Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley in the latest budget approved various tax exemptions to Gujarat International Finance Tech-City (GIFT City) which is country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) being established between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The project received the much-required recognition from the finance minister despite the fact that the clouds[Read More…]
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Vijay Rupani is the new chief minister of Gujarat, Nitin Patel to be the deputy CM
Vijay Rupani has been appointed as the new chief minister of Gujarat by Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been chosen as Anandiben Patel’s successor, who resigned from her post citing her age and upcoming state assembly elections. Nitin Patel, who was being cited as another frontrunner, has been appointed as[Read More…]
After Anandiben, who’s the next CM of Gujarat?
With Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel submitting her resignation after a week of protests across the state following the Una incident, speculations are rife about the next chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat. Apparently, four people have emerged as the front runners in the race. Newsd tells you who’s in the[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi visits Una during Dalit upsurge
In the wake of a political storm over the thrashing of Dalit youth in Una, Gujarat, by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes (Gau Rakshaks), Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the victims’ family members on Thursday. In the pictures surfacing online, Rahul can be seen taking a look at Balu Sarvaiya’s wounds,[Read More…]
Gujarat Dalit stir: Cow nationalism backfires on BJP
Gujarat is experiencing the biggest Dalit upsurge in last 30 years. Dalits this time want to challenge unpractical ideology of RSS-BJP in a practical way. After four Dalit men were beaten up by self-appointed cow vigilantes for allegedly killing cows, Dalits community has dumped cow carcasses at collector’s office in[Read More…]