Defending champions Gujarat Titans will be eyeing a hat-trick of victories, while Kolkata Knight Riders, fresh from their decimation of Royal Challengers Bangalore, will be keen to show that win was not a flash in the pan when the two sides clash in the IPL in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
A total of 87 constituencies spread over 15 districts from Saurashtra and south regions of the state will go for poll on December 13.
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Heavy rains had battered the metropolis on Sunday and Monday as well.
In his condolence message, Israeli Prime Minister Lapid said that the thoughts and prayers of all Israelis are with the people of India following yesterday's devastating bridge collapse in Gujarat.
The southwest monsoon season concluded on Saturday with India receiving 'below-average' cumulative rainfall -- 820 mm compared to the long-period average of 868.6 mm -- in an El Nino year.
Sophie Devine fell just one short of her century as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Giants to clinch their second WPL win on the trot.
Ahead of the Women's Premier League opening game, Gujarat Giants skipper Beth Mooney opened up on the impact the WPL will have on young cricketers.
Ravichandran Ashwin feels 'adaptability' has been the key to success for spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav in the first two ODIs in South Africa.
'Every Finance Commission creates its winners and losers' point out T N Ninan.
With central Congress Party leaders turning down Gujarat leader Narhari Amin's request to be allowed to contest assembly polls from the Gandhinagar South constituency, the senior party loyalist on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, asking his supporters to ensure victory of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer slammed blistering half-centuries as Rajasthan Royals outclassed Gujarat Titans by three wickets.
Ahead of the opener of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, Gujarat Giants' skipper Beth Mooney opened up on her role as a captain.
In a new bonhomie after the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US has expressed its desire to join the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2015 as a partner country.
Taiwan-based Hon Hai Technology Group, the subsidiary of Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii), is in talks with the Tamil Nadu government to invest around $200 million to set up an electronic components unit in the state. According to a Reuters report, FII, which makes communication, mobile network and cloud computing equipment, has shared the plan with the Tamil Nadu state officials. Business Standard had reported last week that Fii's chief executive officer (CEO) Brand Cheng met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce TRB Rajaa.
Also, the monsoon this year may end up being the driest since 2015, which recorded a rainfall deficit of 13 per cent, they said.
The former Zimbabwe pacer is currently the bowling coach of Bangladesh but he doesn't have an exclusive contract with the national team and that enables him to take up the IPL job
Relief Commissioner Alok Pandey told reporters that the government is constantly working to ensure that there is no loss of life due to the weather phenomenon.
Ahead of Gujarat Titans home game against Kolkata Knight Riders, David Miller said the Impact Player rule gives team's an advantage and isn't a threat to all-rounders.
The fight in the BJP is about conservative RSS thinking versus Modi's marketing of his Hindutva image. During elections, every vote is important and in spite of his dislike of the RSS old-timers, Modi is returning to his favourite rhetoric. Modi needs Sohrabuddin to take the hardliners to the polling booths.
Political analysts say the Congress's approach of taking the marginalised sections together has helped it in winning tribal-dominated seats, while the BJP will have to do a rethinking to win in Vyara, considering the social dynamics in this aAssembly segment.
Several cities in Maharashtra, including Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli, were affected due to power breakdown.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government saying that "Mughal rule" was prevailing in the state, and declared that he would contest the next assembly election from Thane, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's bastion.
The launch of 5G services in India turbocharged mobile download speeds here, pushing the country's ranking 72 notches higher to 47th spot in Speedtest Global Index, ahead of nations like Japan, the UK and Brazil, according to Ookla. India's speed performance has zoomed up 3.59 times since the introduction of 5G, it said dubbing the country's 5G advancement as "remarkable". In this global pecking order, India ranked not only ahead of its neighbours like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, but also some G20 countries, such as Mexico (90th), Turkey (68th), the UK (62nd), Japan (58th), Brazil (50th place), and South Africa (48th place).
Primary interrogation of the accused revealed that they had committed the crime "in retribution to the purported statements by Tiwari", an ATS release said.
Officials were trying to rescue them by boats. Meanwhile, state flood control sources said intensity of rains has receded since Sunday night.
Gujarat state administration is preparing to face 'Cyclone Nilofar', which has developed in the Arabian Sea and is likely to move towards the state's coast, Gujarat meteorological department said.
Low turnout was recorded in the first two hours of voting for the nine Assembly constituencies in Surat and 11 in Rajkot on Tuesday.
The IPL, with an estimated brand value of $8.4 billion, continues to attract the world's top players and coaches.
The move comes after at least six Congress MLAs in Gujarat resigned from the party to join the BJP.
Should he begin the yatra from Gujarat's Porbandar, the birthplace of the Mahatma, on October 2, and skip campaigning for the five assembly polls?
According to sources in the BJP, raking up the Soharbuddin case is just a "trailer" in the election-eve madness
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak died on Sunday at the age of 49.
Glimpses of the players and coaches mingling after the Gujarat Titans-Lucknow Super Giants game at the Wankhede stadium on March 28, 2022.
Former pacer Ashish Nehra feels the Indian team management can think of handing Jasprit Bumrah his Test debut in the opening game against South Africa as his awkward action and yorkers might prove lethal on the Cape Town track.
No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall. Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide. Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon observes there was considerable publicity on how much the government was geared up to face the storm and its aftermath.
The 'Holi celebrations' event was organised by the Governor in the honour of the visiting dignitary and his delegation.
Six Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including a sitting MLA and four former legislators have filed nominations as independents after being denied tickets by the party for the next month's Gujarat Assembly elections.
