Though trial run for provision of Internet facility had been conducted in Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, the Indian Railway has decided to introduce pilot project for the same in Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express, obviously because the central railway minister Mamata Banerjee is from West Bengal, and she is known for doing much for her state with...
Pacific Asia Travel Association(PATA) a not-for-profit membership association has announced the winners of the 2010 PATA Gold Awards, sponsored by the Macau Government Tourist Office. This year the awards recognise the achievements of 24-separate organisations and individuals. Gujarat’s Kutch based Hodko rural tourism resort has won PATA Grand Award 2010 in Heritage section. The...
Surat is getting thee new bridges built by Surat Municipal Corporation on Friday. Gujarat’s Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel is going to inaugurate the bridges. The bridges are constructed at a cost of Rs 27 crore. Amroli bridge, named as Pandit Shyamji Krishna Verma bridge, joins Amroli and Katargam and has been built at...
Google’s Internet Bus today arrived in Gujarat. The bus will travel to various cities of Gujarat to make more people aware about internet and its benefits. About 26% people visiting the bus will use internet for the first time in their life through this bus. The bus showcases internet content in both English and...
Gujarat has continued to be top in job placements notified through employment exchanges in India for the seventh consecutive year in 2009, Gujarat Government’s spokespersons ministers Jaynarayan Vyas and Saurabh Dalal said in Gandhinagar today. As per the latest annual report of the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, Gujarat provided jobs through the...
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011 has got a new partner. While Japan is already a partner country for Vibrant Summit 2011, the another country that is partnering with Gujarat for the summit is Canada. This was confirmed on Tuesday. The Gujarat government had invited Canada three months back for partnership in Vibrant 2011. The...
Gujarat government’s nine IAS officials will be traveling to 23 nations across the world from 1 August to 3 October along with the delegation comprising of Gujarat’s top industrialists to invite foreign guests to Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011 which is scheduled to be held in January 2011 at Mahatma Mandir site in state...
Gujarat government’s Maritime Board spokesperson on Monday announced the state government has approved three projects, worth Rs 1,070 crore, for development of shipbuilding yards, off Gujarat coast line. This includes yards along the north bank of Narmada near Dahej, and old-port of Bhavnagar, according to Gujarat Maritime Board(GMB). Small to medium size vessels are...
Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation(GAIC) exported first consignment of banana to Egypt from Gujarat from its newly commissioned banana pack house facility at Jhgadia in southern Gujarat district of Bharuch. The consignment contained 25 tonnes of banana. Gujarat already exports banana to middle east countries, but Egypt has opened a new African market according to...
The Tourism Department of the state of Gujarat is the Best upcoming Tourism Department. The SAFARI INDIA, a prestigious regional tourism magazine covering India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South East Asia has recognized Gujarat Government’s Tourism Department for its outstanding and professional efforts initiated under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Shri...
According to Agriculture Minister Dilip Sanghani, on 19 July 2010, Gujarat witnessed 67.29% sowing of Kharif season which comes to 58,52,900 hectare. Cotton and Groundnut continue to dominate, occupying highest area of sowing. The sowing figures released by the minister are following: Paddy – 1,99,300 hectare Bajari – 3,44,500 hectare Juvar – 37,400 hectare...
Reliance Retail today opened its third Reliance Timeout store of Ahmedabad at city’s Iscon mall. This is Reliance Timeout’s 15th store in the country. The store was launched in presence of bollywood filmstar Akshay Kumar. The new store offers more than 7500 books, 7000 music and movie titles, 1500 stationery items, gifts and toys....