Author Archives: Mehboob Shaikh

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded that the government should withdraw the proposal for taxing employee provident fund withdrawals. “EPF is the safety net of the employees and imposing a tax on this is wrong. I will urge the ...

Bharatsinh Solanki, state Congress president said: “We have to go forward with the vision and principles given by Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is necessary that dalits, tribals and the OBC community gets a good education and grows in life.” He added ...

Shankarsinh Vaghela, leader of opposition in the state assembly, has accused the state government of making false claims on Gujarat’s growth. While speaking in the House, Vaghela said that Gujarat, termed the ‘growth engine of India’ is currently in reverse ...

Opening general debate on the 2016-17 state Budget in the Gujarat Assembly Thursday, the Leader of Opposition Shanke-rsinh Vaghela lambasted the development claims of Gujarat government, concluding his speech on government’s modified plan of implementing the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Yojana ...

Gujarat government spent over Rs 14.74 crore in organising state-sponsored ‘Rann Utsav’ and ‘Patang Utsav’ (kite festival) during 2014 and 2015, the Legislative Assembly was told today. In his written reply during Question Hour, Tourism Minister Saurabh Patel stated that ...

He hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi: “Modi ji had promised that he will put people with black money behind bars, now they have come up with way to save those people.” Congress vice president on Wednesday launched a ...