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Flashback Xi: Why Shinzo Abe’s visit to Ahmedabad felt different

Even the photographs that emerged from the Sabarmati Ashram, a place that both Abe and Xi visited, were taken from different angles on Wednesday.

Highlights: Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe leave for dinner at heritage hotel in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hosting his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for two days in Ahmedabad as part of an annual summit between the two countries.

Japanese PM in Gujarat Highlights: Confident that strong India, Japan will be a stabilising factor in Asia and world, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, Shinkansen, in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

What’s for dinner? Mushy khichdi, dhoklas, saucy kadhi await Shinzo Abe, wife

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will stay at the five-star Hyatt during his two-day visit, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Raj Bhavan.

Then Xi, now Abe: Ahmedabad gets ready to host Japanese PM

Abe will begin his two-day visit with a roadshow — the first to be held by a foreign head of state in India — from the Ahmedabad airport to Sabarmati Ashram.

Court summons Amit Shah as witness in 2002 Naroda Gam riots case

A special court asked Shah to appear before it September 18 based on a request by Maya Kodnani, a former BJP minister who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in another riot case of Naroda Patiya.

NCP to go solo in Gujarat assembly polls, target Saurashtra

The NCP will be contesting all 58 seats in Saurashtra region, its state chief Jayant Patel told HT.

Amit Shah flays Rahul Gandhi for questioning Gujarat’s development

The BJP chief was speaking at a youth outreach programme in the poll-bound state

Rahul Gandhi kicks off Congress’ Gujarat election campaign

The Congress will bank largely on grassroots workers in the Gujarat assembly elections later this year as it aims to regain power after almost two decades.

Rahul Gandhi to meet Congress workers in Gujarat today

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will look into the functioning of the state leadership and also listen to the grievances of party workers.

President Ram Nath Kovind arrives on two-day Gujarat visit

An ambitious project is expected to ensure enough water supply to the dry Saurashtra region of Gujarat .

One-way ticket: Gujarat crematorium offers smooth flight to heaven

To be inaugurated by the end of October, the crematorium resembling an airport terminal is aimed at lessening the pain of bereavement, powered also by belief that the passage to salvation for the departed souls will be smoother.

JD(U) vote may have swung Gujarat Rajya Sabha election for Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel was declared elected to the Council of States in early hours after a night of drama and a day of claims and counter-claims of support for the Congress leader.

How a lawyer-politician helped Ahmed Patel defeat BJP rival in Gujarat RS poll

Being a lawyer, Shaktisinh Gohil had fought many legal battles for the party in Gujarat. It was the experience gained through his days spent in court that helped the Congress emerge victorious in a battle that Patel was a hair’s breadth away from losing.

Ahmed Patel’s RS poll win shot in the arm for Congress but bigger battle remains

Ahmed Patel’s dramatic victory in the Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat may have rejuvenated the Congress but the weakened party has its task cur out for the forthcoming assembly polls in the BJP-ruled state

After midnight drama, Congress leader Ahmed Patel wins Rajya Sabha seat in Gujarat

The Congress scored a moral victory after the Election Commission disqualified the ballots of two of its rebel lawmakers in Tuesday’s vote.

Gujarat Rajya Sabha election: When Congress, BJP took the fight to EC over two votes

The Congress said its two rebel legislators had showed ballot paper to a BJP polling agent.

Gujarat Rajya Sabha election highlights| Ahmed Patel wins third seat

The EC order said that while going throgh the video footage of the polling process, it found that the two had violated the secrecy of ballots.

Rajya Sabha poll: BJP eyes 3 Gujarat seats, Ahmed Patel’s fate hangs in balance

BJP has fielded party chief Amit Shah, Union minister Smriti Irani and Congress turncoat Balwantsinh Rajput for the three Rajya Sabha vacancies in Gujarat. Congress leader Ahmed Patel is up against Rajput.

‘My vote is secret’: Vaghela’s message to Congress on Rajya Sabha election eve

The Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat slated for August 8 has become a high-stakes battle for the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

‘Happy and united’ MLAs back to Gujarat, Cong says Ahmed Patel will win RS poll

The Congress took its Gujarat MLAs to Karnataka, where the party is in power, after six of its 57 lawmakers in the Gujarat assembly resigned. Three of the defectors joined the BJP.

Rahul Gandhi attacked in Gujarat, says ‘won’t step back because of Modi slogans’

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was to address a public meeting in Lal Chowk but it had to be cancelled after he was heckled. Police lathi-charged the people to disperse them and Gandhi left the scene.

Gujarat floods: With Congress MLAs away, Rahul Gandhi to visit affected villages

For Rahul Gandhi, the trip to Gujarat will be a visit unlike any other simply because most of the party’s MLAs will not be there to interact with him.

All Congress MLAs in Gujarat get police protection

The security cover was given to nine of the 51 Congress MLAs who stayed back in Gujarat as well as the 42 that the party took to Bengaluru on Friday to shield them from the alleged poaching attempts.

EC seeks report from Gujarat, orders security for Cong MLAs amid poaching fears

The poll panel sought an enquiry report from the Chief Secretary of Gujarat by 5 pm on Monday “on the allegation made in the memorandum submitted by the Congress delegation today”.

Congress in Gujarat loses another MLA, taking tally to 6, ahead of RS poll

Three other MLAs Balwantsinh Rajput, Dr Tejshree Patel and Prahlad Patel resigned from the Congress and joined BJP on Thursday,

3 Gujarat MLAs who quit Congress join BJP in Amit Shah’s presence

The resignations of the three Gujarat Congress legislators threaten Ahmed Patel’s chances in the Rajya Sabha elections.

Heavy overnight rains cripple life in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, relief ops hit in flooded districts

Indian Air Force helicopters carrying food and water packets for the people in the flood-affected Banaskantha and Patan districts, where more than 5000 houses in 800-odd villages are under water, could not take off due to bad weather.

33 die, including 17 of family, in the past 48 hrs as floods lash Gujarat

Gujarat and Rajasthan are reeling under massive floods, the latest states in the country to face monsoon fury in India where such natural disasters are common through the rainy season.

Rain continues to ravage Gujarat, 82 killed; rescue efforts on in Rajasthan