Gujarat polls: BJP pins hope on RSS worker close to Mohan Bhagwat in Unjha seatAlthough the party had fielded another Patidar -- Narayanbhai Patel -- from the seat in 2017, traders opined that the anti-incumbency and h...
02 Dec, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Gujarat polls see only 8.6% female candidatesAhead of the Gujarat elections, data shows that only 8.57%, or 139 candidates out of 1,621 contenders are female, even as women account for...
27 Nov, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
Gujarat Elections 2022: 25 seats where BJP, AAP, AIMIM and Congress to have fierce competitionThis urban constituency in Ahmedabad city has been a BJP bastion since the 1990s thanks to high concentration of urban Hindu voters. Narend...
03 Nov, 2022, 06.05 PM IST
Union ministers Mandaviya, Rupala begin 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' in GujaratRajya Sabha member and Union Health Minister Mandaviya started a vehicle rally on Thursday morning from Rajkot after addressing party worke...
19 Aug, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
BJP wins all 4 assembly bypolls in Gujarat, tally crosses 100Final results of the bypolls came Friday morning though the counting of votes started Thursday.
24 May, 2019, 02.03 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
Parties trying to get electoral math right in the run-up to Lok Sabha pollsThe parties are targeting candidates who are disgruntled, have an impressive winning performance or sense a change in the air.
14 Mar, 2019, 07.04 AM IST
Gujarat Congress MLA Asha Patel quits ahead of pollsWith these two exits, the opposition party's numbers have fallen to 75, while BJP's tally has increased to 100 after Bavaliya won a by-poll...
03 Feb, 2019, 08.55 AM IST
Ready to take OBC movement national, have Rahul Gandhi’s backing: Alpesh ThakorRahul Gandhi’s brand of politics is sustainable and positive. He is grooming me in some ways and I connect with his thinking, says newly el...
25 Dec, 2017, 11.17 PM IST
13 women enter Gujarat Assembly this time, 3 less than 2012In 2012 the two main parties had fielded 33 women candidates -- 19 by the BJP and 14 by the Congress. Among the winners then 12 were from t...
19 Dec, 2017, 07.52 PM IST
BJP wins Gujarat; Congress show good but not good enoughThe tally of the saffron party dipped from 115 in 2012 as the Congress made significant gains by bagging 77 seats against its previous scor...
18 Dec, 2017, 10.18 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
Mehsana gives BJP the jitters, discontent even in PM's hometownMehsana and Vadnagar fall in Mehsana district, but while Vadnagar is under the Unjha constituency, Mehsana city is a separate constituency.
10 Dec, 2017, 05.15 PM IST
Gujarat polls: AAP releases 2nd list of candidates for 9 seatsAs per the list, the candidates come from varied backgrounds include businessmen, educators, social workers, a former corporator, lawyer an...
16 Nov, 2017, 04.13 PM IST
AAP comes out with first list of 11 candidates for Gujarat pollsRajkot (West) is currently represented by chief minister Vijay Rupani. AAP is going to field businessman Rajesh Bhut from the seat.
21 Oct, 2017, 07.26 PM IST
BJP retains grip in Gujarat municipal polls despite reversal in rural areasThese elections are being looked as a litmus test for Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, who had managed the campaign alone.
03 Dec, 2015, 01.04 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi's wife, mother exercise their franchiseModi's mother arrived in an auto-rickshaw to exercise her franchise from Gandhinagar from where BJP veteran leader L K Advani is contesting.
30 Apr, 2014, 06.35 PM IST