Surat: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing the opposition party of relying on infiltrators and bogus voters to win elections. Addressing a press conference in Surat, Rai said the Congress had suffered 56 defeats in Assembly elections since 2014 but had failed to introspect or reform itself. Instead, he alleged, the party was attempting to exploit illega...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday questioned the disparity in piped natural gas (PNG) prices across cities, alleging that consumers in Gujarat were paying more for domestic cooking gas than those in neighbouring Rajasthan, despite being served by the same companies. Addressing a press conference at the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) headquarters, party spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathavadia said Adani Gas consumers in Ahmedabad were charged Rs 1,473.90 per million Britis...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has suspended 49 office-bearers from Gujarat, including state-level leaders and district presidents, for allegedly skipping the INDIA bloc rally held at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on November 1. The suspensions have been imposed with immediate effect until further notice, according to an order issued by the IYC national leadership on November 3. The disciplinary action is part of a wider crackdown against 215 office-bearers across seven states and the U...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) is set to appoint its Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Standing Committee Chairman at its first general meeting today, 20 days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the civic body elections. According to media reports, Rup Singh Thakor, Kanaiyalal Desai, Mahesh Chaudhary and Dharmendra Nai are among the frontrunners for the Mayor's post, which is reserved for an OBC male candidate during the first term. Hemaben Bhatt and Anjana Mehta are re...Read More

Ahmedabad: Former national general secretary of Congress party and ex Congress Working Committee member, Deepak Babariya passes away today. Babariya had contested Ahmedabad (East) Lok Sabha seat unsuccessfully. At peak of his career he had got opportunity to serve the party organization as general secretary with Madhya Pradesh under his charge.  He was also assigned responsibilities as incharge of Delhi and Haryana. Babariya was inactive for last some time. DeshGujaratRead More

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