Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has taken another step towards preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi stating that a meeting of the proposed board of directors of the Games’ organising company was held to discuss the roadmap, planning and coordination required to stage the international event.In a post on X, Sanghavi…
Ahmedabad: In collaboration with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA), a two-day capacity-building workshop on active mobility was organised in the city to promote the development of a safe, healthy, and people-centric road infrastructure.Bringing together urban mobility experts, govt officials, consultants, planners, architects, researchers, and students on…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has uncorked major tax relief for liquor consumers in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), one of the country’s premier financial hubs in Gandhinagar. In two separate notifications, state govt has slashed value added tax (VAT) on foreign liquor served in GIFT City from 65% to 25% and scrapped the special fee…
Ahmedabad: The civic body partnered with the anti-human trafficking unit and the state social defence department to conduct an anti-begging drive in the West Zone on Tuesday.The team rescued more than 68 people, including 16 children, from 34 hotspots. The child welfare committee transferred nine of the children along with their parents to a civic-run…
Gandhinagar: Minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya on Wednesday chaired a meeting to plan the proposed Spine and Sports Injury Centre. The minister said that a sum of Rs 295 crore will be spent in setting up a world-class spine institute, sports injury and rehabilitation centre at Medicity.Quoting the minister, the statement said that…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is turning unused spaces beneath city bridges into modern sports activity centres, as part of its ambitious plan to develop Ahmedabad into an international-level Sports City.The civic body has identified nine bridges across the city where such facilities will be developed. Two centres — under the Sims Hospital railway…
Gandhinagar: Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya participated in a cycling event in Ahmedabad on Sunday to mark Commonwealth Games Day and the 75th edition of ‘Fit India Sundays on Cycle’. Across the country, comparable events were organized at nearly 8,000 locations as part of a build-up to Ahmedabad hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games.While Mandaviya and deputy…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the flourishing sports culture across the nation, saying that Ahmedabad hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and India bidding for the 2036 Olympics, can work wonders to boost the morale of homegrown talent.The chief minister was speaking after laying the foundation for the…
