Alpesh Thakor's resignation: A long anticipated breather for BJP in North GujaratOn Wednesday Alpesh resigned from the party and taking a leaf out of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced his resignatio...
10 Apr, 2019, 09.35 PM IST
Alpesh Thakor quits Congress, rules out joining BJPThakor, appointed national secretary after joining the party in 2017, said that he was resigning from all the posts in the party due to ins...
10 Apr, 2019, 09.23 PM IST
Hardik Patel announces 'last fight' for quota, to sit on indefinite fast from Aug 25The 24-year-old activist, who shot to prominence in 2015 with his agitation over the quota issue, vowed to continue his fast till his deman...
08 Jul, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in RadhanpurThe contest in Radhanpur seat of Patan district has become high profile as Alpesh Thakor, one of the three young men- along with Hardik Pat...
14 Dec, 2017, 09.35 AM IST
P Chidambaram accuses BJP of playing communal card in GujaratThe former union finance and home minister said large sections of youth of Gujarat have rallied behind Patel, Thakor and Mevani and they ha...
04 Dec, 2017, 07.15 PM IST
In Alpesh- Hardik's home turf, Patidar-Thakore conflict plays out, BJP seeks to make gainsThere are 55,000 Thakores, 45,000 Patidars, 20,000 Muslims, 20,000 Kolis, 18,000 Dalits and 12,000 Durbars, apart from communities in this ...
22 Nov, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor, Jignesh Mevani: Gujarat’s youth factorDespite the contradictions that exist between them — like the Patidar vs OBC rivalry — they have so far batted in unison to overcome the “b...
17 Nov, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Gujarat Elections: Modi’s team forced to redraw its election strategyThere are only around 9% Dalits and BJP leaders maintain this can be countered by some inroads that it is making into the Tribal ( 15%) vot...
17 Nov, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
Jignesh Mevani meets Rahul Gandhi, says will ask Dalits to not vote for BJPGandhi and Mevani had half-an-hour closed-door meeting at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Navsari.
03 Nov, 2017, 11.01 PM IST
BJP plans rally, two yatras in Gujarat to attract OBCsThe party will also play up the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi belongs to a backward community to strike a chord with this section ...
15 Sep, 2017, 12.09 AM IST
Back in homestate, Hardik Patel starts reaching out to the communityBJP had faced its worst ever drubbing in the civic polls in two decades in 2015 in the wake of Patidar agitation.
25 Jan, 2017, 10.13 AM IST
Local OBC leader Alpesh Thakore is a big hit in Thakore community in GujaratSon of a local Congress leader, Alpesh (40) launched his Vyasanmukti Abhiyan (de-addiction drive) at a mega rally on January 26 in Ahmedaba...
02 Apr, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
High Court reserves order on 2nd sedition FIR against Hardik PatelIn all, the Crime Branch has recorded more than 200 such calls made by these Patel leaders between July and September this year, he said.
02 Nov, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
Gujarat High Court notice to Gujarat government, Crime Branch in Hardik Patel caseThe complaint was lodged against PAAS leaders for allegedly inciting violence on Aug 25-26 that erupted in several districts after Hardik's...
29 Oct, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
Hardik Patel was not abducted by Gujarat police: Minister Rajni PatelHardik, who had given the slip to police at Tenpur village in Aravali district, today said he was "abducted" by some persons with weapons.
23 Sep, 2015, 11.13 PM IST
Patels in US divided over protest against Prime Minister Narendra ModiA larger demonstration is expected in New York City when Prime Minister Modi arrives there mid-week to address the United Nations.
21 Sep, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
Gujarat government denies nod to Patels' 'Ekta Yatra', Hardik Patel adamantGujarat government denied permission to Hardik Patel-led 'Ekta Yatra', even as the Patel quota agitation leader remained adamant to go ahea...
18 Sep, 2015, 11.59 PM IST