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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicGujarat

Topic: Gujarat

Drain deaths: Cheap labour, distrust of machines keep manual scavenging alive

ThePrint takes stock of laws prohibiting this dehumanising practice and finds out why they are not being enforced despite disturbing statistics. Sabah K & Vandana Menon

Gujarat effect: Election Commission to check truant MLAs in RS polls

Poll panel will go into the specifics of the polling area, define it in great detail to ensure there is no violation of voting procedure Anubhuti Vishnoi

Ahmed Patel’s victory: Gujarat BJP leader who lost will challenge poll verdict

Balwantsinh Rajput is set to file an election petition as he found ‘legal lacunae’ in the EC order disqualifying two votes Anubhuti Vishnoi

Coming to terms with the might of institutions, in victory and defeat

The lesson from Gujarat: BJP can’t be seen on wrong side of constitutional bodies. Congress has to win real elections. Pranab Dhal Samanta

NCP divided over supporting Congress candidate Ahmed Patel in RS polls

Even as the party chief Sharad Pawar is willing to support Congress, his party is not on board. The decision is likely hours before voting.  Kumar Anshuman

BJP joins Congress to say No to NOTA in Gujarat RS polls

The ruling party has urged the EC to withdraw the option saying it was acting beyond 2014 SC order. Anubhuti Vishnoi

HoaXposed: Viral video attacking ‘Gujarat model’ actually from Rajasthan

A graphic video used in social media attacks on Narendra Modi’s “failed Gujarat model” in fact comes from Rajasthan.

No talks with Shankarsinh Vaghela on joining party, says BJP’s Gujarat in-charge

The BJP general secretary is pretty confident about the Vice Presidential election as well as the Gujarat state election

Bullet train project launch to be likely birthday present from Abe to Modi

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is expected to visit India in mid-September and Modi and he will lay the foundation for this India-Japan joint venture in Ahmedabad. Kumar Anshuman

Rahul Gandhi’s imminent promotion is more talk, less of a certainty

Contrary to reports, the Congress is still undecided over Rahul Gandhi replacing his mother as Congress president. The quandary, as in the past, seems to be about timing. RUHI TEWARI

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.