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VMPLAhmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 13: India's biggest pickleball league, the Gujarat Premier Pickleball League (GPPL), concluded on Sunday evening at Dinkers Pickleball Academy and Club, Ahmedabad.Despite the final match being canceled due to rain, the league was a resounding success...

Gujarat Cabinet Minister Rushikesh Patel announced the launch of "Gujarat Amusement Rides and Gaming Zones Activities (Safety) Rules-2024" by the Home Department, which aims to ensure the safety of citizens visiting amusement rides and gaming zones.The initiative, which is a direct response to...

AHMEDABAD: In the wake of the deadly fire that broke out at a sports arena in Rajkot last month, in which 27 people lost their lives, the Gujarat government on Wednesday came out with draft rules that attempt to ensure safety at such entertainment facilities.Health Minister and government...

New Delhi: Gensol Engineering on Wednesday said it has emerged as a successful bidder for Gujarat Energy Development Corporation's Rs 1,340 crore 250 megawatt (500 MW) battery energy storage project.The project will supply power to Gujarat state discoms on an 'on-demand' basis during peak and...

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Wednesday recorded the statements of Bollywood star Salman Khan and his actor brother Arbaaz Khan in connection with the firing incident outside the family residence here in April, an official said.A four-member crime branch team visited Galaxy Apartment in Bandra...

Surat: A Tejas fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) had to make an emergency landing at Surat International Airport in south Gujarat on Tuesday morning due to low fuel. A senior officer gave this information.Airport director SC Bhalse said the pilot of the indigenous aircraft...

AHMEDABAD: The southwest monsoon made an early onset over Gujarat on Tuesday and its northern limit passed through Navsari district in the southern part of the state, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.IMD Ahmedabad scientist Ramashray Yadav said, monsoon usually arrives in...

New Delhi: BJP's Gujarat unit chief Chandrakant Raghunath Patil took charge of the Jal Shakti Ministry here on Tuesday amid slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' by party supporters.Before taking charge of the ministry, he said on social media that conservation and promotion of...

AHMEDABAD: Newly appointed Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil on Monday pledged to transform "Jal Shakti" (water power) into "Rashtra Shakti" (national power), stressing on the sacred duty of conserving and enhancing India's water resources.Patil, a cabinet minister from Gujarat, made these comments...

New Delhi, BJP Gujarat state unit president Chandrakant Raghunath Patil has been appointed as the new Jal Shakti Minister in the recently formed cabinet.The immediate task for Patil is to complete the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to provide tap water to every rural household in the...

AHMEDABAD: The southwest monsoon is likely to enter Gujarat in the next 48 hours, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said on Monday.Gujarat has been facing scorching heat for the last several days."Southwest monsoon will enter parts of south Gujarat in the next 48 hours. South...

Western Railway chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur said that following a tip-off, vigilance officials secretly monitored the suspects for more than a month before taking action.Ultimately, on June 8, the Vigilance team raided and caught two alleged bootleggers from the sleeper coach (S-3) of...

Ahmedabad: The number of MPs from Gujarat inducted into the third government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dropped to six as compared to seven in the second term.Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya and S Jaishankar took oath as cabinet ministers for the second consecutive time on Sunday...

Patil followed his father's footsteps and started his career as a police constable in Gujarat in 1975.He served in this position for 14 years before being transferred to other areas.Before joining politics, Patil used to work in journalism. He joined the Gujarati daily 'Navgujarat Times' in...

Along with the Prime Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, a key figure in PM Modi's team, also took the oath of office, confirming his role in the Union Cabinet.Mandaviya was born on 1 June 1972 in Hanol, Palitana taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat.He last served in the Central Government as the...

Ahmedabad: The number of Gujarat MPs inducted into the Narendra Modi government on Sunday dropped from seven to six in the second term.While Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya and S Jaishankar took oath as cabinet ministers for the second consecutive term, new entrants in the list include state BJP...

New Delhi: BJP grassroots worker Mansukh Mandaviya, who rose through the party ranks to become Union Health Minister during the peak of Covid, was on Sunday inducted into the Union Cabinet for the second time.Contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time after being a two-time Rajya...

Ahmedabad, Gujarat BJP president Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, who led the party to a record victory in the state assembly elections in 2022 and earned praise for its landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was on Sunday inducted into the Narendra Modi government.Patil, who won his fourth...

Ahmedabad, Challenges are no hindrance for BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya as he faced one of the toughest tests when he took charge of the Union Health Ministry in 2021 when the country was battling the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.The 51-year-old Gujarat leader led from the front and...

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Amit Shah, known for his political acumen and strategic acumen, has played a key role in the saffron party's unprecedented growth, helping it cross the 300-seat mark in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.The 59-year-old Shah, known as the second most influential person...