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Modi's home state Gujarat votes, seen as easy mid-term test for India's leader

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Thursday with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh straight term, but any unexpected slip could herald a tighter contest in national polls due by 2024.

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Gujarat election: AAP’s CM candidate on freebies, soft Hindutva and BJP’s 'media management'

In his campaign speeches, Isudan Gadhvi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate, emphasises a pair of words that encapsulate the party’s core pitch for the impending Gujarat assembly election. The words? “Zero” and “free”. In the main, they refer to the party’s promise to provide 300 units of free electricity…

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Gujarat election: Darshita Shah explains why BJP fielded her on former CM Vijay Rupani’s seat

Gujarat’s Rajkot West is a BJP stronghold, and that is underselling it. The constituency has never had a legislator from another party. It’s where Narendra Modi won his first assembly election in 2002.

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Another Election Show: Searching for ‘vikas’ in the villages around Statue of Unity

The Statue of Unity – a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – is the centrepiece of the Modi government’s campaign in Gujarat. With almost 20 tourist attractions around it, the monument carries the promise of development and tourism. In a speech, PM Modi said the statue will usher in…

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath slams Congress, terms it barrier to nation’s prosperity

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday mounted a searing offensive at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka, saying that had there been any “possibility” for the party (to perform in poll-bound Gujarat) then the brother-sister duo would have been seen offering prayers in temples just as they…

The Times of India

Is stray cattle a poll issue in Gujarat? Here’s what Maldhari voters think

Ahead of the Gujarat election, the Maldharis, an influential cattle-rearing community, have been raising the issue of their livestock being impounded by municipal corporations.

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A km away from BJP office, Gujarat neighbourhood punctures govt’s open defecation free claims

In 2017, then Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani declared the state open-defecation free. Two years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the same claim about the whole country.

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GIFT City: India's free-market oasis aims to take on Singapore and Dubai

AHMEDABAD: India's newest financial hub is rising from scrubland near the banks of the Sabarmati River once dominated by marsh birds and grazing buffalo.

The Times of India

Why both BJP and Congress are rejecting AAP in Gujarat assembly election

NEW DELHI: Having got accustomed to a bipolar contest among themselves in Gujarat, both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have ruled out a triangular fight despite the high voltage campaign by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in the forthcoming election in the state.

The Times of India

Gujarat Assembly Elections: Campaigning For First Phase Polls In 89 Seats Ends Today

The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat will end on Tuesday. Read on for details:

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NL Interview: Mallika Sarabhai on 2002, Rocket Boys, and how Gujarat has changed in her lifetime

Mallika Sarabhai is an artist, actress, classical dancer and activist from Gujarat. In this conversation with Manisha Pande, she talks about how Gujarat, and particularly her hometown Ahmedabad, has changed since her childhood, her relationship with her parents, the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, her brief stint in politics, and what separates…

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Daily Dose Ep 1211: Kerala clashes, Gujarat election, China protests

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Kerala, Gujarat, China, and the Supreme Court.

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‘We did waste our vote’: What Amreli’s farmers and cityfolk make of Modi’s rebuke

Over a week ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted voters in Amreli in Gujarat’s Saurashtra to not “waste” their votes again. “What did they do for you these last five years, tell me? Do you remember even one piece of work they did? Then why are you wasting your votes…

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I always wanted to write a book on Indian food: Food guru Karen Anand on writing her cookbook memoir 'Masala Memsahib'

Entrepreneur-food consultant-author Karen Anand is back with a new cookbook memoir titled 'Masala Memsahib' this year. In this unique cookbook memoir, Anand shares her adventures and experiences across five Indian states- Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. It is through this journey that she explores the rich, diverse, and…

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Gujarat Polls: BJP Leaders Giving Provocative Speeches In Poll-Bound State, Says Cong President Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the senior leaders of the BJP of giving provocative speeches and thereby misleading the people. Read on for details:

The Times of India

'We will organise a grand Olympics': BJP aims to bag hosting rights for Gujarat for 2036 Games

In its manifesto released ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in Gujarat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that they are aiming to bring the Olympic Games to the state.

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21 Years After Devastating Earthquake, Bhuj Yearns For Planned Industrialisation Without Disturbing Ecology

Two decades after a devastating earthquake struck Bhuj in Gujarat, the Kutch district might have witnessed unprecedented industrial growth. Read on for details:

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As Bharat Jodo Yatra marches on, Cong must not lose sight of its Rajasthan fissures

The month of November has seen the Congress cast in a three-dimensional political theatre. The assembly poll campaigns in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat have seen the party adopt different styles, and simultaneously, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra – covering 12 states in 150 days – has been…

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Daily Dose Ep 1210: ISRO launch, another Satyendar Jain video, US China tech ban

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and the US.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 247: Gujarat elections, Republic TV land deal

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as Akanksha Kumar is joined by Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari.

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Morning Show: How long will Gujarat BJP rely on Modi’s face? Here’s what university students think

On the Morning Show, Atul and Manisha catch up with students of Gujarat University. Young people in their 20s have grown up seeing only one party in rule – the BJP. How do they assess the party’s work? Do they yearn for a change? And what do they think of…

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Gujarat election: Competitive exam paper leaks put BJP in a spot with young voters

“Exam cancellation allows more time for students who are unprepared,” Karthik Chaudhary justifies the frequent cancellations of competitive exams held by the Gujarat government. But his justification is ridiculed the very next moment by his friends sipping tea with him at a shop behind a clutch of coaching institutes in…

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Daily Dose Ep 1208: More candidates with criminal records, Pak names new army chief

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, UK, Pakistan and China.

The Times of India

Six arrested for cheating US nationals through fake call centre in Goa

PANAJI: Crime branch of Goa police on Thursday arrested six persons from Gujarat for allegedly cheating US nationals on the pretext of approving their loans, medical billing advances, etc, through a fake call centre.

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India Today says BJP ‘doesn’t come’ for TV panels in Gujarat if AAP is invited too

Allegations of the BJP boycotting the media for inviting an Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson have surfaced again. This time on India Today TV, on its election show titled State Of War.

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