Annual Commanders’ Conference of South Western Air Command (SWAC) was inaugurated by Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee & Chief of the Air Staff, on 21 Jan 2016 at Gandhinagar. Commanders of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharasthra are attending the conference. Earlier, the Chief of the Air Staff and Mrs Lily Raha, President Air […]
Today in Ahmedabad, budget for the year 2016-17 of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service was presented by Transport Chairman, Chandrapraksh Dave to the Standing Committee along with Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Transport Manager briefed media on Budget figures and amendments proposed. AMTS with a fleet of 875 buses on 167 routes facilitates to 6 lakh passengers. […]
After about a month of speculation, actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra have been chosen as the brand ambassadors for the government’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign. The selection of the two actors follows the Centre’s decision to discontinue the contract of actor Aamir Khan, who had angered the BJP-led government with his remarks on perceived intolerance […]
Ten professors of the University of Hyderabad have resigned from their administrative posts, deepening a crisis triggered by a Dalit scholar’s suicide which has turned into a political slugfest between the BJP-led NDA government and the opposition. Reports said that the professors, all belonging to SC/ST communities, quit in a show of solidarity with students […]
Today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel invited senior journalist and media of print and electronic field of Gujarat at her residence. CM met media persons at a lunch hosted by her long with state ministers and senior BJP partymen. This tradition of calling media every year continues ever since Narendra Modi was Gujarat […]
Facing a raging protest coupled with onslaught by political parties over the suicide of a research scholar at Hyderabad university, Union Minister Smriti Irani today alleged that a malicious attempt was being made to project it as a “dalit versus non-dalit issue to ignite passions” for political gains. Irani, flanked by two senior Cabinet colleagues […]
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on petitions seeking recall of an earlier order by which Justice Virendra Singh, former judge of Allahabad High Court, was appointed the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh. The apex court also made clear that it would not send the appointment issue back to the empowered collegium consisting the Chief […]
At least 25 people were killed and about 50 others injured today after heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed a prestigious university and opened indiscriminate fire on students and teachers in Pakistan’s restive northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The gunmen entered the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda district of the province, some 50 kms southwest of Peshawar, and opened […]
India on Wednesday successfully put into orbit in textbook style its fifth navigation satellite called IRNSS-1E powered by its own PSLV rocket. India’s successful launch – its first this year – has now moved it closer to joining a select group of nations possessing their own satellite navigation systems. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System […]
Today in Riverfront Board meeting of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation important decision to auction empty plots of Sabarmati Riverfront was taken. There 41 plots of different size from small to big, out of which 3 plots have been identified for auction. Ahmedabad Collector has passed the proposal to auction the plots of AMC at Sabarmati Riverfront. […]
