Gujarat Govt’s Pilgrimage Schemes Benefit Over 1.42 Lakh

13 Aug 2024

The Gujarat government has launched a series of pilgrimage schemes aimed at helping citizens visit their chosen religious destinations at subsidized costs, benefiting a staggering 1,42,000 pilgrims over the past seven years. The most prominent of these, the Shravan Tirth Darshan Yojana, has alone accounted for 1,38,748 beneficiaries. Under the...

Jairam Takes Swipe at BJP Over Gujarat Government Decision ‘Return of Land to Farmers’

06 Jul 2024

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday took a swipe at the BJP-led central government, stating that more than 250 acres of land taken from villagers and given to the Adani Group in Gujarat are now being returned to the villagers by the state government. He questioned if the "climate...

Gujarat Government Suspends 7 Officials Over Rajkot Gaming Zone Fire Negligence

27 May 2024

On Monday, the Gujarat government ordered the suspension of seven officials, including two police inspectors and civic staff from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation. This action came in response to their negligence in connection with the tragic fire incident at a gaming zone in Rajkot that claimed the lives of 27...

Bilkis Bano case: SC strikes down Gujarat government’s remission order of 11 convicts, demands their surrender

08 Jan 2024

The Gujarat government's order to remit 11 convicts who had gangraped Bilkis Bano and killed her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots was overturned by the Supreme Court on Monday. Judges BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan's bench overturned the Gujarat government's remission order, which had allowed convicts to be...

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court quashes Gujarat government’s remission order

08 Jan 2024

The Gujarat government's decision to give remission to 11 convicts in the case of Bilkis Bano's gang rape and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots was overturned by the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court ruled that "playing fraud" on the court...