Ahmedabad: Setting at rest all speculations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced that its national president Amit Shah would contest the Lok Sabha elections from Gandhinagar, in place of veteran leader and incumbent MP L.K. Advani. Ninety-one-year-old Advani who represented the Gandhinagar seat for six terms, except for 1996, won the 2014 elections […]
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Man gets life sentence for 2002 Godhra train burning
Ahmedabad: A Special SIT Court set up at the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat on Wednesday sentenced one more person to life imprisonment for the 2002 Godhra train carnage. H.C. Vora, the Special SIT judge, convicted Yakub Pataliya based on submissions made earlier in the case by five other accused. Nearly 16 years after being […]
Rahul confident Hardik Patel will win
Ahmedabad/Adalaj (Gandhinagar): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday expressed confidence that Patidar leader Hardik Patel will not only contest the Lok Sabha polls but also win, soon after the youngster embraced the grand old party and set at rest speculations about his political affiliations. “Hardik jeetega (will win),” Rahul snapped back at a question if […]
Congress Working Committee resolves to defeat saffron ideology
Ahmedabad: The Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of its working committee here and resolved to defeat the “RSS and BJPs ideology of fascism, hatred, anger and divisiveness”. Briefing reporters after the CWC meeting, Congress leader Anand Sharma accused the Modi government of failing to fulfill its promises and going against the ideals of the […]
Hardik Patel to join Congress, contest LS polls
Ahmedabad | Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel is set to join the Congress and even contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, informed sources said on Thursday. Sources in his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) confirmed late Thursday that the decision was taken at a meeting held at Tarkhadi village in Rajkot district. According to PAAS […]
I am ‘Mazdoor No 1’, says Modi
Ahmedabad: Calling himself “Mazdoor No 1”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi MaanDhan (PM-SYM), a pension scheme for workers in the unorganized sectors. The government claims that over 42 crore workers in the country will benefit from this scheme which will give a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 after […]
Modi launches ‘One Nation, One Card’
Ahmedabad | Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Monday, launched the “One Nation, One Card” programme to ensure seamless travel across the country. The card can be used for payments across different segments, including Metro, bus, suburban railways, toll, parking and retail purchases. The Indigenous Automatic Fare Collection System based on the “One Nation, One […]
Will be there after 2019, don’t worry: Modi
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party, under his leadership, would return to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Don’t worry… I am coming back in 2019 so if you need anything from the Central government, you can tell me,” he told a massive gathering of the […]
High alert sounded along Gujarat borders with Pakistan
Ahmedabad : Gujarat was put on high alert on Tuesday after India successfully carried out a ‘non military pre-emptive’ strike targeting training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Balakot area in Pakistan. Director General of Police Shivanand Jha issued the high alert across the border districts of Kutch, Banaskantha and Patan even as all District Superintendents […]
81-year-old Hazare weak on third day of hunger strike
Ahmednagar, (Maharashtra) : On the third day of his indefinite hunger strike, renowned Gandhian and anti-corruption crusader Kisan Baburao Hazare alias Anna Hazare appeared feeble, but in fine spirits here on Friday. A team of medicos who examined Hazare on Friday said his blood pressure and blood sugar levels have asignificantly’ shot up, but declined […]