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“Foreign powers” are making an attempt to influence India’s elections, but are doomed to fail, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. “I can see that there is an attempt by some in the world to influence our elections. They are not just giving their opinions but are trying to influence our polls. But they […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning cast his vote at Nishan School in Ahmedabad. The Prime Minister voted in the Gandhinagar constituency from where Union Home Minister Amit Shah is contesting on the BJP ticket. Shah is facing Sonal Patel of the Congress. Shah also cast his vote in another polling booth. He was […]
Municipal Transport Service in Ahmedabad has announced a free bus ride on May 7 during the polling hours. The free bus ride will be for anyone who shows a photocopy of the voter ID card or voters’ slip. Those wanting to avail the facility can also show the inked finger. The decision has been taken […]
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 […]
Three schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, received bomb threats via email on Monday, May 6, according to local police. The authorities are currently investigating the matter. This incident comes on the heels of a similar situation in Delhi and Noida on May 1, where several schools received bomb-threat emails. The threats caused widespread panic among school […]
Bringing ignonimity to the exam administrators one more time, an incident of paper leak is rumoured to have occured, this time, for medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024. The coveted examination was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday, 5th May at 4750 centers. Around 24 lakh students appeared in this examination. According to […]
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 […]
On the eve of voting dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, there is a major operation by the Enforcement directorate in Jharkhand. In the raids at multiple locations at rachi, ED has recovered huge stash of cash from household help of Sanjiv Lal who happens to be Personal Secretary to State Rural Development Minister, […]
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 […]
Ahmedabad, the biggest city and economic capital of Gujarat is highly disappointing when it comes to perform a citizen’s basic duty – to reach a polling booth and caste vote on polling day. During last three elections held in the state, the polling percetage has remained below 63%. When the state goes to polls on […]
Gujarat goes to polls in third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on 7th May. Out of the 25 seats where elections are to be held, 8 seats fall under Saurashtra and Kutch region. The trend of selecting the candidate based on the caste and community calculations, by every party, has not stopped even this […]
With both Meta and Google offering tailor-made tools to target specific audiences in the digital space, proving to be a potent medium for political parties in the election season, the former is doing a lot more micro-targeting, a granular analysis of data released by the two platforms shows. Two of the biggest national parties in […]
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 […]
Rahul Gandhi’s decision to pick up the gauntlet in Rae Bareli marks the end of an era and the beginning of another. Of course, it was clear when Sonia Gandhi opted to enter the Rajya Sabha earlier this year that she would not be contesting from here again. She wrote a note to Rae Barelians […]
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 […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in an election rally in Gujarat’s Bodeli on May 4, criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his frequent changes in constituencies due to fear of electoral defeat. “The problem is not with the constituencies, but with Rahul Gandhi himself. He will face defeat wherever he goes,” Shah asserted. Gandhi recently […]
