With just a few days to go for polls, one of the most controversial candidates - former state Home Minister Amit Shah, is raising the pitch for Narendra Modi as PM. ...
11:37 PM, Dec 10, 2012
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took on Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and alleged that his politics was divisive, Sonia Gandhi on Monday questioned his law and order credentials. ...
08:04 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Surat - Gujarat's second-largest city, that recorded the ninth-highest GDP in India in 2012, is growing rapidly and new flyovers are being constructed every month. The diamond city is commended for best utilising the Centre's JNURM funds. ...
07:53 PM, Dec 10, 2012
UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged that Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat is "anti-people". She also said that there was no law and order in Gujarat. ...
02:48 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finally entered the campaign trail in Gujarat on Sunday. At a rally in Vansda of Dang district, the PM took centrestage, hitting out at the NDA's divisive politics. ...
05:54 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh man and former Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister of Gujarat Shankersinh Vaghela is Congress's most seasoned and tallest politician in the battle for Gujarat. Vaghela, who is known for his outspoken and brazen style of politics, has once again ruffled feathers in the Congress camp by declaring himself the captain of the party in Gujarat and the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state Assembly elections. ...
07:48 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Twenty per cent of the candidates contesting the Gujarat Assembly polls, who are fielded by major political outfits, have a criminal record, a National Election Watch (New) analysis report says. Gujarat Election Watch (Gew), the state chapter of New, analysed affidavits of 955 candidates out of 1,666 candidates, who are contesting the state assembly polls. ...
10:10 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will campaign on Sunday for the assembly polls in Gujarat. Singh is expected to spell out the benefits of various central initiatives to the people of Gujarat at a public rally at Vansada in Navsari district. The Prime Minister's rally in Gujarat will come two days after Congress President Sonia Gandhi's whirlwind tour of the state during which she had sharpened attack on Chief Minister Narendra...
08:06 PM, Dec 08, 2012
In North Gujarat's Palanpur area, Arun Kumar Saini, a farmer, is unaware of the FDI debate raging in Parliament. Arun has been growing potatoes for multinational Mc Cain since 2004, a partnership that has not only been profitable but has also helped him get technical expertise that has increased his yield manifold. ...
10:04 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Congress heavyweight in Gujarat Narhari Amin, who quit Congress after being refused party ticket to contest assembly polls, may join the state's ruling BJP, sources said on Wednesday. Amin, who wields a sizable clout in Patel community, will be a prize catch for BJP, given the challenge it is facing in Saurashtra region where former chief minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) president Keshubhai Patel has come out all-guns-blazing against...
09:25 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is not campaigning in Gujarat because he does not want to take responsibility of his party's likely defeat in the Assembly polls, Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday night. Without naming him, Modi took a dig at Rahul, often termed as the future prime minister, while addressing poll rallies at 52 places, using 3D holographic projection technology. ...
10:42 PM, Dec 04, 2012
A total of 1,666 candidates will test the political waters to get elected to the 182-member Gujarat Legislative Assembly, an EC official said on Tuesday. "820 candidates are in fray for the second phase of state polls, spread across 95 Assembly constituencies in Kutch, central Gujarat and north Gujarat while 846 candidates are contesting the first phase of elections," additional chief electoral officer Ashok Manek told PTI. ...
05:50 PM, Dec 04, 2012
A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi promised 50 lakh housing units and insurance for the poor, the Gujarat Congress released its manifesto on Tuesday. And the focus was on 'aam aadmi'. Gujarat Congress President Arjun Modhwadia assured that if the party came to power, then big corporates would take a back seat, and the focus would be on the common man. ...
04:31 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Gujarat Congress on Monday issued an 18-point "chargesheet" against Narendra Modi government accusing it of practising loot, corruption and adopting anti-people policies in the poll bound state. It also alleged that BJP led government has lost faith of the people of Gujarat. ...
10:02 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the poll promises it has made in its manifesto ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. He said while Narendra Modi is talking about competing with Germany's GDP, Gujarat's GDP is even lower than that of Bihar's. ...
03:29 PM, Dec 03, 2012
It is now going to be a direct battle between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress nominee and suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife Shweta Bhatt. This comes after the Gujarat Parivartan Party candidate from Maninagar constituency withdrew his nomination. Earlier Shweta Bhatt had appealed to all non-BJP candidates to withdraw their nominations so that she could put up a strong fight against Modi. ...
12:23 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Congress candidate from Maninagar, Shweta Bhatt, on Sunday appealed Keshubhai Patel-led Gujarat Parivartan Party to withdraw its candidate from the fray. Bhatt, the wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, is contesting the election against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from Maninagar. ...
10:41 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Senior Congress leaders in Gujarat who have rebelled against the party after being denied tickets today declared, they would not campaign for the party in the assembly elections. Former deputy chief minister Narhari Amin, former city mayor Himmatsinh Patel, senior Congress leader and former MLA Naresh Raval and a host of other Congress leaders today joined hands by organising an anti-party gathering in Ahmedabad on Sunday. ...
10:21 PM, Dec 02, 2012
A day after an open endorsement by Sushma Swaraj of Narendra Modi being a potential Prime Ministerial candidate, the BJP clarified its stance. It said there were many others in the party suitable for the post. ...
09:31 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Expressing unhappiness over the announcement of the much-touted direct cash transfer scheme by the Centre at a time when the Model Code of Conduct was in force, the Election Commission on Sunday sought a report from the government over the matter. ...
09:10 PM, Dec 02, 2012
