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Topic: Gujarat

BJP’s ‘musical chairs’ in Gujarat, the tried-and-tested formula behind its 3-decade grip on power

In 2022, BJP president JP Nadda had said Gujarat was the party’s 'laboratory' for governance and party organisation and the BJP will 'implement this model across the country'. 

Gujarat Deputy CM at 40: Rise & rise of Harsh Sanghavi, the man with Modi’s trust & Shah’s ear

BJP leader shot to prominence in 2021 when the newly-minted minister had been allocated nine portfolios, the same number of portfolios as CM Bhupendra Patel.

Saurashtra in focus, more women & tribals in new Gujarat cabinet ahead of local body polls

In biggest cabinet expansion since 2021, BJP says they have balanced every region, caste and community in Gujarat. Attempt to counter narrative that AAP gaining ground in Saurashtra. 

Gujarat cabinet expansion: 6 ministers retained, 19 new faces, Harsh Sanghavi is deputy CM

Governor Devvrat administers oath to 25 ministers. Sanghavi, former MoS Home, is a 3-time Gujarat MLA from Majura constituency. Cabinet strength now at 26, including CM Bhupendra Patel.

BJP playbook, with a twist: (Almost) entire Gujarat cabinet resigns ahead of local polls

16 cabinet ministers quit, new council to be sworn in Friday. After recent controversies, the BJP wants to plug perceived inefficiencies and holes in the administration, say sources.

TN planning body lauds ‘Dravidian model’, asks govt to take cue from Gujarat, others for start-up reforms

State Planning Commission's report on ‘Start-up Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu' calls for regulatory reforms, while referring to well received schemes in states like Gujarat, Odisha, Kerala, etc.

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Delhi-NCR garba comes with Punjabi tadka. Yet Gujarat never felt closer

From Purana Quila hosting the first-ever dandiya at any monument in Delhi to the Global Garba Festival at Sunder Nursery, Delhi residents are spoilt for choice.

One killed, several hospitalised after gas leak at Gujarat Fluorochemicals factory in Ranjitnagar

Gujarat Fluorochemicals said the leak was caused due to a minor rupture in the gas pipeline and it was a temporary disruption that is being probed by the company.

3 engineering students die, 8 others injured after SUV overturns in Gujarat’s Rajkot

The accident occurred near Jangvad village in Jasdan taluka when a group of students was travelling to Diu. The one who was driving lost control of the vehicle at a bend.

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.