To supplement the nodes of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, announced in February 2018, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 296-kilometres long Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot today. To be built...

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that government will keep taking decisions to achieve the goal of 5 trillion dollar economy. Addressing a function this afternoon at Varanasi  he said facilitating and strengthening traditional handicrafts...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Statue of Deendayal Upadhyay and dedicated to the nation the Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial in Varanasi. He also flagged off the third corporate train Mahakaal Express which links 3 Jyotirling Pilgrim Centres – Varanasi,...

The Prime Minister,Narendra Modi, today, visited Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He attended the closing ceremony of the Centenary Celebration of Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Gurukul at Jangamwadi Mutt in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. At the event, Prime Minister Shri Narendra...

Loksabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan here today handed over 5 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to Smt Takrdiran of Delhi in the Parliament House.  Speaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan while acknowledging the vision of Prime Minister...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the success and milestones achieved by the Swachh Bharat Mission has been possible due to the efforts and participation by the citizens across the country. He said that there is now a perceptible positive change...

“Convergence between Ministries, States and stakeholders is critical to achievements of shared goals for health of women, children and adolescents.”  This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare at the curtain raiser event for...

A Delegation of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) including Shri J. P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and incoming Board Chair of PMNCH and renowned actor...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday urged people of higher castes to provide "special opportunity" to people of weaker sections.The President made the remarks while delivering the fourth Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Lecture here."People from higher castes should promote...

Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel celebrated the 69th Republic Day here on Friday with great pomp and pageantry as she hoisted the tricolour.At the Lal Parade Ground, the newly-appointed Governor also inspected the parade and took the salute at an impressive...

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan.Parliament Speaker...

Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has been appointed as Governor of Madhya Pradesh, an official statement said on Friday."President Ram nath Kovind has been pleased to appoint Anandiben Patel, to be the Governor of Madhya Pradesh with effect...

I pay tribute to all the lives lost to HIV/AIDS not just in India but globally; today let’s pledge that no more lives are lost to HIV anymore. Let us all come together and join hands in this fight against HIV so that together we can end the epidemic by...

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has told BJP chief Amit Shah that she is not keen to contest in the upcoming state Assembly elections.In a letter, dated October 4, she cited her age - 75 - as the reason behind her decision, while urging that meritorious...

"Let no child suffer from any vaccine-preventable disease". This was stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat, today. Through this programme, Government of India aims to reach...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who received an enthusiastic welcome from thousands gathered to greet him on his visit to his hometown Vadnagar on Sunday, thanked the people for the warm welcome and assured them he would work even harder for the nation."Coming...

The Prime Minister,  Narendra Modi, today dedicated to the nation, Phase-1 (Link 2) of the SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation) Yojana, at Botad. He also laid the Foundation Stone of Phase 2 (Link 2) of the SAUNI Yojana. Earlier, he welcomed...

The BJP parliamentary board on Wednesday decided that party president Amit Shah will not be the successor of Anandiben Patel, who resigned as Chief Minister of Gujarat after the top party body accepted her offer to step down.The party leadership, however,...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has called upon the BJP leadership to "relieve" her from her present responsibilities in keeping with the "party‚'s laudable tradition of leaders who turn 75 vacating their posts.In a Facebook post in Gujarati on Monday,...

Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister Anandiben Patel visited the village of four Dalit youth beaten up in Una town on July 11 for skinning a dead cow.No...

The Congress on Thursday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led government for what it said was failure on all counts, as Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel called the opposition leaders a bunch of "copycats and blockheads".Congress leader Manish Tewari...

Speculation on Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel's removal gained sudden momentum on Monday when she called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while her supposed replacement Nitin Patel met BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi.The party' state unit however denied...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Gujarat at a high level meeting here.The meeting was attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and senior officials from the central and state governments,...

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched for the three states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan today in Dahod. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chief Minister...

India, with a 7,500-km long coastline, is set for a gigantic leap in maritime sector with water-based trade, commercial and transport activities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.Inaugurating the first Maritime India Summit (MIS) 2016 here, Modi...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugrated the first-ever three-day Maritime India Summit (MIS) here, aimed at attracting global investors to the huge opportunities in the maritime sector.Modi said the country has inherited a glorious maritime heritage...

