Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has announced additional holidays for state government offices and employees during the Diwali festival in 2025, allowing officials to spend extended time with their families. According to the notification issued by the General Administration Department, the official Diwali public holiday falls on Monday, October 20, 2025, followed by New Year’s Day on Wednesday, October 22, and Bhai Bij on Thursday, October 23. These holidays will be followed by the f...Read More

Gandhinagar: At the end of the entire selection process of the advertisement given earlier for 1660 notaries, the Gujarat government is all set to give appointments to 1518 notaries. The provisional list of which was announced on the website today. With the joining of all these notaries in the state, the legal justice process in the state will become faster and easier and the judicial system will gain momentum, the government stated in a release. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Amid speculations that the State cabinet is going to be expanded, the Chief Minister of Gujarat is on a visit to National capital, New Delhi on the second day of Navratri. Even though there has been speculation that CM's visit to Delhi is related to a cabinet reshuffle, it has now come to light that Patel is in Delhi to attend a meeting of Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT). The meeting is set to focus on Narmada water sharing between Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. W...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat may get three GST Tribunals by 2025 year-end. While locations of two tribunals are already decided, and they are Ahmedabad and Surat, the third location is still undecided, and it may most probably come up in Saurashtra region. The Centre has approved three GSt Tribunals in Gujarat in response to long-pending demand by traders. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat, September 15: The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) has urged Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to step in and expedite the long-pending development of the PM Mitra Mega Textile Park at Vansi-Borsi in Navsari district. In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister, SGCCI President Nikhil Madrasi highlighted growing concerns among textile industrialists regarding the delay in ground-level progress on the project. He noted that despite the signing of an MoU between the...Read More

Gandhinagar: The preliminary examination for 2,384 posts of Revenue Talati-Class III was conducted smoothly across Gujarat on Sunday. The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board (GSSSB) organized the examination at 1,384 centers in 23 districts between 2 pm and 5 pm, with strict arrangements to ensure fairness and prevent malpractice. More than 4.25 lakh candidates had applied for the recruitment, which was announced after nearly a decade. By Saturday evening, over 3.99 lakh candidates h...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has appointed Dr. Ratankanvar H. Gadhvicharan, the current Commissioner of Health, as the new Commissioner of Food and Drugs. He will hold this position as an additional charge. The post had been lying vacant after H.G. Koshiya, who previously held the role, was not granted a seventh extension. To ensure continuity, the state has entrusted Dr. Gadhvicharan with the responsibility of overseeing the Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA), headquartered in G...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has once again reaffirmed its dominance in groundnut cultivation and production, contributing more than 50 percent to India’s total output. The state has achieved the highest-ever sowing of groundnut over 22 lakh hectares this year, Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel announced. He said Gujarat’s groundnut production is projected to reach a historic 66 lakh metric tonnes in 2025 — the highest in the state’s history and nearly three times more than the 22 lakh MT r...Read More