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The Congress on Tuesday kicked off “Sangathan Srujan Abhiyan” from Gujarat with its leader Rahul Gandhi giving words of wisdom to top party leaders in Ahmedabad. National party president Mallikarjun Kharge has given a call for 2025 to be the year for party’s organisational reforms. Gandhi’s two-day visit focuses on the party’s district committee structure, […]
The Gujarat Police, which is investigating a fraudulently procured gun licenses racket, have reportedly stumbled upon the alleged involvement of a state minister’s son. Vishal Patel, a resident of Surat and son of minister of state for agriculture and energy Mukesh Patel, procured a license from Nagaland. Though the Gujarat Police have not given any […]
From Gujarat, the bastion of Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress has given a loud and clear message to its adversaries and the Nation that it is fighting a second freedom battle. For Gujarat, the party has vowed to go to the masses, bring a palpable change in the state and once in power fulfill the […]
Even as the Congress has embarked on a mission to strengthen party’s organisational structure, its leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that no party other than the Congress can defeat the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was speaking at the All India Congress Committee’s session held in Ahmedabad at […]
In a clear message to those trying to “spread lies” about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and about his relations with Jawaharlal Nehru, the Extended Congress Working Committee on Tuesday vowed to tread the path shown by Patel. This is a clear indication of reclaiming the “Iron Man”. At the meeting of the Extended Congress Working Committee […]
The Extended Congress Working Committee meeting began in Ahmedabad on Tuesday at the Sardar Patel Memorial in Shahibaug. Over 159 members, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and NSUI president Varun Choudhary are attending the meeting. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who is also a CWC member, is […]
Congress is all set for its Working Committee Meeting (CWC) in Ahmedabad, India’s strongest BJP bastion, tomorrow on Tuesday. Over 159 party leaders will attend this extended CWC meeting at the Sardar (Vallabhabhai Patel), Memorial in Shahibaug area. The CWC meeting will be followed by the AICC convention on the Sarbarmati Riverfront on Wednesday which […]
Ninety-two years rest lightly on the firm shoulders of Balubhai Patel, arguably the only constant at the Gujarat Congress headquarters in Ahmedabad through the heyday up to now when the party is on the pacemaker. And also when the party is getting decimated with every election of any kind. However, Patel is upbeat that the […]
It has been three and a half years but he still gets nightmares. He feels guilty of not being able to save his mother from the deadly COVID-19. The guilt pangs continue for 23-year-old Yuvraj Singh Mann. Understandingly so, after his mom was all of 58. She was among many who succumbed to the virus. […]
Dear Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, DGP Vikas Sahay and Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Shri G S Malik I am a proud Gujarati but I write this open letter to you with much pain, frustration and angst. I have had a harrowing experience that reflects the big claims of “Police Sada Tamari Maate” (Police is Always for […]
Muslims were assured by the administration that the demolition was not taking place. The police bandobast was ahead of the Governor’s visit and the survey was for future use. The assurances were from the top administrative and police officers in Gir Somnath. Yet, the local Muslims feared something as they witnessed police bandobast and JCBs parked […]
In the last six months, the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat has been silent as party workers and those connected to it have been found involved in cases of gender crimes. Fifty-five-year-old Govind Natt, a Dahod school principal, was arrested on September 22 ago for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl after she resisted his attempt […]
When he was picked up as the vice chancellor of the M S University of Baroda in 2005, his proximity to the then chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi was considered instrumental. And now when Manoj Soni has resigned as chairperson of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) due to “personal reasons” five years before his […]
When Indian skipper Rohit Sharma handed over the ball to Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the 16th over in the finals of the T20 World Cup, South Africa needed 30 runs out of 30 balls to win its first T20 title. The odds had started to get against India, and it wasn’t without a reason that […]
Around 4.30 pm on Saturday, fire broke out in the TRP Game Zone in Rajkot and within minutes at least 30 persons, including children, were charred to death. The gaming zone did not have the requisite No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Fire and Safety Department. The gaming zone had inflammable substances and tyres. The […]
In Gujarat, it was all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his guarantees. It was all about making him the Prime Minister for the third time. It was about ‘asmita’ (pride). In scorching heat, the electorate voted on 25 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday. The state reported 60.13% voter turnout as against 64.11% in 2019, […]
Gujarat recorded an estimated 55.22 percent turnout, till 5 p.m., on 25 Lok Sabha seats, voting for which was held on Tuesday. The final figures are expected by midnight, the state election commission said. The BJP is aiming for a hat-trick in its model state. It had won all the seats in the 2014 and […]
Apparently, it was after a lot of drama behind the scenes that Vijay Rupani succeeded Anandiben Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat in August 2016. Rupani saw many ups and downs during his five-year stint as the chief minister of the state. Soon after attending a programme in Ahmedabad in 2021 where Prime Minister […]
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed six public meetings, covering 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, on May 1 and 2 and as always tried to explain to the electorate that voting for the BJP candidate would mean a vote to him, he ensured that he kept away controversial candidates from anywhere near him. […]
In what can perhaps turn out to be a major relief for the “I.N.D.I.A.” alliance in Gujarat, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has decided not to contest Lok Sabha elections. AIMIM Gujarat state president Sabir Kabliwala told Vibes of India on April 23 that they are not contesting the elections as it is often alleged that the […]
