More

Gandhinagar: Kutch BJP MLA Dr. Nimaben Acharya has resigned as Speaker of Gujarat Assembly with effect from September 20th today. The office of the Speaker in the assembly has been declared vacant therefore. Nimaben was appointed protem Speaker after resignation of Rajendra Trivedi from the post of Speaker. Trivedi later took oath as the senior most minister in Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel government. A two-day session of Gujarat Assembly is scheduled to meet in the last week of this m...Read More