Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies for Wednesday were cancelled.
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The worst affected areas were Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts of Saurashtra.
South Gujarat-based firm, Desai Fruits and Vegetables, is developing all-season mangoes. After successfully exporting mangoes to the US last summer, the firm in now keen on producing mangoes all the year round. Although Gujarat is known for its Kesar variety of mangoes, Desai Fruits and Vegetables is experimenting with Alphonso mangoes. The company hopes to come out with the variety for commercialisation in about two years' time. 3 foreign experts are working on this project.
The killing was a grim reminder of the murder of a seven-year-old student in Gurgaon last year.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dared Congress president Sonia Gandhi to announce her party's Gujarat chief ministerial candidate before visiting the poll-bound state
While a massive crowd gathered of 25,000 thronged Congress President Sonia Gandhi's rally in Keshod, only 3,000 showed up when the Gujarat chief minister campaigned in the Junagadh town. Prasanna D Zore reports
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's march towards a two-third majority was halted by the presence of Keshubhai Patel's party in Saurashtra and the saffron outfit suffered reverses in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's own backyard of north Gujarat.
What does the high voters' turnout of 68 per cent in first phase of Gujarat election mean? Sheela Bhatt tries to find out.
Arun Jaitley and Amit Shah and other ministers will listen to PM's radio talk 'Mann ki Baat' while having tea with people across poll-bound Gujarat on Sunday.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday sought to tear into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims on development accusing the state government of completely ignoring the welfare of poor and wondered where all the central funds for the state had vanished.
Normal life was thrown out of gear as moderate to heavy rains lashed south and central Gujarat, with Ahmedabad recording 210 mm rainfall overnight.
He said that as the previous government could not do it, he had to do it.
The BJP hopes to highlight the "insulting" Congress meme on social media that had described the PM as a 'chaiwala', reports Archis Mohan.
The high-octane campaign for the first phase of the crucial Gujarat elections, viewed as a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a litmus test for the leadership of soon-to-be Congress president Rahul Gandhi, will come to an end on Thursday. Here's everything you need to know about the polls -- from candidates to the constituencies.
Members of the RSS, VHP and BJP were also part of the crowd welcoming Bhavesh Patel.
'There were any number of Congress leaders who disliked Sonia Gandhi, but they were very close to Ahmed Bhai and he would listen, and give a shoulder to cry upon.'
'The Congress will not make a difference in the life of a Patel, but only to teach the BJP a lesson we will vote against it.'
The impact of GST is particularly stark in the highly fragmented synthetic textile industry, which attracts different GST rates at different stages of production and sale
Multi-business conglomerate ITC Limited has embarked upon an initiative aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to tribals and at the same time sourcing organically produced mangoes for its discerning customers spread across various countries, particularly in Europe and the US.
Unlike the 2012 manifesto, the BJP has chosen not to make any extravagant promises.
BJP president Shah listened to the programme at a tea stall in Ahmedabad's Muslim-dominated Dariyapur area in the presence of hundreds of locals and party workers.
As many as 400 fishermen from Gujarat are stranded in the Arabian Sea, 40 nautical miles off Daman coast in south Gujarat, due to the cyclonic storm advancing towards the state. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, meanwhile, called a review meeting of the state Disaster Management Authority, the revenue department and district administration in view of the impending cyclone and directed the district administration to keep an eye on the changing weather.
The Bt cotton variety Bollgard-I, which is the most widely used variety in India, has been phased out in many countries.
Public expression of dissent and quitting a party is not new for Shankersinh Vaghela
Low turnout was recorded in the first two hours of voting for the nine Assembly constituencies in Surat and 11 in Rajkot on Tuesday.
Apart from these leaders, the Congress also hinted at forging a pre-poll alliance with Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and bringing on board Chhotu Vasava, the lone Janata Dal-United MLA from the state.
The fact is evident from the conspicuous absence of advertisments on attractive offers by property developers in the print media here, which is relatively high during the current festive season. Developers Prakramsinh Jadeja and Pravin Patel admit to having fewer number of queries for buying as well as selling of both residential as well as commercial properties.
In an incident that could snowball into a major issue during elections, the editor of a weekly newspaper was shot dead in Valsad district in south Gujarat on Tuesday night.Ashok Shah was the editor of Dakshin Gujarat Vartman weekly from Valsad. Influential persons are said to be involved in the murder. Initial reports say the murder is the fall-out of a land dispute.
A check was being done whether the business houses were aware about the end use of funds. "We have questioned some of them and we are working to ascertain as to how much of money had been handed over to the saffron outfit," a senior probe official said on the condition of anonymity. The names of the business houses were not divulged for security reasons.
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.
"The polling was peaceful and orderly and no major incident was reported," Deputy Election Commissioner Jaiprakash told reporters in Delhi.
the India Meteorological Department has forecast intermittent rain with heavy to very heavy showers in the city and suburbs and extremely heavy rain at isolated places in next 24 hours.
Incessant rains continued to lash Mumbai city and neighbouring districts on Saturday, throwing normal life out of gear even as weathermen predicted heavy showers across the state for Sunday.
According to sources in the BJP, raking up the Soharbuddin case is just a "trailer" in the election-eve madness
Nayan Kachrolia was kidnapped for ransom by two persons near his school on Thursday.
Close to 300 dealers and resellers from Ahmedabad, 300 from Surat, 150 from Vadodara, 75 from Vapi, 75 from Ankleshwar-Bharuch and 50 from Navsari have pledged support to SITA.
Smaller farmers in Saurashtra and south Gujarat are switching to tractors below 30 hp.
While the survey by Star News poll said Congress will get 37 seats, a gain of seven, the NDTV poll showed that the party will get 43 seats, up by 13 from its 2002 poll tally in South Gujarat and Saurashtra where elections were held.
Paramilitary forces have been deployed at strategic points and the Election Commission has ordered video recording at all polling booths. Out of the 87 constituencies going to the polls, 58 are located in the Saurashtra region.
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