Category: Gujarat

The Congress has sent 44 of its legislators to a resort outside Bengaluru to fend off “poaching” attempts by the BJP ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, a senior party leader said. Of the 57 Congress MLAs in the State, from where senior party leader Ahmed Patel is contesting, six resigned from the party in the […]

Two legislators Balwant Sinh Rajput and Tejshri Patel have resigned as legislators and are set to join the BJP in midst of elections for three Rajya Sabha seats. P.I. Patel, the Congress legislator from Vijapur, is also likely to tender his resignation. According to sources, Rajput, Chief whip of Congress in the Assembly, is likely to be fielded by the […]

Veteran Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela announced on Friday that he had been “relieved from the Congress” and that he was resigning as Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat. Addressing a public rally in Gandhinagar, organised on his 77th birthday, Mr. Vaghela said he was first a “victim of the BJP’s internal conspiracy and now a Congress conspiracy.” Mr. Vaghela thanked […]

Kadir Ahmed, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was on Saturday arrested in his native district Bijnore. He was nabbed after a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad and the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad, a police spokesperson said. Ahmed is an accused under TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act). He is alleged to have played a […]

The Gujarat Assembly passed The Gujarat Preservation (Amendment) Bill that has stringent provisions for punishment for those found involved in cow slaughter, transportation and sale of beef or beef products in the State. In the statement of objects of the bill, the state government has noted that “it is considered necessary to provide for more deterrent punishment for offences committed […]