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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 […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is reaching out to the Kshatriya community, appealing to extend its full support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The letter issued by the party highlighted the achievements of the BJP under the leadership of Modi over the last ten years. It cited the revival of India’s culture, the realisation of […]
The Vasavas have dominated the electoral politics in Gujarat’s Bharuch seat for over a decade. This time it is no surprise that three Vasavas are pitted against each other on this seat as Bharuch goes to vote on May 7. The BJP, AAP, and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) have nominated candidates from the tribal Vasava […]
Navsari residents were surprised to see a man dressed in a dhoti and a vest, wearing spectacles and walking with a stick accompanied by supporters. The picture of the Father of the Nation, M K Gandhi! He is Naishadh Desai, the Congress’ candidate in the Navsari Lok Sabha constituency, and this is his way of […]
Gujarat is set to vote for the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, May 7. To encourage citizens to vote, many trade and industry associations, clubs and brands, have launched drives. Some brands in the food and apparel sectors are offering discounts ranging from 5% to 10% to customers who have voted. As part of ITC […]
Polling for 25 Lok Sabha seats, excluding Surat, and 5 seats of Legislative Assembly Bye-Elections in Gujarat is scheduled to be conducted on May 7. The electoral machinery has made comprehensive arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of polling. P Bharathi, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gujarat, affirmed that the commissioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) […]
A 27-year-old man was arrested in Gujarat’s Surat over an alleged plot to kill BJP leaders and a leader of a right-wing organisation. The accused, Maulvi Sohel Abubakr Timol, threatened the chief editor of Hindi TV news channel, BJP’s Telangana MLA Raja Singh and the party’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma in connivance with his handlers […]
Sonia Gandhi may be the first lady of the Congress party but in some tribal communities in south Gujarat, ‘Sonia’ is a common name of the patriarchs of the family and not the womenfolk. The name, believed to have been derived from the Greek name ‘Sophia’, which means wisdom, traditionally has a feminine association in […]
With the Asiatic lion expanding its footprint in newer territories in Gujarat, their number in the 2025 census may top 800, forest officials believe. The lions are adapting well to the newer ecosystems of Gujarat and finding ample food sources to sustain themselves. The forest department has created facilities for water in the areas, which […]
A man in Vadodara allegedly fed potassium gold cyanide mixed in sugarcane juice to his family of three, resulting in the death of his father and wife. The 52-year-old man, identified as Chetan Soni, who consumed poison while being questioned by police at his residence, is currently battling for life at SSG hospital along with […]
Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s commercial capital, has long been the largest city in the state both in terms of size and population. A new report on drinking water supply by the urban development department (UDD) has sprung a surprise. While Ahmedabad has a larger area (480 sq km) compared to Surat (462.14 sq km), Surat’s municipal corporation […]
Pleading for votes with the slogan ‘Jail ka jawab vote se’, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Thursday joined AAP MLA and Bharuch candidate Chaitar Vasava, in a roadshow in his Assembly constituency of Dediapada. Sunita reminded the people gathered there that the “unjust and wrongful jailing of Vasava” and his wife, […]
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday alleged that the BJP government has made Gujarat a hub for drug traffickers from Pakistan. He asked what Prime Minister Narendra Modi was doing to deal with the rise of drug smuggling in the state. “Who is the PM protecting in the rampant drug smuggling trade into Gujarat? […]
The Rajkot sessions court acquitted a school principal who was charged with raping a differently-abled school teacher. The court observed that false complaints with serious allegations are dangerous for men. The court also directed the city police commissioner to conduct a departmental inquiry into the officers investigating the case. A report would have to be […]
The City Cyber Cell has discovered a direct link between Indian scamsters and cyber crooks from China in cases where Gujarati businessmen and professionals have been cheated of large sums of money. A massive money laundering racket in which money earned by the scamsters was transferred to offshore accounts in Hong Kong and Shanghai in […]
India’s apex market regulator SEBI has said that foreign funds set up at GIFT City in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar can take full investment from non-resident Indians (NRIs) and other Indian-origin citizens (IOCs). However, they will need to make granular disclosures about their investors if the fund holds more than 33% of its equity assets under management […]
A two-time time legislator from Gujarat’s Vav, Congress’s Geniben Thakor is fighting her first Lok Sabha election against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rekha Chaudhary, granddaughter of Galbabhai Chaudhary, who founded the Banas Dairy – the biggest dairy of Gujarat that procures milk from at least 450,000 farmers every day. The 48-year-old rose to prominence […]
Gujarat Foundation Day, also called Gujarat Sthapana Diwas, is celebrated every year on May 1 to commemorate the formation of the state in 1960. It marks the culmination of a long struggle for a separate state based on Gujarati language and cultural identity. Earlier, Gujarat was part of the Bombay State, which had present-day Maharashtra […]
Gujarat has joined the ranks of states like Assam and Bihar with a low 10 candidates per seat ratio this Lok Sabha elections. This is less than the the average 14 candidates in fray in 10 states and two union territories (UTs) for the third phase of elections which will go to polls on May […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick off a two-day visit to his home state on Wednesday to address six public meetings, covering 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat. On Wednesday (May 1), which happens to be the Foundation Day of Gujarat, Modi will address two public meetings in Deesa of Banaskantha and Himmatnagar […]
