Ahmedabad: Alleging that undergraduate education has become increasingly expensive in Gujarat, the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) on Saturday claimed that several private universities in the state are charging lakhs of rupees in fees for four-year degree programmes such as B.A., B.Com., B.Sc. and B.B.A., making them costlier than many professional and technical courses. Addressing a press conference, GPCC spokesperson Dr. Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia said that while four-year B.A. and B....Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday alleged delays in the distribution of free textbooks to students across the state. Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Media Coordinator and spokesperson Hemang Rawal said the state government is launching the State Curriculum Framework and highlighting the implementation of the new education policy and curriculum reforms. "But the biggest question is that when lakhs of students in the state do n...Read More

Vadodara: In a last-minute twist, the BJP has retained control of the Anand district panchayat after the Gujarat High Court reinstated the nomination of its candidate for the president’s post, reversing an earlier rejection by election authorities and ending Congress’s hopes of securing an unopposed victory. The dispute revolved around BJP candidate Mayuri Patel, whose nomination for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) woman-reserved president’s post had been rejected during scrutiny over questions ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda on Saturday accused sections of the police and administration of acting under political pressure and functioning as “BJP workers” rather than serving people impartially. Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, Chavda alleged that some officers had become “pawns of the government” and were being used to influence political processes. He said that while Gujarat has many honest and d...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Krishnanagar Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a newly elected Congress corporator of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for allegedly using a forged school leaving certificate (LC) to contest the 2026 municipal elections. The accused corporator Kalpana Surajbhai Navlekar (now Kodekar), a resident of Sardarnagar who won the AMC election from Kubernagar ward, is alleged to have submitted a fraudulent school leaving certificate purportedly iss...Read More

Ahmedabad: A newly elected Congress corporator of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come under scrutiny for allegedly submitting a bogus school leaving certificate (LC), with the Ahmedabad City District Education Officer directing that a police complaint be filed following a preliminary inquiry. The case pertains to Kalpanaben Kodekar, an elected corporator from the Kubernagar ward. The inquiry was initiated after a complaint by Chirag Shah, who alleged that the LC submitted in the na...Read More

Vadodara: Muslim voters didn't vote for Congress party's Hindu and Muslim candidates unitedly, resulting into division of Muslim votes and victories of several BJP candidates in Vadodara Municipal Corporation elections, claimed Congress leaders from Muslim community. Gujarat Congress General Secretary Chirag Sheikh and Vadodara Youth Congress Vice President Arbaaz Pathan raised concerns over the outcome. According to them, candidates fielded by AIMIM and the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) in several ward...Read More

Dabhoi: Despite securing a clear majority in the Dabhoi Municipality, the Congress is facing fears of defections, prompting the party to resort to “resort politics” to safeguard its elected members ahead of the formation of the municipal board. It is learnt that the party has shifted around 12 of its elected councillors to an undisclosed location outside the town to prevent possible poaching attempts. The move has intensified political activity in the municipality even before the official f...Read More

Ahmedabad: Internal discord within the Gujarat unit of the Congress has come to the fore following its poor performance in the recent local body elections, with senior leader and AICC member Gaurav Pandya openly criticising the state leadership and demanding their resignation. In a strongly worded social media post, Pandya said, “From today, the campaign to find the scapegoats of Gujarat Congress begins, and so does the beginning of the end of 2027. Those who invited this humiliation will t...Read More