Aishwarya Mohanty
Aishwarya is a correspondent based in Bhubaneswar. She covers Odisha for The Indian Express Follow her tweets @pirouetteworld
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Gujarat’s Dahod Lok Sabha constituency: In campaign din, a disconnect from local issues
The Dahod Lok Sabha constituency, a reserved seat for the Scheduled Tribes, has always been a Congress stronghold. The party has won the seat nine times out of 14 Lok Sabha elections since 1962. The BJP won the seat only three times — in 1999, 2004 and 2014.
Fri, Apr 19, 2019
Gujarat: Amid Jay Bhim slogans in unity, BJP, Congress continue to fight for legacy
On Sunday, as India marked the 128th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, political parties apart, people in large numbers gathered at Race Course Circle in Vadodara city to pay obeisance to the Father of the Indian Constitution.
Mon, Apr 15, 2019
Lok Sabha elections: Ex-minister Bharat Solanki vs farmer Bharat Solanki
Former Union minister and Congress’ candidate for Anand Lok Sabha constituency Bharat Solanki not only has to fight this election against the BJP candidate, but also against a namesake of his — a farmer named Bharat Solanki is one of the Independent candidates
Wed, Apr 10, 2019
Vote for PM Modi, not BJP candidate: Nirmala Sitharaman to voters
Nirmala Sitharaman said, "When you choose the ‘lotus’ (BJP’s poll symbol), it is your direct vote to elect Modiji. We have to bring back the Modi sarkar to complete all the works that are in progress right now"
Sun, Apr 07, 2019
Don’t vote for candidate, vote for Modi: Nirmala Sitharaman
Speaking at a meeting of BJP leaders in Vadodara, with retired defence personnel also present, Sitharaman accused the previous Congress-led UPA government of “prohibiting” the Army from giving a befitting reply to Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Sun, Apr 07, 2019
Gujarat: BJP candidate for Anand, Mitesh Patel was accused in 2002 riots
Mitesh Patel, a native of Vasad, is fighting his first big election. He is treasurer of the BJP's Anand district unit.
Wed, Apr 03, 2019
Decision 2019: AAP to contest 5 seats in Gujarat, down from 24 in 2014
In 2014, AAP had failed to emerge as a third option in the state and ended up with just 1.5% of the votes polled. In 2017 again, AAP contested from 30-odd seats for the 182-member Gujarat assembly but failed to win in any of the seats.
Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Families in Food: A coffee house in Vadodara that’s been around since 1945
Vadodara’s Canara Coffee House gets a new look in a new location, but its charm — and good food — endure.
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
Gujarat: Studying at home courtyard for last 7 years, students yearn for ‘true school’
Since the establishment of the school seven years ago, the students are still waiting for a proper building as they are forced to attend classes in the courtyard of one Chokliben Rathwa’s (37) house.
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Gujarat: As Congress gains ground, Godhra says not 2002, on its mind are jobs
This feeling of exclusion is hard to miss in Signal Falia, where more than a decade after the Sabarmati incident and the riots that followed, Muslims are open to talking, but do so mostly without giving their last names, like Hanifbhai.
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Christchurch counts its victims: 1 Indian among dead, 2 injured, 6 missing
Approximately 200,000 Indian and Indian-origin people live in New Zealand. There are over 30,000 Indian students in the country, according to the Indian High Commission’s data on its website.
Sat, Mar 16, 2019
Conservation Lesson: A white govt building goes green with water recycling
With four RO water tanks, 122 air conditioners and four rainwater harvesting wells, the 14-year-old three-storey building has been able to save approximately 14.5 lakh litre of water in a year, so far.
Mon, Mar 11, 2019
Train coach set on fire to recreate Godhra attack for ‘biopic on Modi’
The Indian Express has learnt that the Western Railways and the Vadodara fire department had given permission to shoot the film, which, according to an executive of the production company, “captures the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
Mon, Mar 04, 2019
As student enrollment dips, Vadodara civic body to start 4 more English medium schools
All the English medium classes will function from the same school building as their Gujarati or Hindi counterparts, VMC officials said.
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
At Godhra rail yard, a man remembers the dead, others vow never to forget them
The Godhra train fire had sparked a spate of communal riots in the state in which nearly 1,200 people, mostly from the Muslim community, were killed.
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Schemes and a family: Taraben Tadvi, Gujarat
Tadvi’s family of four — classified as BPL; the family belongs to the Tadvi Scheduled Tribe — along with seven other families, has been moved to the interiors of Waghadia village.
Wed, Feb 27, 2019
Gujarat: Turn nationalistic wave into votes, says BJP leader
Speaking at the party’s booth-level meeting in Vadodara city, Pandya said, “The attack that happened in Jammu & Kashmir....you must have seen the visuals. Keeping all differences aside, people have come together with a sentiment of nationalism."
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
Ahmedabad: MSU researcher gets global grant for vesicular trafficking study
The purpose of this five-year-long research is to understand the functionality of these proteins and their role in metabolic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and neuronal diseases.
Mon, Feb 18, 2019
Hardlook: Lurking Terror
Amid growing leopard attacks in Chhota Udepur and Dahod, terrorised villagers are forced to alter their lifestyles. The Indian Express on a trail of the villages and the forests.
Mon, Jan 28, 2019
Vadodara: At BJP’s ‘Khatla Bethak’, men take centre stage, women on the sidelines
Of the total 100 people present to interact with BJP president Jitu Vaghani and Savli MLA Ketan Inamdar, less than ten women were present at the event.
Thu, Jan 03, 2019
Demand for Tribal Status: Rathwas to boycott political activities in Chhota Udepur
One of the demands of the community is the removal of prefixes like Koli and Baria from their names in the revenue records, which the members have said is a “deliberate attempt to hinder prosperity of the population”.
Mon, Dec 31, 2018
Govt lines up events at Statue of Unity to give tourism a boost
In February, the premises will host a conference of state election commissioners to review the preparedness for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Police meet: PM Modi warns against ‘dark’, ‘divisive’, caste forces
Warning against the “dark forces of radicalisation”, Modi asked the security establishment to isolate them at the grass-root level and to engender trust among all communities across the nation and to work for the unity and integrity of India.
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
PM Modi arrives, discussions on cyber security, Sardar Patel’s legacy
While secrecy was maintained regarding the proceedings, according to sources, discussions during the conference included issues pertaining to national security, threats emerging from cyber crime and left wing extremism.
Sat, Dec 22, 2018
Gujarat: Farmers protest against land acquisition, hoist black flags, seek compensation
The farmers said that their land was first acquired for the Sardar Sarovar dam and now they fear that the remaining land will be acquired for infrastructural projects near the Statue of Unity.
Sat, Dec 22, 2018