Gandhinagar: Parshottam Rupala, Mansukh Mandaviya, Naran Rathwa, and Dr. Amee Yagnik are now former Rajya Sabha members. They retired on 2nd April 2024 after a six-year term in the upper house of parliament. Of them,  Rupala and Mandaviya are union cabinet ministers. However, they can remain ministers without being members of parliament. As per the rules, any person can become a minister without being elected as a member of the house for 6 months period. Both Rupala and Mandaviya are contest...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national president J P Nadda and three other candidates of the party are declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat today. The three others candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha are Surat based Saurashtra origin diamond baron Govindbhai Dholakia, BJP leader from the Central Gujarat Jasvantsinh Parmar and North Gujarat based BJP Gujarat Other Backward Class(OBC) Morcha chief Mayank Nayak. They are declared elected uno...Read More

Gandhinagar: All four candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Rajya Sabha election filed their nominations today here. Today is the last day of filing nominations. None of opposition parties is going to file nomination due to lack of strength. Four BJP candidates JP Nadda, Govindbhai Dholakia, Jashvantsinh Parmar and Mayank Nayak are therefore going to be declared winner unopposed. The nomination filing took place at Vijay Mahurat of 12.39 pm in presence of Gujarat Chief Minister and Guja...Read More

Gandhinagar: Speaking at SVPI Airport today, Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil said, that with JP Nadda going to Rajya Sabha from the State, Gujarat gets another new leadership. Patil thanked Prime Minister Modi for giving good leadership to Gujarat BJP. 'With BJP national president JP Nadda, Gujarat gets further new leadership, excitement of which is visible on your faces,' Patil said addressing party workers who gathered at SVPI airport to welcome Nadda who was here to file nomination as a candida...Read More

Gandhinagar: Come June 2026, the main opposition Congress party will not have any Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat. There are three Rajya Sabha members of Congress from Gujarat at present. They were elected due to the strength of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the previous term of the State assembly(2017-2022). Post 2022 election, the Congress has so less  MLAs in the State assembly, that it can not elect any member to the Rajya Sabha. Two of the Rajya Sabha MPs of Cong...Read More

New Delhi: Number of Gram Panchayats connected under BharatNet has increased from 58 in May 2014 to 2.10 lakh as of December 2023. Recently, the Government has amended the BharatNet Program to cover all the inhabited villages at an outlay of Rs 1.88 lakh crore. The information was provided by Minister of State for Communications Shri Devusinh Chauhan in Rajya Sabha on February 9, 2024 while replying to a query raised by RS MP Shri Parimal Nathwani.  Minister’s statement pointed out that 5G...Read More

New Delhi: The largest city in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, has direct air connectivity with 36 destinations in the country, a more than fourfold increase from the connectivity since 2014. Meanwhile, the city also has direct air connections with 5 international cities. This information was provided by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen. (Retd.) V K Singh, in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing session of Parliament. As per the Winter Schedule 2023 effective from 29th Oct 2023 till 30th Mar 2...Read More

New Delhi: Micro-ATMs to Bank Mitra Cooperative Societies initiative to be implemented in all districts of Gujarat after the success of the pilot project in Panchmahal and Banaskantha districts where 1,723 Micro-ATMs were distributed. Similarly, after distribution of 1,23,685 Rupay Kisan Credit Card to Members of Milk Cooperatives in  Panchmahal and Banaskantha districts, this initiative too is being rolled out across all districts of Gujarat. Out of a total of 8,02,639 Cooperative Societies in...Read More

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to Parliament in Rajya Sabha today. Addressing the House, the Prime Minister said that the 75th Republic Day is a significant milestone in the nation’s journey and the President during her address spoke about India’s self-confidence. Prime Minister Modi underlined that in her address, the President expressed confidence about India’s bright future and acknowledged the capability of...Read More

New Delhi: The startup landscape in Gujarat has witnessed a remarkable surge, with the number of startups recognised in a year shooting up to 3291 in 2023 as against 565 in 2019. This growth has led to a significant increase in direct employment opportunities generated by these recognised startups in Gujarat: from 6,077 direct jobs created in 2019, the numbers have gone up to 48,138 in 2023. This information was provided by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Som Prakash in Rajya Sa...Read More