HDK backtracks on semiconductor unit in Gujarat a day after questioning quantum of subsidy

HDK backtracks on semiconductor unit in Gujarat a day after questioning quantum of subsidy

Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy questioned the subsidy given to US-based micro chip manufacturer Micron Technology by the Gujarat government while addressing JD(S) party workers, in Bengaluru on June 14, 2024. A day after publicly asking if the subsidy given to US-based micro chip manufacturer Micron Technology is justifiable, Union … Read more

Timken India’s foreign promoters eye 6.6% stake sale via block deals

Timken India’s foreign promoters eye 6.6% stake sale via block deals

Foreign promoters of Timken India are likely to sell 6.6% of stakes in the company through block deals on Tuesday, according to a term sheet issued by BofA Securities India. The term sheet indicates that the floor price has been set at Rs 3,550 per share, which is a 10.2% discount to Monday’s closing price … Read more

Rajkot Game Zone inferno tragedy death toll goes up to 33; Gujarat HC takes suo motu cognisance

Rajkot Game Zone inferno tragedy death toll goes up to 33; Gujarat HC takes suo motu cognisance

Firefighters carry out cooling operations and search for remains at TRP game zone at Rajkot, Gujarat on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The death toll in Rajkot’s fire tragedy in the TRP game zone has climbed to 33 while more than 15 persons are still missing in what the Gujarat High Court … Read more

Probe agency NIA charges Bihar resident in 2019 Surat fake currency case

Probe agency NIA charges Bihar resident in 2019 Surat fake currency case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against an accused in the 2019 Surat Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case. The central anti-terror probe agency charged Abdul Gaffar, alias Gaffarbhai, a resident of Bihar’s Katihar, for being involved in a criminal conspiracy, along with several others, for the circulation and distribution of … Read more

Re-polling ordered at booth in Gujarat after voter makes Instagram video

Re-polling ordered at booth in Gujarat after voter makes Instagram video

Polling officials wait in a queue to collect the EVMs and other election materials for the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha polls, in Dahod on May 06. | Photo Credit: ANI The Election Commission of India on Thursday ordered re-polling on May 11 at a polling booth under the Dahod Lok Sabha seat in … Read more

Tur dal prices rise more than 10% despite open import policy

Tur dal prices rise more than 10% despite open import policy

Pune: The prices of tur dal have increased by more than 10% in less than a month despite the open import policy. The pulses processing industry has claimed that it is facing supply shortages of raw tur for converting into tur dal. Though the government suspects hoarding by importers, trade body Indian Pulses and Grains … Read more

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The charisma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the key factors most likely to influence voters in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, according to political observers. Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7. Counting of votes will be held on June 4. Anti-incumbency, … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates cable-stayed 'Sudarshan Setu' bridge in Gujarat

PM Modi inaugurates cable-stayed 'Sudarshan Setu' bridge in Gujarat

Sudarshan Setu, the four-lane cable-stayed bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25 inaugurated ‘Sudarshan Setu’, the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge of 2.32 km, on the Arabian sea connecting Beyt Dwarka island to mainland Okha in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. PM Modi began his day by … Read more

Gujarat Budget 2024 Highlights: Girls to get Rs 10,000 per year till class 10th, Rs 25,000 till 12th; 8 cities get Municipal Corporation status

Gujarat Budget 2024 Highlights: Girls to get Rs 10,000 per year till class 10th, Rs 25,000 till 12th; 8 cities get Municipal Corporation status

After the presentation of Union Budget 2024 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, it is now time for state budgets. The first to announce is Gujarat, which is presenting its budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 today. Gujarat Finance Minister Kanu Desai is presenting the budget for the next fiscal year today. He mentioned that the … Read more

‘Illegal custody’ of businessman: Will ask Gujarat HC to give proper training to magistrates, says SC

‘Illegal custody’ of businessman: Will ask Gujarat HC to give proper training to magistrates, says SC

The top court had issued notices to the additional chief secretary of the State’s home department, Surat police commissioner, deputy commissioner of police, inspector of Vesu police station and the additional chief judicial magistrate concerned and sought their replies by January 29. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Having termed as “grossest of contempt” the … Read more