Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, in Gandhinagar, on March 11. | Photo Credit: ANI Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on March 11 and they discussed establishment of a joint committee to strengthen cooperation between the … Read more
Bereaved family members perform last rites of one of the deceased persons who died after a boat capsized at Harni lake. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after 12 students and two teachers were killed in a boat accident in Harni lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat, three persons, including a manager … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his mother Hiraben to seek her blessings on the occasion of his 69th birthday, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, in 2019. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi (100) has been admitted to the U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad following health issues. The … Read more
The counting of votes for 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat is underway. The polls were held in two phases with 89 seats voting on December 1, while the second phase of polling was held on December 5 in 92 Assembly segments. Gujarat registered a voter turnout of 64.33% for the recently-concluded elections, a drop of over … Read more
The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a dedicated policy to attract new investment in the semiconductor sector by offering incentives and subsidies to start operations in the state. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the ‘Gujarat Semiconductor Policy’, will remain in force till 2027, state Science and Technology Minister Jitu Vaghani said in a statement. Under … Read more
Responding to a set of questions raised by a Congress MLA during the Question Hour on Thursday, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who handles home portfolio, said a fine of Rs 249.90 crore was collected from 36.26 lakh people for violating the mask rule in the last two years. Gujarat police have collected Rs 249 … Read more
The new Gujarat ministry of 24 ministers, including 10 of cabinet rank and 14 ministers of state, was sworn in at Gandhinagar on Thursday. Not a single minister from the previous Rupani regime has been included in the new ministry. While the swearing-in ceremony was delayed by a day due to resistance from some members … Read more
Bhupendra Patel, 55, the BJP MLA from Ghatlodia constituency has been elected as the new chief minister of Gujarat in place of Vijay Rupani. He was elected the new leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting of state MLAs on Sunday afternoon in the presence of central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad … Read more