Saurabh Patel
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Gujarat government makes isabgol, contraceptive pills tax free in the budget
India | Feb 24, 2015, 10:56 PM ISTGandhinagar: Gujarat government on Tuesday presented its budget for the year 2015-16 and offered tax exemptions for isabgol processing industry, oral contraceptive pills and imitation jewellery industry while imposing fresh taxes on technical textiles manufacturers.Gujarat
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Ban Ki Moon to inaugurate canal top solar power plant in Gujarat
India | Jan 10, 2015, 04:04 PM ISTVadodara: UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will inaugurate Gujarat's first 10 MW solar power plant on Narmada river canal here on Sunday, state Energy Minister Saurabh Patel said today.“The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited
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John Kerry to attend Vibrant Gujarat Summit
India | Dec 16, 2014, 10:03 PM ISTAhmedabad: Gujarat government today announced that US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit scheduled to be held next month. Kerry, who will attend the summit as the official representative of
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Centre approves alignment of Metro rail along metre gauge line
India | Nov 05, 2014, 11:03 PM ISTAhmedabad: In a major boost to Gujarat government's ambitious Ahmedabad Metro rail project, the Centre has recently given approval to utilise the empty land lying parallel to the existing metre-gauge line in the city, a
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Gujarat government to promote Vadodara as state's cultural capital
India | Oct 10, 2014, 11:56 AM ISTVadodara: Gujarat government has set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to promote Vadodara as the state's cultural capital and encourage tourism in the city.The SPV, known as Vadodara International Art and Culture Festival Authority,
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Surat to have India's first diamond SEZ soon: Saurabh Patel
Aug 24, 2014, 07:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: After courting success with an array of special economic zones, Gujarat is now proposing to set up an only-for-exports hub for diamonds at Surat, possibly the first of its kind in India. “We have
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Modi will win from Vadodara by over 5 lakh votes, claims Patel
National | May 15, 2014, 02:14 PM ISTVadodara: Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel has claimed that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will win the election to Vadodara Lok Sabha seat by a “margin of over five lakh votes”.“We expect majority of
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Is Modi grooming Saurabh Patel as his possible successor?
National | Dec 02, 2012, 09:38 AM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 2: Gujarat's minister of state Saurabh Patel is possibly being groomed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi as his successor. A leading newspaper today published a report saying that Modi "perhaps sees him as