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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicGujarat election

Topic: Gujarat election

16 Bills, meet & greet — glimpses from day 1 of Winter Session of Parliament

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar officiated as chairman of Rajya Sabha. The winter session, delayed because of Gujarat polls, will be on till 29 Dec.

BJP keeps track of abusive words used by Congress against Modi. So far, its 18 pages long

From food, clothes to house rent—BJP workers have returned from Gujarat with different expert takes on the state.

Exit polls predict BJP win in Gujarat and Himachal, AAP clean sweep in Delhi MCD

Congress likely to suffer further erosion with one of the exit polls predicting its tally to go down from 77 to 36 seats in PM's home state. AAP also unlikely to make much headway.

Gujarat is no Punjab—that’s BJP’s message to AAP. But Modi can’t stop it either

'No one can win in Gujarat till the opposition is able to prove that Modi is a fake Hindu', said a Surat-based senior journalist who knew the PM well.

Suresh Gopi to Ilayaraja—BJP is scripting a political blockbuster in South India

Amit Shah held a meeting with Pawan Kalyan and Jr NTR while Modi tweeted for Chiranjeevi. BJP is all too serious about releasing its political film beyond Karnataka.

Gujarat voters question BJP’s ‘remote-controlled’ govt. But it’s no Advantage AAP, Congress

BJP is facing two trends that are adverse to its party. Congress is being criminally lazy by taking voters for granted and AAP is an empty vessel making noise.

Not everyone supported me in Congress, sedition law doesn’t make me a terrorist, says Hardik

In an interview with ThePrint, the Patidar leader speaks about Gujarat elections, the sedition charges against him and what his future role in the Congress.

Will join Congress close to polls, need to break ‘illusion’ of Gujarat model, says Mevani

In interview with ThePrint, Independent MLA from Vadgam talks about arrest and rearrest by Assam police, upcoming Gujarat elections, and what his role in Congress will be.  

BJP launches ‘Mission 2024’, identifies over 74,000 booths across India where it is weak

BJP sets 4-member panel called National Task Force is led by national vice-president Baijayant Panda. It is tasked with drawing up strategy to win these booths in next Lok Sabha polls.

Hardik, Anant, Jignesh — young ‘friends’ get Congress in war mode ahead of Gujarat polls

While Anant Patel and Hardik Patel are members of Congress, Jignesh Mevani is an Independent who has extended support to the party. Congress has been out of power in Gujarat since 1995. 

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.