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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicGujarat election

Topic: Gujarat election

On a train ride to Bhuj, BJP is the near-unanimous choice

The Kutch district has been a BJP bastion for years, and people travelling to its headquarters, Bhuj, have few doubts it will win again

Patel businessmen and housewives in South Asia’s richest village still root for BJP

Madhapar holds bank deposits of Rs 5,000 crore, most of it belongs to NRIs from the village; voters here are traditionally BJP supporters.

Congress to roll out its own top guns to counter BJP in battle for Gujarat

Apart from Rahul and Sonia, Congress list includes a mix of young and old leaders like Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia and ex-PM Manmohan Singh.

Modi’s Gujarat campaign blitz to start 27 Nov

Bollywood actors, songs, dance and magicians to be part of BJP’s campaign blitzkrieg.

Congress is so short of funds that it is asking Gujarat candidates to spend from own pockets

The Congress has not yet hired any agency to run social media campaign either.

Modi govt eyes caste realignment, to reintroduce OBC panel bill in Parliament

Government forms committee to look into sub-categorisation of OBCs; non-Yadav OBCs played a key role in BJP’s victory in UP election.

Talk Point: Should sex tapes of politicians influence election outcomes in India?

The emergence of Patidar leader Hardik Patel's private videos in the middle of a heated election campaign raises questions about just how much such scandals affect election outcomes.

Gujarat polls to feature 12 lakh new and first-time voters

According to latest estimates, 60 per cent of Gujarat’s 4.03 crore voters are under 40. Of these, 12 lakh are new and first-time voters, as per ECI data.

Talk Point: ‘Objectionable sex CD’ is politics by other means

Indian voters make a crucial distinction between sexual harassment and intimate sexual relations between consenting individuals, writes Prof Ashwani Kumar.

For Modi, Gujarat win will be cherry on icing

Gujarat is the first critical state since 2014 where BJP is seeking re-election, and a convincing win will seal Modi’s supreme leader status.

On Camera

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.