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The top echelons of the BJP government have left no stone unturned in their quest to win Gujarat. Between them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have now campaigned in all the 182 constituencies of the State. On Thursday, the Prime Minister visited 13 constituencies in the Ahmedabad city area in one shot, in […]
The Gujarat Police took no chances ahead of the polling at the sensitive Gondal Assembly seat in Rajkot, ensuring that the two strongmen – Jayrajsinh Jadeja and Anirudhsinh Ribda – remained on the cops’ watch.The security arrangements were personally monitored by the district superintendent of police, Jaipalsinh Rathore. Jayrajsinh has been winning the Gondal seat […]
Rajasthan Industries and Commerce Minister Shakuntala Rawat recently initiated MSMEs Policy 2022 to facilitate financial and technical support with conductive regulations in accordance to strengthen the contribution of MSMEs to Rajasthan’s Gross Domestic Product (GSDP) along with exports. The policy envisions establishing 20,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) units with an additional investment of Rs […]
Prime Minister Modi began his mega roadshow, covering 50 kms, starting from the Naroda Gam and ending at Gandhinagar South constituency on Thursday . The three-hour-long mega roadshow, pitched as ‘Pushpanjali Yatra’, spans 16 assembly constituencies for the second phase of State Assembly elections. The road show began from Naroda area of the city. PM […]
Two police constables from Ahmedabad, who were on election duty at Pithdara village in Tapi district, were booked for allegedly consuming alcohol and creating a ruckus on Wednesday. The accused, Mayurdhwaj Sinh Satubha Gohil from Meghaninagar Police Station and Mukesh Kumar Kunwar from Airport Police Station, have been booked under various sections of the Gujarat Prohibition […]
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja and his wife Rivaba, the BJP candidate from Jamnagar North, have found no support at home as his father Anirudhsinh and the player’s sister, Naynaba, are staunch Congress supporters. But the family says that there is no problem at home as everyone understands that political ideologies can be different. Nayna Jadeja has […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said there was a competition among Congress leaders as to who will abuse him the most. Modi was referring to the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Ravan’ jibe at him. Before Kharge, another Congress leader had said the party will show Modi his aukat, the PM said, referring to Madhusudan […]
Actor Paresh Rawal, a long-time Narendra Modi fan and a former BJP Member of Parliament, brought out his entire arsenal of histrionics while slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Kejriwal at a rally in Valsad today. Rawal addressed Kejriwal as “nautanki wallah” and said, “He (Kejriwal) lands in Gujarat in a chartered plane […]
At this time, there seems to be a positive turnout of people in the Phase 1 voting of the Gujarat Assembly elections. The first hour of the polling figures was appealing. The highest turnout in the district was 7.76 per cent in Dang and relatively, Tapi was at 7.25 per cent. In Tapi district, Vyara (ST) […]
Surat Mayor Hemali Boghavala rode a bicycle to the polling booth. She said that it was every citizen’s duty to reduce pollution and this was her way to send across a message to the public.
Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker on Thursday joined the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ujjain and walked with Rahul Gandhi. With Swara Bhasker, the list of Bollywood presence in Bharat Jodo Yatra grows.Known for her anti-BJP opinions, Bhasker extended support to the yatra when it began and lauded Rahul Gandhi’s efforts despite electoral defeats, trolling and […]
“We are young, give us your blessings”, AAP’s Chief Ministerial candidate, Isudan Gadhvi says as families queue up on their balconies to watch. In Surat’s Mahidarpura diamond market, all and sundry have gathered for the rally, which is being addressed by Gadhvi on video call. AAP leaders tell the crowd how voting for BJP would […]
Phase 1 voting has begun in the poll-bound state of Gujarat. The political parties are still conducting aggressive campaigning in the districts. In the midst of all this, there is a piece of news coming up from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) camp. The National Coordinator of the Aam Aadmi Party and Honorable Chief Minister […]
The Supreme Court will have an all-woman bench today, perhaps only the third time in its history. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday set up the bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M Trivedi. Justice Kohli was Chief Justice of Telangana HC before her elevation to the apex court. Justice Trivedi was […]
South Gujarat has a total of 35 seats. Of these, 14 are reserved for the STs and one for the SCs. In 2017, the BJP notched 25 seats while the Congress managed eight and its ally the BTP, only two. Here’s a quick look at five constituencies in the hot seat in south Gujarat. 1. […]
It’s all in the family. That seems to be the archetype in the Gujarat 2022 Assembly Elections. While the Congress has fielded 12 candidates who have an influential family name, the BJP has doubled the count with 25 of its candidates from power legacies. That makes it nearly 50 of the 182 seats in the […]
A total of 788 candidates are in the fray for 89 seats across 19 districts of south Gujarat and Kutch-Saurashtra regions, where voting will be held for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections today. The state, which has traditionally witnessed a bipolar contest between the ruling BJP and Congress, has a third player this […]
Kutiyana and Porbandar, the two seats in Porbandar district, have their own aura. Kutiyana saw the emergence of godmother Santok Jadeja, who grew from a timid widow of Sarman Munja into a shrewd political leader. The Kutiyana Assembly seat is now represented by her son Kandhal Jadeja Kandhal says he is not dependent on any […]
Phase 1 voting of the Gujarat Assembly elections has begun. A total of 89 Assembly seats in South Gujarat and Saurashtra-Kutch are currently set for the election. 788 candidates are contesting in the first phase of voting. In the Narmada district, Nanod (ST) and Dediapada (ST) are the two Assembly seats. Both seats have a […]
The BJP is confident and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) aims to dent the ruling party and the Congress as Gujarat votes for the first phase of Assembly elections today. We look at a few key seats. Jamnagar North Jamnagar North is where the battle is between BJP’s Rivaba Jadeja, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife, Congress’ […]
