Gujarat News

It is official now. Living Legend and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachan is the Brand ambassador of Gujarat.

Earlier, the Megastar had visited the state to request the CM of Gujarat Shree narendra modi to make his movie “PAA” tax free. Both the leaders in their respective fields had watched the movie at one multiplex in Gandhinagar. After the screening of PAA, During PRESS Conference , Mr. Amitabh Bachchan had told media that He is ready to offer his Face and Voice to Promote Gujarat the state.

Prior to this, Mr. Amitabh Bacchan has also endorsed Uttar Pradesh , his home state.

Source : Zeenews.com

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University got New Cricket Stadium inaugurated by Chief minister of Gujarat Shree Narendra modi.

A die hard cricket fan , Mr. Kamlesh Patel from the Surat city donated rs 5 crore for the development of cricket stadium at VNSGU campus. Later on Shree Kamlesh bhai patel was felicitated by honorable chief minister.

National Khadi and Cottage Industries Board has organised a A national Khadi Festival with 225 stalls from all over the country .

The month-long Khadi Utsav-09 will house artisans and cottage industries from all over India. The khadi festival aimed at providing maximum benefit to Khadi industry workers. Apart from apparels, various handicraft items and consumer durables will be sold during Khadi Utsav-09 . “This is for the first time that such a large scale event has been organised in Surat.

“Our aim is to link more people with Khadi and provide employment in rural areas,” Manu Mehta, chairman of Khadi Utsav -09, said.

Around 45,000 Patidar farmers in Unjha have taken a pledge to switch over to drip irrigation to conserve water. The pledge was taken in presence pf Chief Minister of Gujarat Shree Narendra bhai modi on Saturday evening at the massive 18th centenary celebration of Umiya Maa temple at Unjha. Another 45,000 are expected to take the oath soon, taking the number to almost a lakh.

Narayan patel , a local BJP MLA and one of the organisers of 18th centenary celebration of Umiya Maa temple at Unjha said that this pledge will bring Green revolution to Gujarat state.

An exhibition on Drip irrigation will also take place in Unjha during this event.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tests Positive for Swine flu.

Narendra Modi has just returned from russia. He had gone there with some industrialists and ministers.

Following confirmation, Modi has been put under swine flu medication and quarantined at his own official residence here. All his appointments have been cancelled and he will be in isolation for a week.

The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April and has since spread to many countries. More than 450 people have died of swine flu in India since this summer.

The number of swine flu cases in India has climbed to more than 13,000 - they have been reported from 28 states, including Gujarat. The virus is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people around the world.

So far, 40 people have died of the flu in Gujarat and several hundred have been infected, officials say.

A state government release said Mr Modi had been on medication and all his engagements for the next few days have been cancelled.

Gujaratilexicon in association with Gujarat Informatics Limited (GIL) has launched online Gujarati dictionary ‘Lokkosh’.The online resource allows users to contribute new Gujarati words and phrases in daily usage on Lokkosh - The Online Gujarati Dictionary.

Ratilal Chandaria is the founder of Gujaratilexicon.com

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) is geared up for the seven-day National Service Scheme (NSS) youth camp to be held at its campus here on Wednesday. Gujarat State Chief Minister Shree Narendra Modi will be attending the Campus during his visit to the surat city.

Over 4,000 students from 55 colleges will participating at NSS camp. Activities like yoga, meditation and informative lecture series have been organized during the NSS Camp at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU). The yoga and meditation sessions are scheduled from 6.30 am to 8 am which will be followed by social service between 9 am and 12 noon. A mega blood donation camp has also been organized on the varsity campus.

In the afternoons, lecture series will take place between 3 pm and 5 pm. On Thursday, veteran journalist Bhagvatikumar Sharma will preside over the lecture session while Gunvant Shah will talk on international youth culture’. Columnist Jay Vasavda and information commissioner Bhagyesh Jha will lecture on celebration of survival and youth’ on Friday.

Dinesh Prajapati and Suresh Prajapati, experts on positive thinking and personality development, will deliver lectures on their field of expertise on Saturday. Subsequently, Samani Mangal Pragyaji, vice-chancellor of Jain Vishwa Bharti, Rajasthan, will lecture on techniques to improve memory power.

Purnima Nadkarni, gynaecologist, will talk on HIV/AIDS awareness on Sunday. The same day Rutumbhara Mehta, head of psychiatry department, Government Medical College (GMC), will lecture on women empowerment. Samani Pratibha Pragyaji, Jain Vishwa Bharti, Rajasthan, will deliver a lecture on personality development in the afternoon.

On the last day of the camp on Monday, Swami Parmatmanandji will deliver lecture on spiritual knowledge and youth. It be followed by another lecture on country’s development through character building by Swamiji Nikhleshwaranandji.

Source : Times of India

Narendra Modi , Chief Minister of Gujarat State who is on the visit of Russia , has invited Russian telecommunication company, Sistema, to set up a SIM card chip manufacturing facility in the state.

On the second day of his visit to Russia, Modi visited Sistema’s industrial complex. The Gujarat chief minister also inquired about possibilities of technology transfer of Sistema’s disaster management equipment and coast guard marine telecommunication.

Sistema Telecom manages the companies in the Telecommunications business, including MTS, Comstar, MGTS, Sky Link, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. Telecommunication group is the biggest one in Russia. It provides service for more than 80 million customers. The group consists of 50 companies working practically in all sectors of telecommunication market.

Two companies of the Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF ) have been deployed in Gujarat for the security of witnesses in the nine cases relating to the 2002 riots, being probed afresh by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team.

The Supreme Court directed last year that central forces provide security to the witnesses in the riot cases.

“Now, when the trial has begun, two companies of the Central Industrial Security Force have been deployed for the protection of the witnesses of the nine cases,” SIT officials said on Tuesday. — PTI

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