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Gujarat govt increases income slab for Right To Education beneficiaries to Rs 6 lakh per annum
Gujarat | Mar 15, 2025, 09:28 PM ISTThe scheme by the state government enables free admission to children from weaker and disadvantaged groups in Class 1 in 25 per cent of seats in unaided private primary schools under the RTE Act.
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'Did you fall asleep? we do not trust local system and State govt': Gujarat HC on Rajkot fire
Gujarat | May 27, 2024, 01:20 PM ISTFour children under the age of 12 were among the 27 persons killed in the massive fire that swept through a game zone teeming with people enjoying a summer vacation outing on Saturday evening.
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Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2024 | Gujarat Govt funds youth entrepreneurs to boost start-up ecosystem
News | Dec 21, 2023, 04:27 PM ISTInspired by PM Modi’s ‘Start-up India’ initiative, youths are all decked up ahead of Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Young minds with brilliant start-up ideas are to present their proposal at the summit that commences from Jan 10, 2024.
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'Good behaviour, Centre's approval': Gujarat govt to SC on Bilkis Bano case convicts release
India | Oct 17, 2022, 11:55 PM ISTIn an affidavit, the state Home Department's Under Secretary said: "I say that the state government considered all the opinions and decided to release 11 prisoners since they have completed 14 years and above in prisons and their behaviour was found to be good."
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Gujarat govt issues SOPs for upcoming festivals; Night curfew in 8 major cities on Janmashtami
India | Aug 25, 2021, 11:13 AM ISTThe guidelines for the Ganesh Utsav were also formulated during the meeting.
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Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government did not break any rule: Justice MB Shah Commission
National | Apr 03, 2017, 08:08 AM ISTJustice MB Shah Commission has rejected the allegations of corruption, including land allocation to Tata Nano project, against the then Gujarat government headed by Narendra Modi.
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Gujarat govt inflated revenue surplus figure in 2013-14: CAG
India | Apr 03, 2015, 07:03 PM ISTAhmedabad: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Gujarat government for violating norms of accounting standards by showing revenue expenditure of more than Rs 1,600 crore as capital expenditure and thus inflating the
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Gujarat govt says state No.1 in providing employment
India | Jul 14, 2014, 09:07 PM ISTGandhinagar: Referring to a recent report on the country's employment scenario, Gujarat Finance minister Saurabh Patel today said the state has been ranked number one in providing employment for the 12th successive year. Patel cited
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Gujarat govt reinstates Ishrat encounter accused Singhal
India | May 28, 2014, 09:48 PM ISTAhmedabad: In a surprise move, Gujarat government today reinstated suspended IPS officer GL Singhal, an accused in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case whose recording of phone conversations had brought to light the snooping scandal allegedly
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Modi is an OBC, says Gujarat govt citing 1994 notification
India | May 08, 2014, 11:17 PM ISTAhmedabad: Responding to Congress charge that Narendra Modi was a “fake” OBC, Gujarat government today cited its two-decade old notification which says the Modh-Ghanchi (oil-pressers) caste, to which Modi belongs, was included in Other Backward
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Gujarat govt removed economic data from website to avoid scrutiny, says Kejriwal
India | Mar 31, 2014, 12:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday questioned Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government's alleged move to remove economic data from its website and asked whether it was done to avoid scrutiny."I heard Gujarat Govt
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Gujarat govt rubbishes Kejriwal's charges on farmer suicides as baseless
India | Mar 26, 2014, 10:32 AM ISTGandhinagar: The Gujarat government has described as false and baseless the charges levelled by Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi that the state government was forcibly acquiring land from farmers, and that 5,874
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Gujarat govt refutes allegations on poverty line
India | Feb 04, 2014, 09:41 AM ISTAhmedabad: The Gujarat government has refuted allegations made by Congress about the Rs 10.80 per day income norm for BPL card holders in the state by saying that it has been following the Centre's guidelines
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Cannot revise BPL criteria unilaterally: Guj govt
India | Feb 03, 2014, 07:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Gujarat government yesterday clarified that it had not issued any new guidelines for identification of Below Poverty Line families, saying it could not take such a step unilaterally without involving the Centre. Reacting
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Gujarat govt to present vote on account in Assembly on Feb 21
India | Jan 23, 2014, 08:51 AM ISTAhmedabad: Gujarat government yesterday decided to call a short session of state Assembly beginning February 20 to pass the Vote on Account, apparently because of busy schedule of Chief Minister Narendra Modi ahead of Lok
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Gujarat to opt for vote on account instead of full budget
India | Dec 19, 2013, 09:03 AM ISTAhmedabad: Gujarat government announced here yesterday that it would present a vote on account instead of the full budget this year, due to the Lok Sabha elections.“During assembly elections, or Lok Sabha elections, it is
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Gujarat govt sets up judicial commission to probe snooping case
India | Nov 26, 2013, 07:20 AM ISTGandhinagar: The Gujarat government today set up a two-member judicial inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) Sugnyaben K. Bhatt to probe the matter of alleged snooping of a woman and submit its report within three
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Gujarat govt failed to handle flood situation: Congress
India | Sep 27, 2013, 07:24 AM ISTAhmedabad: Congress yesterday accused the BJP-led Gujarat government of failing to properly handle the flood situation in the state due to recent heavy rains, and said there was no administration in the state during the
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Naroda Patiya massacre: Gujarat govt refuses permission to SIT to seek death penalty for Maya Kodnani
India | Sep 16, 2013, 07:55 AM ISTAhmedabad: The Gujarat government has refused permission to the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to file an appeal in a higher court seeking death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya riot case.This was
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Gujarat announces seven new districts, keeps poll promise
India | Aug 14, 2013, 09:03 AM ISTAhmedabad: Keeping its poll promise, the Gujarat government yesterday announced the creation of seven new districts, taking the total number of districts in the state to 33, from 26 districts until recently.The seven new districts