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For Gujarat Assembly elections, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) formed a pre-election alliance, as part of which the Sharad Pawar-led party will run for three of the state’s 182 seats. The announcement was made here on Friday. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the two parties contested the Gujarat elections separately. NCP’s Kandhal […]
Analysis of the first list of BJP candidates announced yesterday in Gujarat. Sad Truth: Winnability of candidates largely depend on her/his caste. BJP has announced 160 of 182 candidates. Here’s a brief Caste analysis: With the dropping of several senior BJP leaders from the candidate list, including ex-CM Vijay Rupani, ex-Deputy CM Nitin Patel & […]
With the Gujarat assembly elections around the corner, MLAs and ministers are in panic mode. They have woken up to the fact that they haven’t cleared bills for the privileges they enjoyed as government officials for five years. Clearing the outstanding bills is essential to avail of the Non-Objection Certificate to start the nomination process […]
William J.R. Curtis, a renowned British architectural historian, has accused the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) Board of a lack of transparency in decisions and urged it to “think outside the box rather than skin-deep Americanization.” “Mercantile concerns are allowed to triumph over human and cultural concerns: this is business today in the era […]
As the lines for the triangular battle involving the BJP, Congress and AAP are drawn for the Gujarat Assembly Elections, the parties have been announcing their candidates. The BJP named its candidates today, and interestingly the party hasn’t allotted a ticket to MLA Madhu Srivastava from Vaghodiya in Vadodara district. “If I contest the elections, I […]
Of the 160 candidates named in the BJP’s first list for the Gujarat assembly elections, 14 are women and come from various professions. One doctor, two deputy mayors and the other public celebrities are to contest this assembly election. Gujarat BJP state president C R Paatil said that this time more women have been given […]
A 25-year-old woman filed a complaint with Anandnagar police on Wednesday, November 10, 2022, alleging that her domestic worker molested her when she was alone at home on Wednesday morning. The woman said in her FIR that her mother teaches at a CBSE school in Vastrapur and that her father is an income-tax employee who […]
Winnability and caste combination remains the prime criteria for the BJP in Gujarat, as it appears from the first list of 160 candidates that the Party declared on Thursday. Also, the first list has a clear, authoritative stamp of selection of none other than Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gujarat has 182 Assembly constituencies that […]
The BJP’s first list of candidates for the Gujarat Assembly polls is generating plenty of excitement. A look at some of the powerful candidates. BHUPENDRA PATEL Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will contest from Ghatlodia. He took over after Vijay Rupani was removed from the CM’s post. He is said to be very close to Anandiben […]
Keystone Realtors is entering the capital markets on Monday, 14 November, 2022, with an Initial Public Issue (IPO) of Rs 635 crore, consisting of fresh shares worth Rs 560 crore and an offer-for-sale of Rs 76 crore from the promoters. The price band for the IPO has been fixed at Rs 514-541 per equity share of face […]
Amidst the Gujarat elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has released the fourteen list of its candidates. In Gujarat Assembly election, the party aims to take on the ruling BJP. Party has named its many prominent leaders. The party is trying hard to gain ground in the state which has been dominated by the BJP for […]
With Bhaga Barad, the Congress MLA from Talala, joining the BJP, the number of leaders who have jumped the Congress ship is now 56. Before Barad, 47 sitting MLAs left the Congress to join the BJP in the last 15 years. If other big-ticket leaders are included in the list, the number goes up to […]
In the first list released by the BJP for the Gujarat Assembly elections, 160 out of 182 candidates have been announced. 14 seats were given to Women in the first list. The women who have been given tickets include Matali Maheshwari from Gandhidham, Geeta Jadeja from Gondal, Sangeeta Patil from Limbayat, Nimisha Suthar from Morva […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. BJP national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam has announced the names of candidates for 160 seats for the first phase of gujarat assembly elections. Hardik Patel, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP, has been made […]
The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 160 candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, fielding Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from his constituency Ghatlodia and dropping a number of sitting MLAs. Here’s the full list: Ghatlodia – Bhupendra Patel, Abdasa – Pradyuman Singh Jadeja, Mandvi – Aniruddha Dave, Bhuj – […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded party president Gopal Italia from Katargam. The seat is a hot favourite among the BJP leaders and it is believed that it could lead to an infighting within the BJP, which may benefit the AAP. The Congress is not a major force here. The BJP has been winning the […]
The Gujarat Assembly elections are just a few days away. The BJP is likely to announce its list of candidates late in the evening. Nitin Patel and Vijay Rupani are out of the election. Vijay Rupani has been sidelined by making him in-charge of Punjab. The resentment of the Patidars and the poor performance of […]
The only time tribals take centre stage in Gujarat is during elections. This is the only time when all political parties make eloquent public discourses about the rights of tribal people and how much their voices matter. Tribal freedom fighters Birsa Munda and Govind Guru are invoked and tribal-friendly political decisions are made. Vibes of […]
Amidst the Gujarat elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has released the thirteenth list of its candidates.Gopal Italia will contest from Surat’s Katargam seat, while state general secretary Manoj Sorathia will be from Karanj assembly. In Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party has included Vasant Valji Khetani from Abdasa, Suresh Deora from Dhanera, Urvish Patel from Unjha, Vinay […]
Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will let go of 13% of its workforce, or more than 11,000 employees, in one of the biggest tech layoffs this year as the Facebook parent battles soaring costs and a weak advertising market. The broad job cuts, the first in Meta’s 18-year history, follow thousands of layoffs […]
