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GUJARAT High court nod for Gujarat’s first wind power auction Gujarat high court has cleared way for the state government to hold first wind auction as it turned down a petition filed by the Indian Wind Energy Association. The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) invited bids for 500MW wind energy auction. … Read more
GUJARAT 1917 Gujarat Political Conference raised cry for Swaraj Exactly 100 years ago in November 1917 the first, and historic, Gujarat Political Conference took place in Godhra in Panchmahal district with Mahatma Gandhi as its president. It was for the first time that the Mahatma, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lokmanya Tilak, … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat Assembly poll dates announced The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14, respectively, the Election Commission (EC) announced. 89 Assembly constituencies will vote in phase 1, while 93 will vote in phase 2. Counting of votes will take place on December 18. With the announcement of the dates, the … Read more
GUJARAT Japanese province seeks closer ties with Gujarat To strengthen bilateral ties between India and Japan, the governor of Hyogo prefecture, Toshizo Ido, pushed for an academic and cultural exchange programme with Gujarat. Ido is leading a goodwill delegation of 45 high-level delegates from Hyogo, which is on a three-day visit to Gujarat. The delegation comprises members of the … Read more
GUJARAT First Jurassic-era ‘fish lizard’ fossil found in Gujarat A near-completely fossilized skeleton of Jurassic-era ichthyosaur a type of marine reptile or ‘fish lizard’ in Greek that lived alongside dinosaur has been discovered for the first time in India from Kutch district of Gujarat. The 5.5-metre-long skeleton was discovered in January 2016 by a team of … Read more
GUJARAT 32,000 central forces for Gujarat polls, 10,000 for Himachal Pradesh More than 32,000 personnel from the central armed forces such as the CRPF and the BSF, and around 55,000 from the state police are expected to be deployed for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. Several rounds of deliberations between the poll panel and the … Read more
GUJARAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Gandhinagar to attend silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill visit Gandhinagar in Gujarat to attend the silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple. Earlier this year, the Prime Minister had paid tribute to spiritual guru and head of BAPS of Swaminarayan sect … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat govt doles out sops ahead of assembly elections Ahead of assembly polls in Gujarat, the Vijay Rupani government has announced a slew of sops for teachers, employees of municipalities and others. The polls are due later this year. The Gujarat government said “fixed-pay” teachers of government – aided secondary and higher secondary schools … Read more
GUJARAT PM Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat on October 22 to launch several projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Gujarat on October 22 for the third time this month, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts. Modi will inaugurate the first phase of … Read more
GUJARAT Hirasar Greenfield Airport Project in Gujarat gets Green Clearance The Central Government has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores. The state government has proposed a new airport in Rajkot district as the existing … Read more