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...