Don’t be fooled by Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Fame Game’, Bollywood is still not done promoting self-injury & toxic loveIn films, self-harm is sometimes portrayed as a ruse a male character uses to emotionally blackmail.
01 Mar, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
Pro-reservation patidars bring resident deities into protest pictureEarlier, a protest march was taken out on September 9 from Khodiar Mata Temple in Patan to the Umia Mata Temple in Unjha in northern Gujara...
19 Sep, 2018, 08.11 AM IST
Gujarat verdict a warning bell for BJP; Congress fails to tap people's anger: AnalystsThe Gujarat election was a battle of prestige for the BJP given that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah hail from ...
19 Dec, 2017, 09.23 PM IST
Women hold only 9% of Gujarat assembly seatsWhen it comes to representation in state legislative assembly, the number of women MLAs has never exceeded 16, which is less than 9% of the...
31 Oct, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
No fit for Modi's shoes in Gujarat BJPNarendra Modi ruled Gujarat. And as power demands, never allowed a second voice to grow either in the party or in opposition.
26 Oct, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
From Patidars to Dalits via Thakore: Agitations in Gujarat a manifestation of contradictions of BJP politicsFor all practical purposes, Gujarat has come a full circle from anti-reservation riots in the eighties to pro-reservation agitations and Da...
20 Jul, 2016, 05.33 PM IST
'Vegetarian' Gujarat has 40% non-vegetariansHighest number of poultry, meat and fish eaters is in Telangana followed by West Bengal (98.55%), Odisha (97.35%) and Kerala (97%).
10 Jun, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
21% of country's beggars are 12th passouts: Census dataMore than 3,000 beggars have professional diplomas, or are graduates and even post-graduates, according to the Census 2011 data.
30 Dec, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
Indifferent to facts, but Hardik Patel knows how to play reservation-victim role like no otherIn Gujarat, among his own “27 crore Patedars”, as he likes to say Hardik could easily swing between conflicting positions.
06 Sep, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel in a fix as Patels on warpath for reservationOfficially, BJP leaders maintain that the movement enjoys the blessings of Congress leaders, more specifically that of Shankarsinh Vaghela.
12 Aug, 2015, 10.15 AM IST
Ten things that have changed about middle class todayMiddle class 20 years ago meant ‘not poor’. Its membership comprised those urban families whose men were occupied in small business or whit...
09 Aug, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
BJP’s social coalition cracking in Gujarat? CM Anandiben Patel may be undoing what PM Narendra Modi didAs long as Narendra Modi was chief minister, he was able to keep a lid on community divisions and make sure these didn’t spill over, say po...
02 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi scrambles to disown petty comments by well-wishersWhile BJP top guns underline need for caution, some in party say hardline utterances are deliberate.
23 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013: An MoU for ragpickers too at this summit
NEPRA, working with some 450 ragpickers, to sign MoU with GUDC during the Summit.
10 Jan, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Guj polls: Only 16 women in fray on BJP, Cong ticketsWhile the BJP has fielded 11 women candidates, the Congress has named just five candidates for the 87 assembly seats that will go to polls ...
28 Nov, 2012, 12.28 PM IST
- Census of India 2011: Gujarat puts brakes on declining child sex ratio
Gujarat has managed to halt the speedy decline in child sex ratio, but it still has a long way to go.
18 Apr, 2011, 10.51 AM IST
- Modi's splurging Gujarat is a myth
A survey on spend list by the National Sample Survey Organisation has put Gujarat at the bottom of a 20-state list. Oil Inflation I All Hea...
02 Jul, 2008, 12.30 PM IST