Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel will contest from Mahesana
A First Information Report has been registered against Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia for inciting communal passions after he allegedly asked locals of a society in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to forcibly occupy a house purchased by a Muslim man in a Hindu-dominated locality.
Gangs and musclemen could play a dominant role in elections in some assembly constituencies of Bhavnagar, Porbandar, the birthplace of apostle of non-violence Mahatma Gandhi, and Rajkot districts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
BJP legislator Kanu Kalsaria first rebelled against Modi by dragging the state government to Supreme Court, that too successfully, in opposing, now cancelled Nirma Cement plant in coastal Mahuva area of Bhavnagar, from where he is an elected MLA.
The Gujarat government believe it can usefully utilise its 1,600-km coast for cultivating more coconuts in the coming years.
Enraged community members took out rallies in towns and cities, blocking roads, damaging buses.
An earthquake, measuring 5 on the Richter Scale, jolted many parts of Gujarat in the wee hours of Thursday, but there were no reports of damage to property or loss of life. A moderate earthquake was experienced on Wednesday, which had its epicenter at 26 km South South-East of Dholavira in Kutch district. Tremors were felt in Bhuj, Rapar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Ahmedabad cities too, according to officials of the seismological department.
When Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Gujarat to cast his vote in the urban body polls, learnt of the poor voter, instead of heading home he went to the Motera stadium, organised a control room, and was on the phone with practically everybody assigned duty on the ground: MPs, MLAs and BJP office-bearers. His single commandment was to check the voter list and phone or personally get people to the booths, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
The eight critically polluted areas are Ludhiana (Punjab), Varanasi-Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu), Dombivalli (Maharashtra), Aurangabad (Maharashtra) and Navi-Mumbai (Maharashtra).
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a swipe at Sonia Gandhi, saying that his state had not bowed down even before Jawaharlal Nehru, let alone the present Congress president.
The storm is likely to impact Mumbai, Thane and other coastal districts of Maharashtra like Raigad and Palghar along with Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bhavnagar and Bharuch districts of Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Preparations for the impending cyclone were discussed at a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, a home ministry statement said.
Move comes close on the heels of MoEF's decision to grant conditional clearance to the Lavasa hill city project.
Rain or thundershowers have also been predicted in south interior Karnataka and at a few places over Coastal Karnataka and North interior Karnataka.
The Environment and Forests Ministry has put on hold construction of Nirma's 1.91 tonne per annum capacity cement plant, along with its captive power and coke oven plant near Padhiarka village in Bhavnagar district. It has sent them a show-cause notice, as to why its environment clearance of December 2008 should not be revoked.
Vaghani, a relatively young Patel face of the BJP, was earlier state unit's youth wing president.
The BJP is ahead in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar for which voting was held on Sunday.
The six municipal corporations, which comprise major urban areas of the state like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar are going to polls after October this year.
Close on the heels of the arrest of former minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the state has become a battleground for nationalist versus anti-nationalist forces."The war between nationalist and anti-nationalist demons has started in Gujarat. But remember this is Gujarat, where anti-nationalist forces will be defeated," Modi said. "If you think that you can frighten me, you should open your ears and listen," he said.
The Gujarat government and State Election Commission have decided to introduce e-voting in the next local body elections becoming the first state in the country to enable citizens to cast their franchise online.
The farmers opposing cement plant of Nirma Limited in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar on Thursday rejected the company's offer to release 46 hectares of land in order to reach an amicable solution to the ongoing conflict.
A Kingfisher Airlines ATR aircraft, with 42 passengers and four crew members on board, overshot the runway after it landed at Mumbai airport on Tuesday. All the passengers are safe and have been evacuated from the aircraft, a Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson said. "Kingfisher Airlines flight 4142 from Bhavnagar (Gujarat) left (overshot) the runway after landing," a Mumbai International Airport Limited spokesperson said. Both the pilots of the aircraft have been taken off duty
Gurajat is planning to build an over the sea dam in the northern portion of the Gulf of Khambat (Cambay).
Hardik and 50 members of his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti got their heads shaved as a mark of protest.
The Gujarat government has given its green signal to Nirma Ltd's controversial cement plant in Mahuva.
Implemented by Konkan Railway, telemedicine project is the use of electronic communication and information technologies to provide health care when distance separates medical specialists from the patient. It also includes educational use of these technologies such as distance learning of health subjects.
Modi and Shah addressed rallies away from the four major urban centres of Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot.
Lignite contributes large part of total royalty income in the state. Lignite production in Gujarat is estimated to be decline by 10 lakh tonnes this year on account of closure of Panandhro mines, according to government sources. Last year, the lignite production in the state stood at 99 lakhs (9.9 million) tonnes resulting into a royalty income of appoximately Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million).
Kick-starting the 2007 Gujarat election campaign, Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again evoked Hindu sentiments.
Leaders and workers of the AAP from Gujarat are in the Delhi to canvass for the party.
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'You will see how tears again flow from the eyes of this actor 2-3 days before the elections,' he said.
The chain 'NRI Panipuri' will have around 500 small franchisee outlets in the city over the next one year. After Ahmedabad, the group will enter centres like Vadodara, Rajkot, Mehsana and Bhavnagar.
Priyanka said the Modi government did not fulfil its promises of providing jobs to crores of people in the country.
One diamond worker was killed and six others were injured in Bhavnagar when a private security guard allegedly opened fire on the workers who were protesting for wage hike. The private security guard of a diamond polishing unit opened fire on the diamond workers who were violently protesting in Kumudwadi area of the city, police said.
'Corruption is rampant in every office in the state from the villages right up to Gandhinagar. I have witnessed all these issues first hand... Before Narendra Modi became chief minister Gujarat had a debt of Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore. Today it is Rs 180,000 crore. There has been six-fold jump in public debt in Gujarat in the last ten years... Every child born in Gujarat owes a debt of Rs 30,000 today. How can you call this development? Look at how high taxes are in Gujarat. Look at the condition of our public health system. There are not enough doctors or nursing staff in government hospitals; not enough teachers in schools and colleges.' Three-time BJP MLA Dr Kanubhai Kalsaria rips apart Narendra Modi's policies.
Five persons were killed on Saturday and seven others injured when a blast triggered by a suspected gas leak took place in a ship being dismantled at the Alang ship-breaking yard in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.
The worst affected areas were Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts of Saurashtra.
One of the fears that has been expressed is that the canal network, which passes through the periphery of the park, could obstruct the free movement of the blackbucks.
While the BJP is trying to dwell on the twin issues of development and national security to project Modi as a super administrator and a hardline Hindu leader, to the surprise of many, the Congress is not shying away from issues either -- perhaps for the first time
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