Ahmedabad:  Reliance Jio today announced ‘Jio Digital Navratri’. Starting from 23rd October, Jio Digital Navratri will see performances of famous artists that includes Kirtidan Gadhvi, Kinjal Dave, Osman Mir, Arvind Vegda, Devang Patel and Mirande Shah. This event will be streamed LIVE on JioMeet, available on both Google Playstore and Apple App store, and user can click the link https://t.jio/Jiodigitalnavratri2020 to watch it. Viewers can participate and win prizes in v...Read More

Gandhinagar: A caller tune in the voice of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani can be heard when mobile phone calls are dialed in Gujarat. Rupani in this automatically available caller tune says, this Navratri has to be marked as a festival of self-restraint (Samyam) by keeping social distance, wearing mask, using soap and hand sanitizer. Rupani's this few seconds long message can be heard before a longer message on Coronavirus awareness, which has been fixed as caller tune nationally. Howeve...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has today clarified that permission for holding Puja and Aarti during Navratri festival will not be required in the cases in which residential societies of flats when Pooja - Aarti is going to take place within their premises. Permission from Police for holding Aarti and Puja ceremony during Navratri will be required only when it is planned on public places or road. Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the festival of Navratri is beginning on October 17. A nine-nigh...Read More

Gandhinagar: In reply to a question pertaining to permission to Navratri garba events, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today told media persons that the government will take decision on this only after the Central government releases Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) for public events. Patel said, once the SOPs are arrived, a decision will be taken by the core committee led by Chief Minister, regarding how and where it can be applied. 'The Government of India has in its Unlock-5 guide...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today said that it will not celebrate State-level Navratri Mahotsav in upcoming Navratri festival period this year during 17-25 October. This decision has been taken at the level of State Chief Minister in view of global pandemic. The decision has been taken for good of people, stated a note released by State government. It's worth noting that, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd and GINFS (a consortium of various industries in Gujarat currently led by R...Read More

Sabarmati Riverfront: In pictures is a group of young girls practicing Garba ahead of Navratri which is scheduled in the second half of the month of October. The girls are wearing traditional masks varieties, a new feature of Navratri dressing this year for the first time due to China origin coronavirus pandemic. Read More