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Ahmed Patel files RS poll nomination, says has Vaghela’s support too

The Congress heavyweight from Bharuch in Gujarat is facing the crucial election on August 8.

PM Modi inspects flood havoc in Gujarat, announces ex-gratia, Rs 500-cr relief fund

Rescuers raced to reach people with helicopters and boats as flooded highways marooned scores of villages

Cross-voting sword hangs over Gujarat Congress in Rajya Sabha polls

The Congress needs at least 47 of its 57 MLAs to re-elect its lone candidate from Gujarat, Ahmed Patel.

With Shankersinh Vaghela out, Congress is back to square one in Gujarat

Almost 20 years after his first association with Congress, the veteran “former RSS man” is leaving the grand old party in the lurch.

Shankersinh Vaghela quits Congress claiming conspiracy to expel him, says will not join BJP

Senior Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela’s rebellion is a big setback for the Congress ahead of state elections later this year.

Presidential election: Cross-voting by 11 MLAs spells trouble for Congress in Gujarat

The cross-voting came amid rumours of former chief minister and incumbent Congress Legislative Party leader Shankersinh Vaghela hinting at his resignation from the party with his supporters.

In Gujarat, government canteens to offer meals to labourers at Rs 10

Some 25,000 labourers will be covered through 83 stalls set up across the state. The government plans to cover over five lakh registered labourers in the future.

PM Modi’s trips to Gujarat have a lot to do with water and elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has toured election-bound Gujarat, his home state, five times this year to inaugurate water-related projects in parched region, where most farmers belong to the Patidar community that has had a fallout with the state BJP government.

Tension in Gujarat district after 2 killed, 5 injured in group clashes

Mobile internet services in Surendranagar and nearby Morbi district remain suspended to prevent spread of rumours through various social media platforms.

Gujarat election: Restoring textile hub’s lost glory low on parties’ agenda

Once the core of Ahmedabad’s economy, mill workers say politicians turned a blind eye to their ordeal as they ceased to be a voting bloc.

Police detain Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani for launching Freedom March without permission

The week-long Azadi Kooch (Freedom March) in Gujarat aims to raise issues Dalits face, speak out against mob lynching and atrocities against farmers.

Gujarat polls: Disenchantment in Patel-dominated diamond hub Surat after GST

In a few months, PM Narendra Modi’s home state goes to the polls in what is being billed as one of the most important tests for the BJP before the general elections in 2019.

I’m ready to go on Amarnath Yatra again, says braveheart bus driver

Amarnath yatra attack: Bus operator not registered with any travel body

The Gujarat government has said that if there was any security lapse because of which an unregistered operator could send its bus for the Amarnath yatra, action would be taken.

Gujarat tightens security ahead of return of Amarnath pilgrims’ bodies

The Gujarat government has tightened security in the state following the killing in Kashmir of seven Amarnath pilgrims, including three from Gujarat.

A year since Una, movement to end ‘ages-long’ injustice still going strong: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani

In an interview with HT, Mevani says a perception that their movement to end “ages-long injustice” has lost strength and direction is wrong.

Amarnath yatra attack Highlights: J-K govt says bus carrying pilgrims was attacked twice

Live update on Amarnath yatra 2017: At least seven pilgrims returning from the Amarnath shrine were shot dead and several wounded when terrorists fired on their bus as well as a security vehicle in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

‘We do not even talk now’: Dalits- upper castes rift widens after Una incident

After seven of a family were flogged by gau rakshaks for skinning a dead cow last year, the divide between Dalits and upper castes has increased in the region with each group blaming the other for snapping ties.

Ahmedabad becomes India’s first World Heritage City

Ahmedabad was one of three cities, along with national capital Delhi and Mumbai, which were shortlisted for the title and the Union culture ministry chose it as the nation’s official entry.

Gujarat police aspirants are ‘well-built’ may be because of prohibition, observes Kiran Bedi

The BJP government in the state is contemplating to denotify certain roads to circumvent a Supreme Court-imposed ban on liquor shops within 500-metres of highways

Monsoon fury lashes Gujarat, Gir Somnath swamped with 14 inches of rain

Gujarat is bracing for trouble after heavy rain left many places across the state submerged or water logged.Heavy rain forecast over the next two days can potentially worsen the situation.

Hardik Patel on Gujarat polls: Joining Congress not in Patidar’s favour now

Patidar leader Hardik Patel thinks the Congress is hardly taking any efforts to put up a strong opposition to the ruling BJP in Gujarat

Can’t kill in cow’s name, says PM but as CM gau rakshaks thrived in his Gujarat

As chief minister, Narendra Modi liberally awarded prizes and cash to gau rakshaks.

Modi warns cow vigilantes, says killing people in the name of gau bhakti not acceptable

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invokes Mahatma Gandhi, says “let’s create an India our freedom fighters would be proud of”.

No mention of Godse in India’s largest Gandhi museum in Gujarat

Dandi Kutir in Gandhinagar is India’s biggest museum on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi

Not joining BJP but Congress should do homework ahead of Gujarat polls, says Vaghela

The former CM, who had formed Rashtriya Janta Party in 1997 leading coup against first BJP government in the state, also ruled out another coup.

Gujarat Class 12 topper Varshil Shah is now Jain monk Suvirya Maharaj

The 17-year-old Varshil Shah, who got 99.9 percentile in his Class 12, on Thursday was ordained as Jain monk

Cong to field all 57 MLAs in Gujarat election, Vaghela keeps party guessing

The Congress believes it is in with a great chance to wrest power from the BJP which has ruled the state for the past 22 years.

Which crop to sow? Farmers swamp Gujarat minister with calls after viral FB post

The Facebook status that went viral gave out the BJP leader’s number and asked people to call him and ask whether to sow cotton, groundnut or wheat

Ahmedabad boy slogged to top class 12 and then renounced it all to become a Jain monk

Varshil, the teenager from Ahmedabad in Gujarat will take diksha – a religious ceremony that marks the initiation of Jain monks and nuns — on June 8