Women dominated this year’s Padma awards for sports with tennis star Sania Mirza and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal getting the nod for the Padma Bhushan, while archer Deepika Kumari was chosen for the Padma Shri here today. All three were in sublime touch last year and brought the country laurels in their respective sports. Sania […]
The national capital was today brought under an unprecedented ground-to-air security cover with thousands of armed personnel keeping a tight vigil for the 67th Republic Day celebrations where French President Francois Hollande was the chief guest. The area around Central Delhi was turned into virtual fortress in view of intelligence inputs that terror groups may […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended his greetings to the people on the occasion of Republic Day and paid tributes to the framers of the Constitution, especially B R Ambedkar. The Prime Minister took to twitter to greet the nation. “Republic Day greetings to all my fellow Indians… tributes to all great personalities who framed […]
During winter migratory Birds travel some 3500 kms from its nesting ground in Central Europe to spend the winter at Nalsarovar in Gujarat. Today Collector Ahmedabad has decided to organise bird safari in the district town of NalSarovar, a famous bird sanctuary of Gujarat. To attract bird watchers both professionals and amateurs as tourist starting […]
Today evening, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel performed prayers at the holy Triveni Ghat in Somnath. CM also promoted tourism and spreading awareness about historical and spiritual importance of Somnath, flagged off Heritage Walk.Also, inaugurated an exhibition highlighting salient features of Gir-Somnath district. Honoured citizens of Gir-Somnath district from various walks of life for their […]
Today well known Gujarati veteran actress Padmarani passes away. Actress died after prolonged sickness. She got break in 1963 in the movie. She has acted in more than 6000 films. Actress hails from Vadodara. She got married in parsi family. She was a native Maharashtrian. Padmarani, is a veteran actor appearing in a large number […]
In Ahmedabad, as a precautionary measure and looking at aftermath of the Patidar rally on August 25, 2015, Ahmedabad police have decided to include deputing 25 executive magistrates, at the upcoming Anti Addiction Awareness Rally by Thakor community to be held on Jan 26 in Ahmedabad at GMDC ground. As per police, magistrates will make […]
French President Francois Hollande today made common cause with India on the issue of fighting terrorism, underlining that the purpose of his visit was to “reinforce and strengthen” the cooperation between the two countries to tackle the menace. Hollande, who is on a three-day visit to India, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for playing an […]
Plagued with leadership issues, Gujarat unit of BJP is finding it difficult to choose its new president at a time when the party is going through its worst phase after 2001 in the wake of Patel quota agitation and loss in local bodies polls. The state unit had announced that the new Gujarat BJP president […]
Today with reelection of Amit Shah as BJP Chief there was a wave of happiness among BJP leaders, partymen and Shah’s supporters. Shah received felicitation messages from all around including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In Ahmedabad, at BJP office BJP partymen gathered in big group and bursted crackers as well distributed sweets in joy of […]
