Banaskantha: Under the Tharad Sipu Reservoir Pipeline Project, a 70 km long pipeline near Mahajanpura in Tharad, laid at the cost of Rs. 592 crores, was inaugurated by Shankar Choudhary, the Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly and Tharad MLA. The opening of the gates of the Narmada Canal marked the commencement of the water supply. The project involved laying a 70 km long pipeline from Tharad to Seepu Dam. The state government planned the pipeline project to provide water from the Narmada main ca...Read More

Tharad: In a big announcement for his constituency, local BJP MLA Shankarbhai Chaudhary said Tharad will get Rs. 54.16 crore hospital which will be second to Ahmedabad based Asarwa civil hospital in the State. Chaudhary informed that Bhumi Pujan for a modern government hospital at Tharad will take place on 4 March. The hospital will not only have facilities for common medical treatment but will also be equipped for treatment of diseases like Cancer, Kidney and Heart. While the Member of ...Read More

Gandhinagar: To make National Girl Child Day 2024 memorable for the girls of Gujarat and to increase women's participation and awareness about democratic values, 'Tejaswini Vidhan Sabha' will be organized on January 24th at Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. The Tejaswini Legislative Assembly will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and held under Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Minister for Women and Child Development, Bhanuben Babariya, will be present as...Read More

Palanpur: Gujarat Chief Minister today dedicated and performed ground breaking for several initiatives of Banas Dairy and Bank. The Chief Minister launched Kisan Credit Card which avails loan at zero percent interest to farmers and cattle keepers. The idea is to connect cooperatives to only cooperative banks so that cooperative to cooperative interaction can grow further. The Kisan Credit Card initiative was first launched in Banaskantha and Panchmahal districts as a pilot project. It has bee...Read More

Radhanpur: Father of Gujarat Assembly Speaker and Banas Dairy Chairman Shankarbhai Chaudhary passed away today at the age of 102. Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary, father of Shankarbhai Chaudhary passed away due to age related illness at Vadnagar village of Radhanpur belt in North Gujarat. Lagdhirbbhai was involved in public service activities throughout his life. He had worked with Puja Ravishankar Maharaj in Bhudan movement. He had donated his 10 bigha land for colony of Vadi community(denotified tri...Read More

Banaskantha: Banas Dairy has signed a three-party agreement today with Suzuki R&D Centre India Private Limited (SRDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation in India, and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to establish animal dung based Biogas Production Plants. As per the agreement, in the initial phase, 4 nos of Biogas plants will be established in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat by 2025. This number of plants can be further increased as per mutual agreement o...Read More

Palanpur: Addressing the 55th Annual General Meeting of Banas Dairy at Deodar, the Speaker of Legislative Assembly and Chairman of Banas Dairy Shankarbhai Chaudhary today announced 20.27 percent pay rise for milk producers worth Rs. 1952 crores. He said in the year-2014, Banas Dairy was procuring 29 lakh liters of milk per day, today it is procuring 73 lakh liters of milk per day. He said Banas Dairy pays the highest price hike in the world. Talking about the new projects of Banas Dairy, he s...Read More

Palanpur: Shankarbhai Chaudhary, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly has been unopposed reelected as the Chairman of Banas Dairy, one of the largest dairies in India. Chaudhary was given a mandate for the post by State BJP chief CR Patil. Bhavabhai Rabari has been elected unopposed as the Vice Chairman of the dairy. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Tharad legislator Shankarbhai Chaudhary today was elected unanimously as the Speaker of the Gujarat State Assembly. Shankarbhai's name for the post was proposed by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. It was supported by Health minister Rushikesh Patel. Chaudhary had yesterday filed a nomination for the post. He was the only MLA to file a nomination. He had earlier resigned from the primary membership of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as per the convention. A one-day session ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has picked up Tharad legislator Shankarbhai Chaudhary for the post of the Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly. Shankarbhai had been minister of State in the past. The BJP has also declared the name of Shahera legislator Jethabhai Bharwad for the post of Deputy Speaker. Jethabhai had been the Deputy Speaker in the previous government as well. The election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker will take place on December 20 in a one-day session of the State Ass...Read More