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Topic: Vadnagar

ASI spent 25% of its last 5 yrs’ excavation budget on Gujarat, 94% of it on Modi’s hometown Vadnagar

Between 2020 and 2024, ASI conducted excavations at 58 sites across 17 states at a cost of Rs 34.81 cr. Of this, Rs 8.53 cr was allocated to Gujarat, an analysis by ThePrint found.

‘Older than history,’ but slowly changing — Banaras after the Gyanvapi puja

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Could Vadnagar rewrite history? 3,000-yr-old Gujarat town holds clues to India’s ‘dark age’

India’s oldest living town Vadnagar survived climate shifts, invasions, and falls of empires. Solving the mystery of its first settlers could debunk India’s ‘dark age’ theory.

Modi & Shah wrest their hometowns from Congress, lotus blooms again in Gujarat’s Unjha & Mansa

Dubbed as prestige battle, Kiritkumar Keshavlal Patel & JS Patel ensure double delight for BJP. A first-time candidate, Kiritkumar records win margin of 51,000-plus votes in Unjha.

Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Zoroastrian images: Modi’s boyhood school in Vadnagar gets new ‘old’ look

The restored primary school will host selected students from across India to attend a week-long course on art, culture & history, and ‘take inspiration from Modi’s life’.

After 2017 embarrassment, Gujarat BJP banks on a Bhagwat confidant to win Modi’s home ground

Vadnagar falls under Unjha constituency, which Congress wrested from five-time BJP MLA in 2017 Gujarat polls. This time, BJP is fielding an electoral newcomer but RSS old-timer.

Jai Sardar, Jai Bhawani, Jai Bheem: Rahul tries it all on Modi’s home turf

Patidars, Thakor Sena and Dalits throng Rahul Gandhi’s election meetings in Vadnagar and Vijapur in Mehsana district of Gujarat

On Camera

New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.