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Businesses may be allowed to log in to the national single window system for obtaining various clearances and approvals from both the central and state government departments by using only the Permanent Account Number (PAN) as a unique identifier. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said, “We are moving towards using one of the existing […]
Gujarat police detained activist and TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale. He is held in connection with a tweet he posted regarding the Morbi Bridge disaster. TMC leader Derek O’Brien informed via tweet. Saket Gokhale was traveling from Delhi to Jaipur. Upon his arrival at Jaipur airport, Gujarat police arrested him at 2 in the morning. […]
The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the model code by taking out a roadshow before casting his vote in the second phase of polling in Gujarat and alleged that the Election Commission (EC) was “afraid” and “under pressure” to not act against him. The Congress head of media and publicity, Pawan […]
All the exit polls released after the phase 2 voting on Monday predicted a BJP victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections. The BJP has already declared that Bhupendra Patel will continue as chief minister if the party returns to power in the state. The India Today Group-Axis My India poll said that the BJP was […]
In 2002, the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi bagged 127 seats — the highest-ever that the BJP had achieved since it came to power in Gujarat in 1995. This time around, there’s plenty of noise regarding the BJP’s ‘target’ of 150-plus seats, and that Prime Minister Modi is all set to break Chief Minister Modi’s […]
Dominique Lapierre, the best-selling French author of City of Joy and Freedom at Midnight has died at the age of 91. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Lapierre had a special bond with India, travelling through the country and spending time in the cities of Kolkata and Bhopal, both of which featured prominently in his work. The 1985 novel City of Joy, which made […]
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been operated on for a kidney transplant today. Lau Yadav had been battling worsening health conditions for some time now. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya tweeted earlier a photo with her father saying ” Ready to rock and roll. Wish me a good luck.” Rohini has […]
While Prime Minister Modi cast his vote at Nishan School in Ranip, Ahmedabad, his centenarian mother went to a polling booth in Raysan village near Gandhinagar to cast her vote. The rules allow the casting of the vote from the confines of their homes to the elderly, however, Hiraba chose to travel to the polling […]
Even as the second and final phase of polling is underway, the Opposition attacked PM Modi for “playing against the rule book.” The election manual does not allow roadshows or any sort of canvassing on poll day. “However, PM Modiji is a special person. He went to vote in a roadshow,” attacked West Bengal chief […]
A Congress MLA in Gujarat who went “missing” last evening, prompting a post-midnight tweet from Rahul Gandhi, alleged this morning that he spent the night in a forest after being attacked with swords by a mob led by his BJP rival. The BJP has not responded to the allegation yet. Kanti Kharadi is seeking re-election […]
The imam of Ahmedabad’s Jama Masjid, Mufti Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, stirred up a hornet’s nest on Sunday by saying that Islam does not permit women’s participation in politics. On the eve of the second phase of the assembly election in Gujarat, the mufti likened Muslim women being allowed to contest elections to rebellion against Islam […]
Muslims and Gujarat are an unpredictable mix. Deep down, a section of the community which hails its roots to this western state are unflinchingly loyal to everything Gujarati. Save, the political affiliation. The fact that 2002 is still fresh in mind and its doings narrate the horror each time a Biklis is wronged or a […]
Ahmedabad wrestler Kaushal Pipaliya, 24, who bagged gold medals in 74kg freestyle wrestling in the state-level championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting a yoga teacher. A complaint was registered with the Malaviyanagar police station by the victim on November 23. She told the police that a man […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cast his vote at a polling station here during the second phase of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and said the state’s people listen to everybody, but it is their nature to accept what is true. He also congratulated the Election Commission for conducting the polls in a “spectacular […]
The rural areas of Vadodara have yielded mixed fortunes for the BJP, which won four seats in 2012 but only three in 2017. In contrast, the party had comfortably annexed all five seats in the city with handsome margins both in 2012 and 2017. In 2012, the only seat the BJP lost was Savli. In […]
Iran finally suspended its “morality police,” which penalised women for not adhering to a stringent dress code, the Iranian prosecutor general said after the anti-hijab protest continued into the third month, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the police force. Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that […]
The second phase of voting has already started in the state today. Normally a contest between the two main parties, BJP and Congress, this elections will see a three-pronged fight this time with the arrival of AAP in the state. And the fight is not just limited to seats. There was tension in Chhota Udepur […]
Voting for the final phase of the Gujarat elections for 93 assembly constituencies across 14 districts of North and Central Gujarat began at 8am amid tight security arrangements on Monday. However, 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over […]
Following a flurry of campaigning, voting for 93 of Gujarat’s 182 assembly seats will take place today in the second and final phase of voting, determining the fate of the 833 candidates. There has been a high voltage battle among political parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party for making poll promises […]
Juhapura is the largest Muslim ghetto in India. Today it goes to polls. I spent a Sunday there. Presumptions are dangerous. The vegetarian food I found in Juhapura is (probably) as good as the non-vegetarian fare that this place is known for, besides the blood. When I say blood, I mean the bloody riots and […]
