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19.13 pc voting till 11 am in first phase of Gujarat Assembly polls
Ahmedabad: An average 19.13 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first three hours of polling underway on Thursday for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats,…
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Amid support for Modi, steady grumble about unemployment in Gujarat
New Delhi: Nearly 3.64 lakh educated and “semi-educated” youngsters had registered with employment exchanges across Gujarat till December 2021, according to state government data. Of them, the highest number of unemployed youths…
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Can there be a Project Great Indian Bustard to protect endangered species, SC to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told Attorney General R. Venkataramani to check with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to explore the possibility of having a ‘Project Great…
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Bilkis Bano challenges release of 11 convicts in Supreme Court
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the premature release of 11 men convicted of gangraping her in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Bilkis Bano filed a review plea…
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Why Gujarat Assembly polls are crucial for BJP?
Ahmedabad: With just days left for the Gujarat Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a number of rallies in the state. Though all political parties in the fray are putting…
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Gujarat Assembly polls: Kejriwal says will make Surat garment hub
Surat: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told textile traders of Surat the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will make the city a “garment hub” of the country with an export-oriented integrated…
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Congress doesn’t respect tribals, it didn’t even support Murmu in presidential polls: Modi
Netrang (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of having no respect for the tribal community in the country, and said it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu…
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Gujarat polls: Congress candidate courts controversy with comments on Ajmer and Somnath
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls, a Congress candidate from Rajkot has courted controversy with his comments about religious places Ajmer and Somnath during a public meeting. His rival Bharatiya…
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Congress President Kharge to campaign for 4 days in Gujarat
New Delhi: With the Gujarat elections round the corner and the first litmus test of Mallikarjun Kharge as Congress president, the grand old party is seeking to boost its poll prospects in…
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BJP will never implement Uniform Civil Code in Gujarat: AAP
New Delhi: The BJP will never implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Saturday, dubbing the saffron party’s poll promise as “fake”. The reaction…
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Gujarat polls: BJP promises Madrassa survey, scrutiny into Waqf board asssets in manifesto
Gandhinagar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the Gujarat Assembly elections which promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and set up an ‘Anti-radicalisation Cell’…
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Gujarat: 20 years after train carnage, communal fissures run deep in Godhra
Godhra (Gujarat): A road cleaves through, marking the divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls…
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Three held for flying drone near PM Modi’s rally in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: The central agencies’ officers have arrested three youths, who were allegedly flying a drone in a ‘No Fly Zone’ where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a public rally at Bavla…
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Gujarat Assembly polls: Cash, jewellery worth Rs 10.5 crore seized by EC since Nov 3
Ahmedabad: Police and surveillance teams deployed by the Election Commission have so far seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 10.49 crore, while more than 91,000 persons have been placed under preventive detention…
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Cong supported anti-social elements, but BJP established peace in Gujarat post-2002: Amit Shah
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said anti-social elements earlier indulged in violence in Gujarat as the Congress supported them, but after the perpetrators were “taught a lesson” in 2002,…