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In first 10 names for Gujarat, AAP balances castes, fields former BJP, Cong leaders
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
Patel’s AEPL employed key accused Hooch tragedy: Lookout notice against Sameer Patel as he misses summons
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
Gujarat prohibition law: Many a slip between the flask and lip
Gujarat has banned liquor since 62 years, seen several relaxations, deaths, with methanol almost always the cause
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Police begin crackdown: 2,203 prohibition cases lodged in 2 days
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
Spurious liquor claims 30 lives over two days in ‘dry’ Gujarat
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
Man kills addict son, disposes of body parts at different areas, held: Police
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
Filmmaker Avinash Das detained for sharing Amit Shah’s old photo with tainted IAS officer
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
Isudan Gadhvi interview ‘Gujarat model has always failed in hard times. We saw it in Covid, now the rain’
“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
On rocky road to 2022 polls, Gujarat Cong plans afresh: think local, steer clear of party vs Modi tussle
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
Presidential poll bigger battle of ideologies: Sinha
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, 2022Given how journalists are targeted, free speech is being finished, says Yashwant Sinha
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
Battlelines clear in Gujarat, as AAP targets Congress, BJP plays down AAP
Kejriwal tells party to ensure 'not one vote' goes to Cong, eyes Opposition space
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
After disgruntled leader complains, AAP Gujarat reinstates him as vice-president, appoints over 6,000 new office-bearers
Bhemabhai Chaudhary has been reinstated as the vice-president. Nikhil Savani has been made the vice-president of the youth wing while Ramesh Nabhani has been appointed as the state secretary.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
SIT probing ex-DGP, Teesta: Cops probed 2002 riots, fought land mafia, served in ATS
The three were charged following a Supreme Court order upholding a clean chit to the Modi government in the 2002 riots, which passed strictures against the three.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
In SIT probing ex-DGP, Teesta, officers who probed 2002 riots, fought land mafia, served in ATS
Deepan Bhadran is the head of the a special investigative team that probe charges of criminal conspiracy and forgery against former DGP R B Sreekumar, activist Teesta Setalvad and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
An IITian, a convict serving life, and a ‘whistleblower’ cop: the many Sanjiv Bhatts
On Saturday, the Gujarat Police booked Bhatt in a case arising out of the Supreme Court order upholding the SIT's clean chit to the Narendra Modi government in the state in the 2002 riots.
Tue, Jun 28, 2022
New SIT to probe Sreekumar, Setalvad, Bhatt for criminal conspiracy, forgery
The move follows an FIR lodged against the three, a day after the SC upheld the clean chit given to the then CM Narendra Modi, his council of ministers and bureaucrats on their role in the 2002 riots.
Mon, Jun 27, 2022
Day after SC flagged ‘design’ to keep 2002 ‘pot boiling’, Gujarat police arrest ex-DGP, Teesta
Arrests hors after Amit Shah Questions role: The FIR cites observations from the Supreme Court verdict to the effect that disgruntled officers purposefully made false allegations.
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
Quoting SC order clearing Modi in 2002, Gujarat Police arrests former DGP RB Sreekumar, activist Teesta Setalvad
Home Minister Amit Shah questions role; FIR filed against Sreekumar, Setalvad and Sanjiv Bhatt on 'forgery, fabricating false evidence, criminal conspiracy'
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
‘RRU will offer courses to Agniveers; Agnipath scheme going to be game-changer’
Established in 2020 as an institution of national importance, the RRU functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and offers specialised undergraduation and postgraduation courses in domains of national security, cyber security, policing and public administration among others.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Gujarat polls approaching, AAP revs up with major state unit restructure
The party claims the organisation is rapidly expanding in the state and the state unit rejig was necessary to ‘accommodate everyone’.
Wed, Jun 15, 2022
AAP Gujarat chief interview: ‘Why just Hardik? We want all fighters to join us …Their prerogative where they wish to go’
In an interview to The Indian Express, Gopal Italia alleges that the Congress and the BJP are ‘one team in Gujarat’. Hitting out at the Congress, he asks, ‘How can you stand up as an Opposition when you do backroom dealings with the BJP?’
Wed, Jun 15, 2022
Rath Yatra coming, Gujarat cops plan ‘mixed’ cricket matches for ‘peace’
The Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad is the biggest such event after the world-famous Yatra in Odisha’s Puri, with about 3-4 lakh devotees taking part in the 9-km procession from Jamalpur Darwaza to Saraspur in the old city.
Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Gujarat: 10 Congress workers detained in Ahmedabad for protesting against BJP’s ‘lotus’ over Gandhi mural
In 2019, Amit Shah inaugurated the Income Tax overbridge that overshadowed the Gandhi statue in Ahmedabad.
Sat, Jun 11, 2022
As it tries to enter Gujarat, AAP sets sights on Patidar fortress
AAP's Arvind Kejriwal takes on BJP in Mehsana on Monday – his fourth such event in the state in two months
Wed, Jun 08, 2022