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Topic: Gujarat

Why two key ‘cow constituencies’ are locking horns with BJP govt in poll-bound Gujarat

Cows overran streets last week during protest by charitable trusts over funds for gaushalas. Before that, govt withdrew cattle control bill after pressure from Maldhari community.

Gujarat’s gung-ho about garba after 2-yr hiatus, but organisers, patrons peeved about 18% GST

BJP govt in state had defended the GST on tickets, saying it's been prevalent since 2017. While some organisers are passing on the tax to patrons, others are finding ways to dodge it.

Building collapses, fires are major concerns, can avoid if you follow rules, Modi tells mayors

Speaking virtually at a BJP mayors’ conference in Gujarat, the Prime Minister also lauded the fact that the metro network in the country had more than tripled since BJP came to power in 2014.

Gujarat challenge for Raghav Chadha now after steering AAP’s Punjab success

As AAP’s joint in-charge for poll-bound Gujarat, Chadha is expected to devise new strategies for taking on the ruling party in its fortress. Helping him will be Sandeep Pathak.

Gujarat CM labeled Medha Patkar urban Naxal but Narmada Andolan never saw this cancel culture

Hasmukh Patel, then Officer on Special Duty to the Narmada Development Minister, had said that Medha Patkar's concern regarding fair and just rehabilitation was genuine.

Consolation prize after Vedanta-Foxconn deal loss? Modi ‘promises Maharashtra even better project’

Maharashtra lobbied to get $22 bn plant for years, but Vedanta-Foxconn signed MoU with Gujarat Tuesday. PM has now promised better project, says state minister Uday Samant.

Gujarat auto driver whom Kejriwal met didn’t hang Modi’s portrait at home, viral image morphed

An auto rickshaw driver, Vikram Dantani, who lives in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, had invited Kejriwal to have dinner at his home, stating that he was a ‘big fan’ of the AAP leader.

4 workers killed, 20 injured after fire breaks out in chemical factory in Gujarat’s Surat

The blaze erupted due to a blast in a chemical container and spread fast to other parts of the unit of Anupam Rasayan India Limited.

BJP targets ‘AAP CM face’ Medha Patkar in Gujarat, AAP says it’s ‘like saying BJP’s PM pick is Sonia’

BJP leaders ranging from the Union Home Minister to the Gujarat chief minister have claimed that Patkar is AAP’s CM candidate. The activist had parted ways with Kejriwal in 2015.

‘Take payment from BJP but work for AAP’: Kejriwal tells Gujarat BJP workers

Addressing a press conference in Rajkot on last day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Kejriwal said BJP workers will benefit from all the guarantees promised by him to people.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.