Gujarat sets up 5-member committee to draft Uniform Civil CodeGujarat's chief minister announced a five-member committee to draft a Uniform Civil Code. The committee will study the matter and submit a ...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.15 PM IST
Gujarat Assembly Polls: Old order intact even as AAP's poll promises find takers in 14 tribal seatsWhile the party did see some electoral success in the Surat civic election in 2020, it remains a novelty across 14 tribal seats of South Gu...
02 Dec, 2022, 01.08 AM IST
AAP releases third list of 10 candidates for Gujarat Assembly pollsDuring his recent visits to Gujarat, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal announced a host of pre-poll guarantees relate...
07 Sep, 2022, 04.41 PM IST
View: Take a leaf from Gujarat, and let tribals own and operate forestsIn five years, 31 tribal villages have supplied over Rs 30 crore worth of bamboo, providing wages totalling almost Rs 20 crore to thousands...
30 Jun, 2019, 11.12 AM IST
Statue of Unity: Villagers write open letter to protest PM visitLocal tribal leaders have also announced a boycott of the function citing destruction of natural resources due to the memorial.
29 Oct, 2018, 10.04 PM IST
Congress eyes activists for year-end elections in MP, Chhattisgarh & RajasthanAfter extending electoral support to social activists and mass movement architects like Hardik, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor in Gujarat...
28 Jun, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
Congress faces burden of alliances, rebels & resurgent BJP in last phase of Gujarat pollsCongress is grappling with bitter in-fighting and stubborn rebels on at least a dozen seats 93 assembly constituencies in Gujarat that go t...
13 Dec, 2017, 12.13 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s southern Gujarat 3-day trip begins with Bharuch, SuratAmid speculation over whether Gandhi will meet Hardik Patel and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, Cong members said no meetings had been fixed...
01 Nov, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Gujarat Congress makes it ‘caste grievances’ against BJP’s ‘Hindutva plank’The BJP’s recent rift with Patels, its core supporters, has given Congress an unexpected opportunity to forge a new social rainbow with Dal...
23 Oct, 2017, 01.54 AM IST
Congress, Vasava-led JDU set to seal Gujarat allianceThe five-term MLA, Vasava, a veteran Socialist, has been the backbone of JDU in Gujarat.
18 Oct, 2017, 12.09 AM IST
Why many tribals don’t mind being ousted by damsMany research projects have tried to assess the impact on tribals ousted by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat, arguably the most controvers...
10 Sep, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Agitation by Sardar Sarovar oustees continues in Gujarat"They have been demanding full and fair rehabilitation which they have not yet got despite being displaced in late 1980's and 1990's," a st...
22 Jul, 2016, 06.58 PM IST
File charge sheet against Vijay Mallya within 30 days: Congress to governmentAnother spokesman Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of being "wilful accomplice" in allowing Vijay Mallya to flee.
12 May, 2016, 10.56 PM IST
Medha Patkar slams Centre, state governments; begins two-day protest at Jantar MantarPatkar began a two-day protest today at Jantar Mantar here to commemorate 30 years of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).
17 Jul, 2015, 10.24 PM IST
Anandiben Patel celebrates first year in office as local elections nearThe 73-year-old CM is criss-crossing the state, announcing a slew of welfare programmes over the last week, but with the civic polls schedu...
25 May, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Government defends activist Priya Pillai’s offloading, slams west’s rights reportsAmong the foreign measures criticized by the affidavit is what is described as "an extra-territorial law" in the US, International Religiou...
16 Feb, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
- Satellite to supervise forest
Forest officials believe that satellite images may prove to be their saving grace from the precarious situation created by rebellious triba...
12 Feb, 2008, 12.59 AM IST