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Two held in Surat for using fake biometric data to divert subsidised foodgrains

Crime Branch inspector says fair price shop owners were supposed to use an application called E-FPS, provided by the government, with a databank of beneficiaries fed into it.

Driver who saved 48 lives in Amarnath attack to get civilian gallantry award

Sheikh Saleem Gafur, the driver of the bus attacked by militants in Kashmir’s Anantnag that left eight pilgrims dead last year, will receive a bravery award from the President.

1 crew member dies in oil tanker fire off Gujarat coast

A massive fire broke out in the MT Genessa anchored around 14 nautical miles off Deendayal Port Kandla on Wednesday and all the 26 crew members were rescued.

PM Modi urges innovators to make the most of Israeli technology

The Prime Minister visits his home state Gujarat with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Gujarat police says VHP leader Pravin Togadia staged lost-found drama, faked illness

Police alleged that Pravin Togadia had planned everything in advance to evade arrest

VHP’s Pravin Togadia says he is being targeted, claims threat to life

After missing for 12 hrs, VHP’s Pravin Togadia found unconscious in hospital

The firebrand Hindutva leader was reported missing from VHP’s office in Ahmedabad Paldi area around 10.30 am after Rajasthan police had landed there to serve a court warrant in connection with a 2001 case.

Rajkot: Three killed as fire breaks out in Rashtriya Shivir

According to the police, fire was reported after 11 pm on Friday in a section of tent allotted to the girls. The reason for the fire is yet to be known.

Congress set to regain control of Mehsana and Mansa local bodies from BJP

Mehsana is the home district of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat’s deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, while Mansa is the home district of BJP president Amit Shah.

At Vijay Rupani’s swearing-in, Gujarat BJP sees a reunion of sorts featuring PM Modi

The rift between Keshubhai, a Patidar; Vaghela, a Kshatriya; and Modi, an OBC, was seen as a representation of the equations between the three communities that have remained vital to the poll narrative in the state.

Vijay Rupani’s second stint as Gujarat CM begins today, BJP to form its 6th govt in state

There are indications of new faces and a strong Patidar presence in the Gujarat government under Vijay Rupani in his second stint as chief minister.

In Gujarat, Congress busted BJP’s talk of development: Rahul Gandhi

On Twitter, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said if the BJP had a film franchise “it would be called Lie Hard”.

Vijay Rupani, an unassuming CM who won millions of hearts for the BJP in Gujarat

Vijay Rupani was sworn in as Gujarat CM for a second time in a row on Tuesday. However, experts see his non-aggressive persona as a shortcoming of the party – which will have to regain lost ground before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Vijay Rupani retained as BJP’s Gujarat chief minister, Nitin Patel his deputy

The decision to make Vijay Rupani the Gujarat chief minister was taken at a meeting supervised by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in Ahmedabad.

Three factors that helped BJP buck anti-incumbency in Gujarat

Gujarat assembly election results 2017: Among other things the charisma and personal appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have helped the BJP

Gujarat election results: How Young Turks Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mewani, Alpesh Thakor fared

While Hardik Patel challenged the BJP domination in Gujarat, Jignesh Mewani and Alpesh Thakor made limited impact.

Gujarat election result shows Congress gaining in BJP-dominated urban areas

Gujarat election results show the party is retaining its seats in rural areas.

Gujarat election result: BJP edges past Congress in PM Modi’s home state

In the Gujarat assembly elections 2017, exit polls have predicted a win for the BJP, in power in the state for the last 22 years.

EC data shows 84 lakh fewer people voted in 2017 Gujarat elections than in 2012

While 3.8 crore people voted in 2012, their numbers slipped down to 2.96 crore this time.

Gujarat elections: Results today, BJP, Congress confident of victory ahead of counting of votes

With only a few hours left for counting of votes to start, leaders of both BJP and Congress were huddled in meetings to brainstorm possible outcomes for the Gujarat election results

Gujarat election battle comes to an end, verdict out on Monday

The second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday saw 68.70 per cent ballotting across 14 districts of the northern and central regions of the state, to pick 93 lawmakers.

Gujarat elections Round 2: It’s over to voters after intense war of words between Congress and BJP

Gujarat elections 2017: Narendra Modi’s home state votes in the second and last phase on Thursday. The results will be declared on December 18.

Gujarat election results will be zabardast, massive undercurrent against BJP, says Rahul Gandhi

On the last day of Gujarat election campaigning, the 47-year-old Congress leader’s 30-minute press conference summed up the issues aggressively raised by him during his yatras and rallies.

As election campaign ends, Modi showcases Gujarat model, Rahul expects ‘zabardast’ results

In the run-up to the Gujarat elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the BJP’s campaign while newly elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi upped the ante against the ruling party.

Gujarat elections: Last day attractions before polls include Modi’s seaplane sortie, Rahul’s press conference

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly in a seaplane from the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad to Dharoi dam in Mehsana district on Tuesday.

Gujarat elections: Voter turnout plunges in Patidar­-dominated areas

The constituency that saw the highest turnout was Dediapada, in Narmada district.

Gujarat elections: 68% voter turnout in first phase, EC dismisses claims of EVM tampering

The election is a crucial for the Congress and the BJP before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and is seen as a prestige battle for PM Modi and a litmus test for soon- to-be Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Gujarat elections a test of Hardik Patel’s popularity and Amit Shah’s micro-management

The Patidar vote will be decisive in nearly 20 of the 89 assembly seats which will see voting in the first phase of the Gujarat elections on Saturday.

Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark row haunts Congress just before Gujarat elections

The controversy comes just when the Congress was seeking to wriggle out of a political row over Kapil Sibal’s plea in the Supreme Court — made in his capacity as a lawyer — that the final hearings of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid should be deferred till after the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Gujarat elections: AAP’s headless campaign shows no sign of taking off