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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicGujarat

Topic: Gujarat

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

Talk Point: Gujarat’s growth rate of income stayed the same before and after Modi

Gujarat is a classic case of a corporate-led development model which involves increasing prosperity for the rich, but very little benefit of growth trickles down to the poor.

Talk Point: ‘Gujarat model’ an average product, ‘Gujarat marketing model’ in another orbit

If we cut through the marketing hype, Gujarat is not the trailblazer state it is made out to be.

NDA restores subsidy to flagship Gujarat PSU that UPA had stopped for ‘abuse’

UPA had stopped subsidy to GSFC in 2013 after it was found the company wasn’t passing it on to farmers. Modi govt reversed decision this March.

Talk Point : Caste groups siding with Congress will throw up surprises in Gujarat polls

The tide has quietly turned, and the Gujarat elections are all set to throw up major surprises.

What you didn’t see at PM Narendra Modi’s Diwali Milan for the media

The twin-themes of Prime Minister’s annual Diwali Milan with the Delhi media were two “P”s – “Param Sukh” and “purane din”.

How Gujarat votes explained in five charts

Five charts show how political parties have fared in Gujarat over the years and how the state has voted.

Shiv Sena considers taking on ally BJP in Gujarat assembly polls

The Shiv Sena skipped the 2012 election to avoid ‘division of Hindu votes’, now wants to put up a fight against its warring ally, BJP

In Gujarat, BJP hopes to retain power in the name of ‘chief minister’ Narendra Modi

Weeks away from Gujarat assembly polls, party leaders as well as CM Vijay Rupani miss no opportunity to credit 'chief minister' Modi for progress.

Defeating BJP in Gujarat is one of my top priorities: Hardik Patel

The face of the Patidar campaign hints at electoral understandings with like-minded organisations ahead of assembly polls in state.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.