Gandhinagar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and national general secretary Arun Singh have been appointed observers for the election process of the next state president of the ruling party in Gujarat. Party spokesperson Bharat Pandya today informed that the party has appointed Prasad and Singh for the appointment process of the new party president in Gujarat. Notably, the appointment of president is done for 3 years tenure. Currently th...Read More

Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis today in a press conference announced his resignation from the post of Maharashtra chief minister, hours after his deputy Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar tendered his resignation. “After this [press conference], I will go to Raj Bhavan and tender my resignation. I wish them all the best whoever will form the government. But that will be a very unstable government as there is huge difference of opinions,” Fadnavis said at a media briefing. ...Read More

Jamnagar: There's very much dissatisfaction among farmers in my constituency over rightful compensation, insurance firms are denying them. Insurance firms have adopted policy of ensuring their own benefit.Their monopoly needs to be regulated, Jamnagar BJP MP Poonam Madam said in Lok Sabha today. DeshGujaratRead More

New Delhi: Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway was to be completed by year 2017, but even in 2019 'uska koi thikana nahi hai'. At stretches it's 60% completed, at some other places such as beyond Talaja, just 15-20% work is done so far. People are facing much difficulties. The State government is helpless as this is the national highway. Bills of small contractors are not cleared, Bhavnagar BJP MP Bharti Shiyal said today in Lok Sabha. DeshGujarat Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today in a press conference here declared Rs. 3,795 crore relief package for farmers facing crop damage due to unseasonal rains. Patel said the package will benefit 56.36 lakh farmers across 18,369 villages of 248 talukas through budgetary provision of Rs. 1641 crore and SDRF(State Disaster Response Fund) fund of Rs. 2,145 crore. The State government had earlier announced Rs. 700 crore relief package as initial relief measure. The farmers ...Read More

Ahmedabad: BJP working president J P Nadda today said that the newly formed Devendra Fadnavis led BJP coalition government in Maharashtra would be a 'stable' one. A few hours after Fadnavis took oath as CM with the support of supposedly a faction of NCP led by Ajit Pawar in what is being termed as one of the biggest political surprises of the recent times, Nadda, who arrived here to participate in an event told newsmen that the Fadanavis government would be stable one. ...Read More

Mumbai: BJP leader and Chief Ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis has taken oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra while Sharad Pawar led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has taken oath as Deputy Chief Minister this morning. The oath was conducted by Governor Koshiari. Fadnavis in his reaction said he would go through floor test within the limit prescribed by Governor. On October 30, Ajit Pawar was unanimously re-elected as the legislature party leader of the NCP at t...Read More