Daman And Diu

Lok Sabha polls 2024: EC releases absolute number of voters for 5 phases

Election Commission says recorded vote counts was communicated to all candidates' polling agents on the polling day and such data is unalterable

130 mn rural households get tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission

Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have reported 100 per cent coverage

ONGC scraps bids for Daman gas field development over cost concerns

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has cancelled the bids received for its Daman upside gas development project off the western coast due to high price quotes, sources said. The project is crucial to ONGC's strategy of ramping up gas production from its shallow-water fields off India's west coast. Once completed, the project would lead to nearly doubling of current gas production of 4-5 million standard cubic metres per day. Sources aware of the matter said the bids ONGC received for the project were way higher than the company's internal estimates and so the tender has been cancelled. The tender would now be divided into separate packages and rebid. Engineering and fabrication contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the lowest bidder when the bids were opened in December last year. It quoted a cost of USD 663.77 million to build the infrastructure needed to ramp up production from the field that lies about 60 kilometers off the west coast. A consortium of .

PM to visit 4 states next week, to launch projects worth Rs 27,000 cr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on April 24 and 25 to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 27,000 crore. During his visit, Modi will participate in the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrations at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, inaugurate the integrated eGramSwaraj and the GeM portal for public procurement at the panchayat level and hand over around 35 lakh "SVAMITVA" property cards to the owners on Monday, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He will also participate in a programme marking the "Griha Pravesh" of more than four lakh beneficiaries of the Centre's housing scheme for the rural poor, the statement said. The prime minister will flag off Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express train, inaugurate the Kochi Water Metro and dedicate to the nation the NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute at Silvassa in the Union Territo

16 members of Dadra-Nagar Haveli, Daman-Diu's JDU unit join BJP in Delhi

The Janata Dal-United (JDU) unit of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi in the presence of party chief JP Nadda

PM Modi attacks Opposition in Goa, says those who talk big lacks vision

Modi congratulated Goa for becoming the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified state where every household is connected to piped water

'Decommissioned' INS Khukri reaches Diu, will be up for public viewing soon

INS Khukri, the first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December last year, reached Diu on Sunday.Collector, Diu, Saloni Rai told ANI, "INS Khukri, first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December 2021, reached Diu. Diu administration will get it formally on January 26 and will be available for public viewing."INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built Missile Corvettes, was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service on December 23, 2021.The corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23, 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the Western and Eastern Fleets. The ship was commissioned in Mumbai by Krishna Chandra Pant, the then Defence Minister and Sudha Mulla, wife of late Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC with Commander (now Vice Admiral Retired) Sanjeev Bhasin as her first Commanding Officer.During its service, the ship was commanded

Cyclone Tauktae: PM Modi to visit Gujarat, Diu today to review damage

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Diu on Wednesday to review the situation and damage caused by Cyclone Tauktae

Cyclone Tauktae weakens after making landfall on Gujarat coast

The landfall process of the eye of extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which had hit Gujarat coast in Saurashtra between Diu and Una around 9 pm, ended around 12 am on Tuesday, the IMD said

Torrent Power highest bidder for Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu discoms

UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu carry annual revenue of Rs 4500 crore from roughly 150,000 consumers

Ramp-up efforts to contain Covid-19 spread, follow SOPs: Centre to UTs

Central govt advised the UTs to improve testing facilities, surveillance for early detection of Covid-19 cases, contact tracing and house-to-house surveillance by medical staff

Parliament passes bill to merge UTs Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

The Rajya Sabha passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 through voice vote

After J&K bifurcation, govt to merge UTs Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Officials said the merger of the two UTs, located along the western coast near Gujarat, will be done for better administration and check duplications of various work.

Diu's fishing village of Vanakbara: A great place if you can bear the smell

Few tourists visit Vanakbara, a fascinating fishing village in Diu. A trip is highly recommended, but be prepared for an olfactory assault

Modi launches flight, helicopter service between Ahmedabad and Daman & Diu

PM Modi said his government has launched schemes worth around Rs 10 billion today for development of Daman and Diu