Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today felicitated the sports persons who achieved success in the recently held Commonwealth Games at Birmingham. The Chief Minister rewarded the players by offering them cheques of sums provisioned in the Sports policy of the State. Table Tennis Player Harmeet Desai who won gold in Commonwealth games was rewarded with Rs. 35 lakh cheque. Wheelchair Table Tennis Gold winner Bhaving Patel was rewarded with Rs. 25 lakh cheque. Bronze winner Wheelchair ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Here is an inspiring nugget from the pages of history. In this photo, which dates back to 2010, you can see none other than Paralympic Gold medalist Bhavina Patel (on the left), Table Tennis player Sonal Patel with then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi! In fact, CM Modi is seen holding the wheelchair of Sonal Patel as well. This photo was clicked when Sonal and Bhavina were heading to take part in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. CM Modi had met them, and other athlet...Read More

Gandhnagar: Daughter of Gujarat, 35-year old Bhavina Patel has won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games. Bhavina had won a silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics. Bhavina hails from Mahesana district of North Gujarat. Another daughter of Gujarat, 34-year-old Sonalben Manubhai Patel has also given India a medal with bronze win in women's singles class 3-5. She is participating in wheelchair class 3 para table tennis. She is making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo Par...Read More

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: The president of women wing of Gujarat State Congress committee Sonalben Patel, who had resigned from her post along with her supporters on March 12 to protest against the impostion of 'parachute' candidate Amiben Yagnik in recent RS election, today took back her resignation. Talking over phone from New Delhi Ms Patel said that she had a positive meeting with All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev and Gujarat Congress in-charge cum AICC general sec...Read More

Gandhinagar: 'Poor choice' of candidates for two seats of Rajya Sabha by Congress president Rahul Gandhi has triggered disappointment in party cadres in Gujarat. The Congress party last evening announced the names of former minister of state in centre Naran Rathwa and former state Congress spokesperson Amiben Yagnik as its candidates for two winnable seats of Rajya Sabha in Gujarat. Congress leaders and cadres in Gujarat were surprised with this announcement as both names were unexpect...Read More