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Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) decided to form a seven-member committee to expand the scope of organisational activities as the assembly election is due later this year. “The newly formed committee will have an action plan to reach out to the people at the grassroots level. We will focus on our 13.5 lakh Congress workers […]
Jignesh Mevani, an independent MLA from Vadgam who allies with Congress, this morning, said that the most important aspect in political activism is ethics and Hardik Patel, through his comments against the Congress has shown that he has no ethical inclination. “Hardik’s jibe over Congress was unethical and exposed his lack of integrity,” Mevani told […]
Even as its State working president Hardik Patel has quit, the Gujarat Congress is continuing the spadework to strengthen itself for the state elections. AICC In-charge of Gujarat affairs Raghu Sharma on Thursday held a meeting with leaders of the key Saurashtra region as well as Leuva Patidar leader Naresh Patel. “Before this month-end, it’s expected that […]
The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the petition of the management of Gyanvapi mosque against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The hearing will be held amid an important development after a Varanasi court on Monday directed the district administration there to seal the spot of the survey inside the complex where allegedly ‘Shivling’ has […]
Even as the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has tasked all the district presidents to identify local issues and prepare a regional campaign plan for the Gujarat elections, the Mahisagar district in central Gujarat is already on the job. This was also conveyed to the State unit leaders during a separate meeting on Gujarat on the sidelines of the Central Working Committee, […]
“We miss our home, once we start missing our cuisine. I went through it when I visited and stayed in Ahmedabad with my friends, who were studying and working here. The Mallus struggle to find affordable Kerala food in Ahmedabad. So, the idea struck,” says Sree Lakshmi, the name behind “KL11 Café” in Paldi. She […]
The Gujarat High Court has held that a third party cannot be included as a party to interim relief under Section 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation (A&C) Act, unless it is a party to an arbitration agreement. A division bench of Justices NV Anjariya and Sameer J. Dave observed that the remedy under the Arbitration […]
The Gujarat High Court directed a woman to pay Rs10,000 to her husband, who left her husband under the influence of her family on the ground that he belongs to a different sub-caste. A division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna M. Bhatt said, “We find it extremely unfortunate that the educated couple […]
Congress leader and the Loksabha MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the Adivasi Adhikar Satyagrah campaign of Congress in Gujarat’s Dahod on May 10. “Rahul Gandhi will address the tribal issues with a declaration of solutions”, Sukhram Ratwa Congress Leader of Opposition told VOI. Congress has started an online campaign stating #RahulWithAdivasi. Also the Gujarat Congress […]
Gujarat Congress has slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the rising inflation across the country. The State Congress Chief Jagdish Thakor told VoI that the people in the state are now struggling to buy basic necessities. “Prices of petrol-diesel, CNG, vegetables, and edible oil are skyrocketing,” he explained. The state government’s failed economic policies are bearing down […]
The Gujarat High Court quashed three detention orders filed under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA), 1985. “When two people quarrel and fight and assault each other inside a house or in a street, it may be said that there is a disorder but not public disorder,” the division bench of Justice S.H Vohra […]
During the tenure of Vijay Rupani, the ex-Chief Minister implemented a new ‘Gujarat Dashboard System‘ for e-governance. Now, the Chief Secretary of Kerala, IAS V P Joy and his team are in Gujarat for a 3-day visit, specifically to study the dashboard system in detail. In the letter addressed to IAS Pankaj Kumar, the Chief […]
The Gujarat High Court slammed the State Police for invoking the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) in a crime that already had relevant provisions in the Indian Penal Code and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The accused was detained under PASA for selling expired drugs by changing their labels. The court observed that the preventive “detention order in question was illegal” and […]
In his 600-slides lengthy presentation to the Congress leadership, election strategist Prashant Kishor put forward a specific route to revive the grand old party. “Forming an Empowered Action Group (EAG) to lead upcoming state elections in 2022-2023 and for the 2024 General Elections is his plan of action. For this, he needed the chairmanship of […]
Come April and the most common conversation among Gujaratis is the summer heat that gets scorching as the month progresses, the common concern will invariably be “if April is like this, imagine what would happen in May.” The only difference this time is that the concerns had begun right in mid-March when the mercury was […]
Amid chatter that he might quit Congress, the party’s working president, Hardik Patel, on Monday attended the ‘Yuva Swabhimani Sammelan’ organized by Gujarat Youth Congress at Songadh, in Tapi district. The newly appointed AICC Secretary in charge of Gujarat, BM Sandeep and the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Srinivas BV were also present at […]
Even as it appears imminent that political strategist Prashant Kishor is expected to associate with the Congress party as a key planner for the Gujarat polls, it is public knowledge that he wishes powerful Leuva Patel leader Naresh Patel to play a major role, while ensuring that the young Hardik Patel, a Kadva Patidar, remains […]
Gujarat has allocated only 5.6% of its total expenditure on health, which is lower than the average allocation for health by states (6%) as per the 2022-23 budget estimates. This is a cause of concern as 39% per cent of children in Gujarat under the age of five years are stunted according to National Family Health Survey-5 […]
The Gujarat High Court bench of Justice Niral R Mehta had granted bail to the person accused of forging a document on a motorcycle in lieu of Rs.1500. “There is no allegation, whatsoever, in nature against the present applicant that he has forged any document and got the bank account opened. Considering the limited role, […]
Gujarat High Court bench of Justice ILESH J. VORA quashed a ruling by Civil Judge and released the petitioner’s vehicle, a Maruti Swift car, that had been taken into custody for possession of liquor. The police found liquor in the car without any pass or permit and had filed an offence punishable under the Gujarat […]
