Today Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel while observing Women Empowerment Fortnight till Aug 15, distributed loan cheques of Rs 8.00 crores to 1594 underprivileged women of scheduled caste under various governmental schemes from Gujarat Scheduled Caste Upliftment Corporation. The assistance provided will open self-employment opportunities for these women beneficiaries, thus making them financially self-reliant. Committed […]
Today in Ahmedabad, a meeting of Gujarat’s Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti and Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner D Thara along with other state officials was held to discuss on Online Voting plan during upcoming Swaraj polls in Gujarat.
The Allahabad High Court today stayed for three weeks the bailable warrant issued against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a Amethi court for his alleged inflammatory speech in UP during Lok Sabha elections. The division bench of the court permitted Kejriwal’s counsel to move a fresh application for exemption before the magistrate court and […]
Today the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced over 72 points to settle the day at over one-week high of 28,187.06, ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy review tomorrow, mainly driven by a strong rally in banking, auto and realty stocks. Brokers said sustained buying by participants to enlarge their portfolios ahead of RBI’s bi-monthly policy review […]
A combative Sonia Gandhi today rejected government’s offer of Prime Minister’s intervention on Lalitgate and Vyapam issues in Parliament to break the impasse, insisting that those responsible for “gross wrong-doings” should first resign. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress President said he is conspicuous by his “deafening silence on the blatant transgressions” by his […]
Today and Tomorrow,with growing demand for reservation in Other Backward Castes (OBC) quota, takes out rallies in different parts of Gujarat. 3 rallies with 20,000 people were held in Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha and Amreli districts on Monday and the 4th in Vadodara district on Tuesday. Hardik Patel, member of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti said. “The other […]
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has extended concessions on transaction charges for currency derivatives by two months till September 30, a move that will help bring in more liquidity in the segment. The bourse has also decided to continue with the transaction fee it is currently levying on trading members for interest rate futures (IRF) […]
Today August 2, its International Friendship Day, so its a time to say “Happy Friendship Day”, its a day for celebrating friendship bond. It has developed global phenomenon of bonding between friends. Luckily this year it is falling on Sunday. From yesterday night youth and people are busy exchanging greetings using Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook, Twitter […]
Observing that “unregulated mining cannot be permitted”, the National Green Tribunal has extended the time for transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya till November 30 and fixed September 30 as the last date for payment of royalty. “Regulated and scientific mining in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws, is an absolute necessity. “Illegal, […]
Rajat Chauhan earned India its first-ever individual medal in the World Archery Championships when the compound marksman bagged a silver after going down to home favourite Stephan Hansen in the final here today. The 2014 Asian Games team gold medalist, Chauhan, was going neck and neck till the third set when he shot a poor […]
