Gujarat

PM pays tributes to Netaji on eve of birth anniversary

7:19 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: A day ahead of Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid rich tributes to the preeminent freedom fighter and wished his thoughts and ideals inspire a strong, confident and self-reliant India that he would be proud of. In a series of tweets, Modi recalled the association of […]

EC to cement unit in Surat can’t be sustained until concerns addressed: NGT

3:36 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal Friday said the environmental clearance (EC) granted to a cement grinding unit in Surat cannot be sustained until all environmental concerns are duly addressed. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said the object of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is to ensure that all concerns affecting the environment are duly taken care of which […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

Modi named Somnath Temple trust chairman; 2nd PM to hold post

11:20 pm January 18, 2021

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday appointed the new chairman of the trust which manages the world famous Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan town in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district, becoming the second PM to hold the post. Modi, one of the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust,was elected to the top post unanimously, an […]

COVID vaccination drive: What people said

10:46 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: As India launched the world’s largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives, here are some of the quotes from people who took the jab and politicians: — Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: These vaccines are ‘sanjivani’ in our fight against this pandemic. […]

Civil Aviation Min asked to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for bird flu testing

9:40 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu outbreak in 10 states, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on Thursday said it has asked its civil aviation counterpart to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for expeditious testing in designated laboratories. This comes in the wake of some states banning the supply of poultry and poultry products without testing […]