Today in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed that his special attention helped the kite industry to grow in Gujarat, which, he said, employs over 90 percent of Muslims. “When I was the Gujarat Chief Minister, I paid attention to the kites industry. Kite-making is an environment-friendly cottage industry that employs over 90 per cent Muslims,” PM Modi said at the […]
Today in Delhi, The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Padma Vibhushan Award to Amitabh Bachchan and His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Award ceremony. Amitabh Bachchan attends award ceremony with his family including wife Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai daughter Shweta Nanda […]
Musical maestro A R Rahman said It took six months to understand the kind of score that renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi wanted for his upcoming film “Muhammad”.Rahman and Majidi have collaborated for the first time and it was an entirely new experience for the Oscar-winner to work with Majidi. “All the directors that I […]
Today, Coming to the rescue of farmers hit by unseasonal rains and hailstorm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced higher compensation for crop damage and eased criteria for them to avail government support. The PM said that he has also asked banks to restructure loans of affected farmers and instructed insurance companies to pro-actively settle their […]
Today, Election Commission of India West Zonal will conduct Press Conference of Chief Electoral officers on national electoral purification and Authentication Programme in Ahmedabad before upcomin elections in Gujarat state. Deputy Commission Vinod Zutshi will brief press media.
Today, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel emphasised on Holistic Health Care Approach to make Gujarat diseases free. Anandiben also stated on over all health awareness from grass root level. CM launched Various Health Screening program on World Health Day at Ahmedabad. This includes Diabetes Breast and Curvical Cancer and Oral Health care.
Police have raided a rave party being held in a resort on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway in Rajasthan. Eighty-two people including 16 women were arrested in Sunday’s raid. In the raid of rave party most of the arrested guys are Gujarati businessmen who were special invitees in the party. As per police sources the women were […]
In a bid to boost infrastructure investment, the Reserve Bank today allowed banks to invest in long-term infrastructure bonds issued by other banks. In July 2014, RBI had allowed banks to issue long-term bonds (LTBs) for lending to long-term projects in infrastructure sub-sectors, and affordable housing. However, cross-holding of such bonds amongst banks was not […]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him about the situation in the state. This is the first official meeting of Sayeed with the Prime Minister since he became Chief Minister on March 1 and comes in the backdrop of reports of cabinet expansion in […]
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept policy rate unchanged awaiting clarity on impact of unseasonal rains on food inflation even as he wanted banks to pass on benefits of previous two rate cuts. The repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banking system, will continue to be at 7.5 per cent and the […]
