Amreli: Former Lok Sabha member from Amreli and Congress leader Virji Thummar passed away today after prolonged illness. He was born in May 1959 in Amreli district of Saurashtra in farmer's family. He remained MLA of Lathi Babra assembly seat and also Member of parliament for Lok Sabha from Amreli seat. His daughter Jenniben Thummar is active in politics. She had become district panchayat chief and also contested Lok Sabha election in 2024. She also headed women's wing of Gujarat Congress....Read More

Amreli: Amreli City Congress president Sandip Dhanani has been booked for allegedly assaulting a young man with a tea kettle late at night on Savarkundla Bypass Road near the RTO office. The incident, which was captured on CCTV, left the victim with head injuries requiring nine stitches. According to the complaint, the incident took place near the Rajchamunda shop, where Dharmkumar Jagrutbhai Joshipura had gone late at night to buy mava-masala. Dhanani was allegedly present at the spot and as...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat State Election Commission has announced the schedule for the general elections to the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, Okha Municipality and Dwarka Municipality, along with by-elections to vacant seats in various local bodies across the state. According to the election programme issued by the State Election Commission on Wednesday, polling for the local body elections will be held on October 11, 2026 (Sunday), from 7 am to 5 pm. The programme covers the general elec...Read More

Banaskantha: Internal differences within the Gujarat Congress have come to the fore once again, with the party’s state leadership cancelling the newly announced office-bearers’ list of the Banaskantha District Congress Committee (DCC). The move has triggered fresh tension between Banaskantha DCC president and former MLA Gulabsinh Rajput and the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC). The GPCC, in a statement issued on Monday, said Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda had directed tha...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday raised a Point of Order in the Assembly seeking disciplinary action against Congress MLA Imran Khedawala over his conduct during the singing of Vande Mataram in the House. The Assembly Speaker accepted Sanghavi’s Point of Order and said the matter would be examined before a decision is taken on whether to refer it to the Privileges Committee. The Speaker said disrespect towards national symbols cannot be tolerated and not...Read More

Gandhinagar: The three-day Monsoon Session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly began on Wednesday amid a political controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram at the start of the proceedings, with the ruling BJP demanding an apology from Congress MLA Imran Khedawala for reportedly sitting down during the national song. As the House assembled for Question Hour, Khedawala, who is the lone Muslim MLA, initially stood during the singing of Vande Mataram but sat down shortly after, while other C...Read More

Ahmedabad: Randeep Surjewala is new in-charge of Gujarat unit of Congress party. Surjewala is Congress party's national general secretary and member of Rajya Sabha. He replaces previous Gujarat Congress incharge Mukul Wasnik.  Gujarat is going to witness the general election of State assembly in December next year. Born on June 3, 1967, Surjewala has had a long political career, having served as a Haryana MLA and cabinet minister, and held portfolios including Public Works, Parli...Read More

Ahmedabad: Congress on Monday alleged that the Centre’s newly approved “Samudra Manthan” scheme was designed to benefit the Adani Group and questioned the use of public funds to de-risk private-sector oil and gas exploration. In a press note, AICC national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil stated that the scheme, with an outlay of Rs 84,084 crore in its first phase, would provide up to 50% financial support for offshore exploration activities. Congress alleged t...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Dr. Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia, addressing a special press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, raised serious questions over alleged financial irregularities in the Gujarat Dialysis Programme, citing findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). Kathwadia alleged that the CAG report had highlighted serious irregularities involving Kiran Parikh, who served as Programme Officer of the Gujarat Dialysis Programme from 20...Read More