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  Gujarat government makes isabgol, contraceptive pills tax free in the budget

  India | February 24, 2015 22:56 IST

  Gandhinagar: 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 | January 10, 2015 16:04 IST

  Vadodara: 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 | December 16, 2014 22:03 IST

  Ahmedabad:  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 | November 05, 2014 23:03 IST

  Ahmedabad: 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 | October 10, 2014 11:56 IST

  Vadodara: 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

  August 24, 2014 19:07 IST

  New 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

  Politics | May 15, 2014 14:14 IST

  Vadodara: 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?

  Politics | December 02, 2012 9:38 IST

  Ahmedabad, 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