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Decoding BJP’s tactics to tame people. From Sonam Wangchuk to Hardik Patel In January 2020, Sonam Wangchuk publicly expressed gratitude to PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for their attention to Ladakh’s concerns, and a Union Minister acknowledged his fight for Scheduled Area status. Sonam Wangchuk and PM Modi were mutual admirers too. When […]
United States President Donald Trump on September 19 signed a proclamation titled ‘Restriction on entry of certain non-immigrant workers’, and hiked H-1B visa fees to $1,00,000 for all new applications. Amid vast confusion over the scope and finer details of the new rule, the White House then clarified that the hiked $1,00,000 fee (around ₹90 lakh) is […]
Lions in Gujarat have been dying in large numbers from unnatural causes: illness, infighting, accidents and habitat pressures. Some of these deaths have sparked calls for creating a secondary habitat for Asiatic lions such as in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno sanctuary to reduce risk to the population in Gir. Gujarat, however, has firmly opposed such translocation. […]
PM Narendra Modi has reciprocated US President Donald Trump’s statement that he will always “be friends with Modi”. This has signalled that a patch between the two is soon on the cards. With both US President Donald Trump and PM Modi affirming their personal friendship and strength of bilateral ties, India and US appear to have […]
With growing distance between India and America relations, the Indian embassy in Washington D.C. has now onboard Mercury Public Affairs a ton consolidate its’ lobbying efforts for next 100 days. The arrangement has begun from mid August according to sources. The new lobby firm has several Trump connections. Susie Wiles, the current Chief of Staff […]
In 1961, Lee Kuan Yew, the celebrated leader and “father” of Singapore, who was rightly annoyed with America, instructed his aides to “investigate this matter thoroughly, every aspect of it. Leave nothing unturned until you get to the heart of the matter. But remember all the time that we are not dealing with an enemy, […]
500 poor patients exploited in what was was to be 25-year trial period. In an unprecedented scandal involving politicians, pharmaceutical companies, and a leading government hospital, a massive clinical trial scam has come to light in Gujarat. Over 500 poor patients were unknowingly subjected to unauthorised and illegal medical trials. At the heart of the […]
In what practitioners and believers of Gandhian philosophy describe as a sad, painful decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) dismissed a petition filed by Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, challenging the Gujarat BJP government’s decision to revamp and redevelop the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. The project has been handed over to Bimal […]
The occasion dates back to 2007. Sunita Williams of Gujarat origin sought to visit her home state. Williams, accompanied by her father, arrived on a personal visit. The response from the then chief minister Narendra Modi was less than cordial. “Kaun Sunita (Sunita who)?” he reportedly asked, dismissing the astronaut, now showered with international acclaim. It […]
Insensitive deportation of Indians is a humanitarian crisis which needs global intervention I fondly remember my time as a student in the US where I was fortunate enough to receive a full scholarship. Besides deepening my academic rigour, I had come to realise what made the US a great nation. The US lived the values […]
More skeletons are tumbling out of the Khyati Multispeciality Hospital where two patients died after undergoing an angioplasty procedure. A FIR has been registered against the hospital which apparently does not even have the required operational licences. The hospital director Kartik Patel had gone to Australia for a holiday and he has been summoned back […]
She believes in the harbinger of hopes. Small pebbles, smiling kids, crops swaying in an open field. And her pink saree. Her pink saree is one such omen. “Not only is it my favourite saree, I wear it to all my favourite places,” Geniben Thakor says, adding that it did not cost her beyond Rs […]
In Gujarat, it is not the BJP that wins. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So confident is the BJP that it began its experiment of dropping sitting MPs by droves and giving a chance to new faces, many times political novices who went to win with handsome margins. In 2014 when Narendra Modi then […]
Valsad in South Gujarat is a parliamentary constituency that is known for one particular reason. Whichever political party wins Valsad Loksabha election gets to rule India. Ever since the first parliamentary election of India, it has been observed that Valsad is the bellwether seat of India. Today on Tuesday, Valsad in Gujarat polled the highest voting […]
Jai Shri Ram, says Mukesh Dalal and he would not stop till he acknowledged. Sure. Lord Ram must be laughing at him with all his blessings. He was contesting the Surat Loksabha election on the BJP ticket but following a slight signature glitch in the papers of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, Mukesh Dalal has been […]
Because it is Gujarat, the latest comment by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that flaunting and eating meat during the Hindu holy month of sawan (called chaitra in Gujarati) is being lapped up as a yet another bold stand by the unstoppable prime minister. Food fascism in Gujarat is not new. Gujaratis are absolutely okay doing business and selling or […]
The Gujarat BJP has never had it this complicated. The Party is now seriously ruminating to replace Rajkot Loksabha candidate amidst fear of losing vital Kshatriya votes in Gujarat. The BJP won all 26 Loksabha seats in Gujarat in 2019 and wants to repeat the feat. But Kshatriyas in Gujarat are up in arms against […]
Those who attacked international Muslim students on Gujarat University campus were not hostelites but local youth who barged into the A block which housed these foreign students. Surprisingly, what began as an internal hostel clash between two groups is now snowballing into a case of Islamophobia. So far five youths have been arrested by the […]
Now that the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have announced an electoral alliance, all eyes are on the Bharuch Loksabha seat in Gujarat. There are 26 Loksabha seats in Gujarat. Currently, all 26 are with the BJP. As per the AAP-Congress alliance, two seats in Gujarat, Bharuch and Bhavnagar, have been given to Arvind […]
This resource-rich State in Central India is one of the fastest developing States of India. Bhupesh Baghel of Congress is seeking a second term. There are 90 seats in Chhattisgarh and 46 seats are required to form a majority government. Bhupesh Baghel is known for his governance, administrative skills, innovative welfare schemes and patience. Before […]
