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 […]
Gujarat Forests & Environment Minister Shri Mangubhai Patel today said that consistent and concerted conservation efforts of the State Government have resulted in a remarkable increase in forest area to 21,674 sq. km which now stands at 11 percent of the state’s total geographical area. Gujarat has achieved great success through people’s participation under the […]
Today, Congress leaders including Gujarat Pradesh Pramukh, Bharatsinh Solanki, senior Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela, Shaktisinh Gohil, Siddharth Patel, Gyasuddin Shaikh and other Congress workers and partymen went to Rajbhavan and handed over memorandum to Gujarat Governor OP Kohli in protest of passing GUJCOC bill.
Today, The benchmark BSE Sensex gained over 244 points to settle the day at 28,504.46, before RBI’s monetary policy review tomorrow, mainly driven by strong rally in healthcare and realty stocks.Brokers said sustained buying by participants to enlarge their portfolios ahead of the RBI’s bi-monthly policy and appreciating rupee against the dollar buoyed the sentiment.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today promised a “reasonable compliance window” under the new black money law for persons with overseas funds to come clean, even as he asserted that targetting undeclared assets cannot be termed as ‘tax terrorism’. Addressing industry representatives at CII annual general meeting, he also sought suggestions for improving the structure of […]
