Category: Gujarat
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Gujarat’s Banni grasslands: A heap of broken images, where the sun beats
NTPC’s proposed solar project in Kachchh’s Banni grassland is pitting India’s renewable energy ambitions against one of Asia’s most fragile ecosystems and the Maldharis, who have depended on the land for centuries. Abhinay Deshpande reports on the area that holds the Chhari-Dhand wetland conservation reserve and a hill that is both a refuge and compass for the pastoralists
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Vadodara to host Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference in June
Covering 10 districts — Ahmedabad, Anand, Chhotaudepur, Dahod, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mahisagar, Narmada, Panchmahal and Vadodara — Central Gujarat accounts for 28% of the state’s total manufacturing output, according to official data
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Gujarat hosts CWG review team; preparations for 2030 games under focus
The visit began with a meeting between the delegation and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar, where preparations, execution strategy and timelines were discussed
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BJP fields Harshad Parmar for Umreth bypoll in Gujarat
The bypoll has been necessitated following the death ofGovind Parmar, who passed away on March 6 at the age of 72 after a brief illness. He had represented the Umreth seat in Anand distric
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Gujarat unveils ₹4.08 lakh crore budget for tourism, AI, sports infrastructure
The State Budget outlines an ambitious roadmap to develop Ahmedabad as an “Olympic Ready City” in the run-up to the 2030 Commonwealth Games, which Gujarat will host
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Gujarat’s Chhari-Dhandh on global Ramsar Map
Gujarat Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia, on behalf of the Forest Department, presented the Ramsar Site certificate to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar
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Gujarat turns to AI, CCTV to identify stray cattle in Ahmedabad
The technology will use a cow’s nose as a unique biometric identifier, similar to a human fingerprint
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Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar Metro ridership rises fourfold in three years
More than 11.50 crore passengers travelled on the Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar Metro between October 2022 and December 2025
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Gujarat Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, IPS officers to visit border villages
A separate session has been arranged with Border Security Force (BSF) officials to review security-related matters, including patrolling operations and the monitoring of anti-national activities along the border
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CM Bhupendra Patel visits rain-affected Gujarat villages, reviews crop damage
Unseasonal rains that began in the last week of October damaged crops in several districts. Survey operations were launched to assess the extent of damage