Palanpur: The Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd has submitted an application to the Union Ministry of Defence seeking permission for setting up a Sainik School in the state. If the proposed project receives approval, it will be the second Sainik school in the state after the one at Balachadi near Jamnagar setup in 1961. Banas Dairy is searching for the land for this project near Palanpur. Banas Dairy is to allocate Rs 20 crores for this project. The sainik school wil...Read More

Gandhnagar: The agriculture department of the state has stopped providing the financial aid of PM Kisan Sahay to as many as 8,973 well-to-do "farmers" of Banaskantha district. The agriculture department had found in a survey that 8,973 "farmers" of Banaskantha having government jobs and paying income-tax were getting financial aid under PM Kisan Sahay. The highest number of farmers whose financial aid is stopped are from Palanpur taluka which is 1,666 "farmers". The lowest number is from Ami...Read More

Palanpur: PM Narendrabhai Modi will directly interact with the locals of Pimpali village of Banaskantha through video conference about the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Gram Sabha tomorrow on ‘Gandhi Jayanti’. The village is selected for the direct interaction considering the satisfactory performance of Sarpanch, members and locals for water and sanitation works in the village. All 100 % houses of this village are connected with tap connections. The village has 715 houses and a...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and the members of Core group on Covid19 pandemic formed by him will visit district headquarters Palanpur in Banakantha on May 15 and district headquarters Bhavnagar on May 16 and hold meeting with district administrations to review the pandemic situation. Such visits and meetings had earlier taken place at Rajkot, Patan, Jamnagar, Kutch, Junagadh, Dahod and Morbi as well. DeshGujarat Read More

Palanpur: Commissioner of Rural Development, Government of Gujarat, Vijay Nehra today said the achievement of 98 per cent vaccination coverage of first dose of Covid19 vaccine in 45 plus age group in Banaskantha district is the result of some exceptional team work by the District administration led by Collector Anand Patel and District Development Officer (DDO) Ajay Dahiya. Nehra said it would be incorrect and unfair to credit him with this achievement. He said his involvement was marginal and l...Read More

Gandhinagar: Banaskantha and Surendranagar districts of Gujarat found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat radio address this morning. The Prime Minister while speaking about Banaskantha, said he had made appeal for sweet revolution in Banakantha in one function in year 2016, in response to which the district has today emerged as a leading centre for honey production, resulting into additional income for local farmers. The Prime Minister also mentioned Zinzuwada vi...Read More

Dantiwada: Four elephants were found without their Mahavat (one who keeps them) on the outskirts of small time village Satsan in Dantiwada area of Banaskantha district of North Gujarat. All four elephants are female. Satsan is located near Rajasthan - Gujarat border. Informed by locals, the Police reached Satsan village and made required arrangements for the elephants. While search for the owner of these elephants is on, the locals, the State forest department and Police men are providing fodder...Read More

Deesa: Renown protector of animals, jeevdaya volunteer and leading Jain community face, Bharat Kothari and two others are killed in a car accident near Jalore in Rajasthan. Deesa based Kothari was very active jeevdaya activist whose efforts saved and gave shelter to lakhs of cattle. Kothari in fact died reportedly while attempting to save an animal. He along with others was on way to darshan at Jain temple in Jahazpur in Rajasthan when he spotted a dog crossing a road. In order to save a dog, a ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today while interacting with rural persons in Bihar via video conferencing hailed milk producer women of Gujarat associated with Banas dairy who did milk business of as high as Rs. one crore. The Prime Minister asked women in Bihar to go to the websites of Amul, Sabar, Banas dairies of Gujarat and take examples of such women. Banas Dairy Chairman Shankar Chaudhary thanked Prime Minister Modi for these kinds words. Thanks a lot for the kind words PM S...Read More