The Gujarat government is expecting investments of Rs.3,000 crore in tourism sector in the next five years, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said on Saturday."The state tourism sector has got the status of an industry and as a result investors from 50 countries...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel inaugurated the three-day Vibrant Gujarat International Travel Mart here late on Friday.The government expects investments worth Rs.3,000 crore from more than twenty countries, officials from the tourism department said."I...

Vijay Rupani was unanimously elected president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Gujarat unit at the state party headquarters here on Friday.An MLA from Rajkot (West) and a cabinet minister in the Anandiben Patel cabinet, Rupani, 60, is considered close to Prime...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday handed over the reinstatement certificate of barrister Pandit Shyamji Krishna Verma, a freedom fighter who hailed from what is now Gujarat's Kutch district, to Chief Minister Anandiben Patel here.Modi, who is on his maiden...

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday inaugurated Amul's and the country's most modern state-of-the-art cattle feed plant in Kapdivav village near here in Gujarat's Kheda district.Mukhejee, who arrived here on his first visit to Gujarat after assuming office as...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday blamed the opposition for turning her own Patel community against her through the "reservation conspiracy" to extract political benefit during the local body elections.She, however, claimed that the community...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday urged BJP activists to remain united as she continued her campaign for the 323 local body polls.Her remarks follow a four-month agitation by the Patel community demanding reservations in jobs and educational...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday said that despite attempts to introduce Maoism in Gujarat, left-inspired violence had not covered much ground because of "pro-active steps for all-round development of tribals in our state"."The spread of influence...

An Agriculture Centre of Excellence was inaugurated in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Sunday under the Indo-Israel Agriculture Cooperation Project for providing new technologies and opportunities to the farmers.Inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben...

Adding to the naval infrastructure along the coast, a new base of the Indian Navy -- INS Sardar Patel -- was commissioned here on Saturday.According to a statement by the navy, this Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Gujarat and the headquarters of the naval officer-in-charge...

'Sardar Patel', the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at Porbandar, Gujarat by Smt. Anandiben Patel, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat today 09 May 15. The commissioning ceremony was attended by Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval...

India is in the process of reforming its taxation regime to make it internationally compatible and non-adversarial, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday."We are trying to present a taxation regime, which is internationally compatible, which is non-adversarial....

The Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel met the Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers Ananth Kumar, New Delhi today to discuss various projects relating to the State in the fields of chemicals, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. It was decided that a...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today launched "Swavalamban Abhiyan" - a set of 11 new pro-poor initiatives of the Gujarat Government, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. Addressing a large gathering on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that 17th September...

The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel, called on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today....

'In a significant decision, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has cleared an eight-year-old proposal to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 metres, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced Thursday."The NCA has granted approval to raise the...

In a significant decision, the Narmada Control Authority has cleared an eight-year-old proposal to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 metres, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced Thursday."The NCA has granted approval to raise the dam...

The Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel called on M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) and Parliamentary Affairs in New Delhi today. Senior officials of the Ministry as well as the...

In Anandiben Patel, Gujarat has got its first woman chief minister and the country its 15th woman head of a state government.Currently, J. Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu and Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal are the only two women politicians heading state governments....

Senior BJP leader Anandiben Patel took oath as Gujarat's first woman chief minister here Thursday at the head of a 21-member ministry.Governor Kamla Beniwal administered the oath of office and secrecy to Patel, 73, and her ministers at a public ceremony at...

Anandiben Patel was Thursday sworn in as Gujarat's new chief minister, a day after Narendra Modi resigned to become India's prime minister.Senior BJP leaders including party president Rajnath Singh, L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Arun Jaitley were present...

Some 25 years ago, without a second thought, a woman school teacher plunged into the Narmada river and rescued two young girl students who were drowning. The teacher was 47 years old then. Today, at age 73, Anandiben Patel is all set to become Gujarat's next...

Senior Gujarat minister Anandiben Patel was Wednesday unanimously elected the leader of the BJP Legislature Party here, making her the chief minister designate to succeed Narendra Modi.A teacher-turned-politician, Patel, 73, will be sworn in as the state's...