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Gujarat Anti-terrorist Squad arrests 4 persons, with links to international terror body, from Porbandar

Porbandar: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police have arrested four persons, including a foreign national, associated with an international terrorist organisation from Gujarat's...

‘Congress now considering east-to-west yatra from Pasighat to Porbandar,’ says Jairam Ramesh

Ramesh said there's a lot of enthusiasm among party workers for another yatra after the nearly 4,000-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir Bharat Jodo.

SP gets its 1st Gujarat MLA — ‘Godmother’ Santokben’s son Kandhalbhai scores hattrick in Kutiyana

Kandhalbhai Jadeja won on Samajwadi Party ticket after being denied one by Nationalist Congress Party. He secured 60,744 votes against BJP’s Dheliben Odedara's 34,032 votes.

High costs, low catch & Pakistan, not polls — what’s on top of mind for Porbandar fishermen

Pleas to get those held in Pakistan jails released & special financial package have not yielded much, says fishing community. Many are undecided on whether to support BJP or Congress.

Gang wars to battle of ballots — in Porbandar, mafia descendants seek votes, promise development

Between late 1960s & mid 1990s Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace became 'Chicago of Gujarat'. Now, relatives of former gangsters have forayed into politics, in a bid to retain their clout.

Two IRB jawans killed in Gujarat after colleague opened fire over ‘some issue’

The jawans belong to Manipur SAP Company, IRB, a Gujarat Police said. Earlier, Porbandar collector had said they belonged to the CRPF sent by the Election Commission for poll duty

For gangsters of Porbandar, power is constant. It used to be guns, now its politics

The gang wars of Porbandar forever attached the coastal town to an irony that has become a cliche now– Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace has a violent saga to tell.

Ajmal Kasab was hanged 10 years ago. But MV Kuber boat is an albatross for owner

When Vinod Masani bought ‘the Kuber’ he hoped it would bring good fortune. Instead, the 'terror boat' sits in Porbandar harbour with no licence to sail.

Being Gandhian: How Narendra Modi’s career has been a series of odes to the Mahatma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has borrowed excessively from Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, if just to corner the Congress.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.