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Today in Gujarat Assembly’s Budget Session there was a heated exchange between Congress MLA Kaminibaa Rathod from Dehgam and minister Nitin Patel over security to women in Gujarat. Patel made objectionable remarks on Kaminibaa which was strongly objected by Congress MLAs. In protest Congress members rushed upto the well in anger pressing Patel to withdraw […]
Jewellers of India are on 3 days strike post imposition of 1 % excise duty in Union Budget 2016-17. They have also expressed feedback on customer’s pan card saying that many customers do not have pan card. Government has made pan card compulsory over jewellery purchase over Rs 2 lakhs. Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Saurashtra jewellers […]
Today in Ahmedabad, ATS Anti Terrorist Squad team arrested one person near Vishala Circle of Ahmedabad with a stock of 1.3 kilograms of brown sugar costing Rs 2.62 crores. The accused, identified as Rafiq resident of Juhapura area in the city.
Today in Gujarat, in morning around 11 am Mulraj Vala, DySP of Chota Udaipur committed suicide with his service revolver in his office. On hearing sound of shooting from revolver his junior rushed to his office. Injured DySP was rushed to a private hospital in Ahmedabad where he succumbed. Reason of suicide by Vala is […]
Gujarat Government has announced subsidy upto Rs 100 crores on capital cost to establish a Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in state in addition to other incentives under its ‘Electronics Policy 2016’. “This new policy is aimed at attracting an investment of USD 6 billion in the next five years, and aims to create 5 lakh […]
Seeking to dispel fears of the salaried class, the government today said PPF will not be taxed on withdrawal and only the interest that accrues on contributions to employee provident fund made after April 1 will be taxed while principal will continue to be tax exempt. In an interview to PTI, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia […]
Filmmaker Prakash Jha says he is open to directing a Hollywood film rooted in India. Jha, who has helmed socio-political films like “Gangaajal”, “Apaharan” and “Raajneeti”, feels it is difficult to direct a movie which is based in a territory he is not familiar with. “My films are rooted here. So, somebody has to give […]
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking quashing of criminal prosecution, suspension and other actions taken against Gujarat cops in the 2004 alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in view of recent testimony of jailed LET operative David Headley. Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist, had told to a Mumbai court that Jahan […]
A day after suffering losses following the presentation of the Union Budget, the benchmark Sensex bounced back by over 436 points on Tuesday, bolstered by renewed hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank amid positive Asian cues. With the Budget out of the way, the focus now shifts to RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s […]
Today Gujarat Chief Minister Aanandiben Patel welcomed Union Budget 2016-17 by Modi led NDA government. CM said while appreciating the budget is focusing on development of rural India, farmers and youth will boost growth, generate employment & opportunities for common man. ‘Standup India’ for aspiring SC/ST and women entrepreneurs, relief on affordable housing will benefit […]
