Vaibhav Jha is a senior correspondent at The Indian Express, Ahmedabad. He tracks crime, politics and central agencies as beats.

September 05, 2022 16:51 IST
While addressing booth workers at the Parivartan Sankalp Yatra program at Sabarmati riverfront, in the run-up to the Assembly elections, Gandhi also promised to build 3,000 English medium schools in Gujarat, provide free education to girls, reduce the price of LPG cylinders to Rs 500, and provide a Rs 5 subsidy to milk producers.
Tue, Sep 06, 2022
September 04, 2022 23:21 IST
The Union Home Minister also called for a rehabilitative view of prisoners and jails, saying India’s incarceration system is prone to abuse because it was set up by the British to subjugate political prisoners.
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
September 04, 2022 22:05 IST
Soon after Vaghela's resignation, Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV appointed Harpalsinh Chudashma the new president of Gujarat Youth Congress
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
September 04, 2022 16:17 IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah called for modernisation of jails and said a new law for prison reforms is on the anvil.
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
August 30, 2022 12:27 IST
The victims, all locals of Deesa taluka, had gone to the river to swim, days after water was released from the Dantiwada dam in the Banas river in the wake of ongoing monsoon period.
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
August 29, 2022 00:30 IST
"The Indian government under the leadership of PM Modi is going to make radical changes in the IPC (Indian Penal Code), Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) and Evidence Act. There is a need to re-make these laws from an independent India's perspective," Shah said.
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
August 25, 2022 17:46 IST
According to police, the accused builder had sold a flat to a victim for Rs 1.4 crore in 2019. He then submitted fraudulent signature of the victim and cancelled the booking after receiving money and did not give possession of the flat.
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
August 24, 2022 02:10 IST
With the Gujarat Assembly elections barely three months away, the former chief minister, Shankersinh Vaghela, 82, has started gearing up for the polls.
Wed, Aug 24, 2022
August 22, 2022 16:00 IST
Asked whether his party AAP would retain prohibition in Gujarat if it came to power, Arvind Kejriwal vehemently supported the prohibition policy in the state.
Tue, Aug 23, 2022
August 21, 2022 19:46 IST
RRU has teamed up with the MEA to impart training to police, administration, forensics and security officials in South Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries in the next three to four months.
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
August 18, 2022 20:20 IST
AAP's second list has fewer veterans, and more farmer and activist leaders.
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
August 18, 2022 12:15 IST
After meeting the Congress’s Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in Ahmedabad, the Rajasthan CM says the compensation is being given on Rahul Gandhi’s directions.
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
August 10, 2022 16:08 IST
AAP says 'success' of meetings shows it is not just poor coming to it for 'revdi'
Thu, Aug 11, 2022
August 03, 2022 16:44 IST
Releasing the 10 names on Tuesday, AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia said: “The list includes leaders from both urban and rural areas, from, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes.”
Thu, Aug 04, 2022
August 03, 2022 01:02 IST
Patel is also the vice-chariman of the Bet Devsthan Samiti (BDS), a religious trust that manages the Dwarkadhish Mukhya Mandir on the Bet Dwarka island.
Wed, Aug 03, 2022
July 28, 2022 13:13 IST
Gujarat has banned liquor since 62 years, seen several relaxations, deaths, with methanol almost always the cause
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
July 28, 2022 00:19 IST
In Valsad district, a police sub-inspector and three police constables of Valsad police, and 15 others were caught in a liquor party in Atul village and 18 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs. 26.14 lakh were seized.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
July 26, 2022 14:39 IST
Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi announced a three-member committee headed by Inspector General of Police Subhash Trivedi to probe the incident and submit a report in three days.
Wed, Jul 27, 2022
July 24, 2022 19:50 IST
Discovery of body parts from posh areas of Ahmedabad in the past three-four days had raised an alarm among the public.
Mon, Jul 25, 2022
July 20, 2022 05:00 IST
According to the FIR, Das shared “a five-year-old photo of Amit Shah on May 8, 2022, to allegedly mislead people and defame the reputation of Shah”.
Wed, Jul 20, 2022
July 14, 2022 19:04 IST
“People in cities don’t back Congress, it is a fact... And we have held meetings in 10,000 villages of Gujarat. People want to move from Congress to AAP. There is a terrific current for our party in rural belts”
Thu, Jul 14, 2022
July 10, 2022 13:21 IST
With its strategy of taking on Modi having failed in the past, the Congress now aims to stick to local issues, take on state BJP leaders
Mon, Jul 11, 2022
July 09, 2022 01:17 IST
The Opposition presidential candidate said, “This presidential election is being fought under extraordinary circumstances. There is an undeclared emergency and the manner in which journalists are being attacked and suppressed."
Sat, Jul 09, 2022
July 08, 2022 15:03 IST
Sinha hopes the Gujarat Congress MLAs ‘will be offering the same cooperation on voting day as well’ only to clarify that he knows ‘how much pressure these people work under’.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 05, 2022 13:50 IST
Kejriwal tells party to ensure 'not one vote' goes to Cong, eyes Opposition space
Wed, Jul 06, 2022





