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As BJP Sweeps Gujarat Local Body Polls, Congress Loses Opposition Tag In Half Its Cities The BJP has expectedly blown the victory bugle in Gujarat’s 2026 local body elections, dominating urban areas in particular. In municipal corporations, the party pulled in nearly 60 per cent of all votes cast — a commanding lead over the […]
Above: Dalits of Bhutadi village in Gujarat. By Special Arrangement, Vibes of India. Five men walked into the Dalit community’s lane in Bhutdi village, Junagadh district, on the evening of April 27. They had an invitation to deliver —to the consecration feast of a newly built Lord Ram temple scheduled for two days hence. But […]
Gujarat Titans (GT) wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat emphasised the importance of preparation and mental freshness during long tournaments like the Indian Premier League (IPL), while also praising skipper Shubman Gill for his composed leadership. Speaking to ANI ahead of GT’s clash against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Thursday, Rawat said that maintaining consistency in […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has repeated its’s electoral victory history in the 2026 Gujarat local body elections, strengthening its position in both urban and rural areas. The party won all 15 municipal corporations and secured a significant lead in district and taluka panchayats. According to the latest figures, the BJP has won at least […]
Both are supreme politicians. Both are obsessed with their own image. But when it comes to governing a state — and protecting its soul — Mamata Banerjee has something Narendra Modi will never understand about Bengal. Let us begin with an uncomfortable truth that neither camp likes to hear: Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee are […]
Gujarat goes to the polls in five days for local body elections. The campaign was already running hot. Then Anand MP Mitesh Patel made it hotter with inflammatory words. Patel, a BJP MP, told voters plainly that even if one Congress candidate wins from this area, not a single rupee from his development grant would […]
Broken Hearts, Weaponised Hate: The ‘Love Jihad’ Playbook in Gujarat When an interfaith relationship falls apart in Gujarat— when an affair curdles into bitterness, when a live-in arrangement breaks down, when a woman or man scorned decides the best form of revenge is the worst possible accusation — there is always a ready-made ideological weapon […]
The BJP lead government wants India’s electoral map to be redrawn, and the method being used to do it is already under scrutiny. The Narendra Modi government is on the verge of tabling a Delimitation Bill for Parliament. It’s reportedly going to expand Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850. Each state’s share of seats […]
If there were a masterclass on how to get a political ticket in India, Bharat Singh Vakhala wouldn’t attend it—he’d teach it. And crack it like no one else in the country, perhaps. In a system where hopefuls queue up outside party offices, chase leaders, and still return empty-handed, Vakhala flipped the script. He didn’t […]
A disconcerting data reveals that every three days, an Indian child turns up at the edges of America, frightened and undocumented. Some arrive alone. Others are escorted by adults they may have met only days before. They could be strangers cast in the role of parents or guardians. Behind them lies a journey that was […]
Ninama’s story is not an exception. In 2018, he was convicted in a custodial torture case dating back to 2001 and sentenced to a year in jail. The conviction did not impede his career; he continued to rise, eventually becoming the Inspector General in 2024. Manoj Ninama, former Inspector General of Police, Traffic Branch, Gandhinagar, joined […]
A US federal grand jury in Boston has indicted ten Indian nationals, accused of faking armed robberies at convenience stores to fraudulently obtain US visas. The ten were first charged by criminal complaint in March 2026. They have since been released on bail conditions. The grand jury has now formally indicted them on one count […]
High Court Intervenes After Vapi Voter Vanishes From His Own Building’s List The Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered the State Election Commission to restore a man’s name to the electoral roll for the Vapi Municipal Corporation elections, scheduled for April 26. It was a fallout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. This is […]
The Gujarat government’s recommended changes to the Registration of Marriages Rules have mobilised and divided public opinion. The contentious issue has reportedly drawn as many as 127 suggestions and objections from citizens and organisations. For background, the Gujarat Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill last month. The UCC mandates registration of all marriages and […]
A fast-rising deep-tech startup from Gujarat, InsideFPV, has entered India’s defence manufacturing spotlight after delivering “hundreds” of kamikaze (loitering munition) drones to the Indian Army under a ₹10 crore emergency procurement contract from the Ministry of Defence. The Surat-based company, founded in 2020, is led by CEO Arth Chowdhary along with co-founders Deyvant Bhardwaj and […]
Gujarat’s coastline has been hit by at least two massive tsunamis, one about 1,000 years ago and another nearly 6,000 years ago. This is not folklore. It’s science, and the evidence has been sitting in beach sand all along. Researchers from MG Science Institute in Ahmedabad made this finding using a technique called Optically Stimulated […]
Porbandar is recognized not just for its notorious mafia past but as the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi—the apostle of nonviolence whose legacy still shapes India. Because Gandhi was fiercely opposed to alcohol, Porbandar, like the rest of Gujarat, has long borne the weight of official prohibition. For over six decades, even a legal permit holder […]
Gujarat factory owners have asked migrant workers to pack up and leave for their hometowns. This follows the cooking gas shortage, coupled with less demand for exports. From Morbi in Saurashtra to Surat in South Gujarat; the situation of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa is serious. In most cases, factory owners have […]
Six years after his 2019 resignation, Kannan Gopinathan still awaits government processing. Kannan Gopinathan handed in his papers in August 2019. His reason was unambiguous: the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370, and what he called the government’s throttling of free expression. For an IAS officer to resign on a […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday welcomed the passage of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill 2026 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, saying that the country should run on “principle of equal laws”. After Uttarakhand, Gujarat became the second state to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, on Tuesday, introducing a common […]
