Vadodara: Voting for the by-election to the vacant Manjalpur Assembly seat began at 7 am on Thursday, with the Election Commission introducing several first-time measures, including mobile phone deposit centres for voters, rain-proof polling infrastructure, and 100% live webcasting across all polling stations. The counting of votes will take place on August 3. Update at 1:30 pm: Approximate voter turnout as of 1 pm, according to the ECI, is 21.66%. Update at 11:30 am: Approximate voter turnou...Read More

Vadodara: Manjalpur assembly seat by-poll in Vadodara city of Central Gujarat will have only two candidates. No other candidate is in fray in this by-poll, voting for which is going to take place on 30th July. After the last date of withdrawal of nomination forms, the only two candidates remaining in fray are Satendra Patel (Satish Patel) of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bhikhabhai Rabari of Indian National Congress. Both are candidates of recognized national political party. W...Read More

Vadodara: The Congress on Sunday announced Bhikhabhai Rabari as its candidate for the July 30 by-election to the Manjalpur Assembly constituency, where he will take on the BJP's Satish Govindbhai Patel. In a statement, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had approved Rabari's candidature for the bypoll. Rabari, a senior leader from Vadodara, currently serves as the vice-president of the Gujarat Congress. He also held a ministerial position in ...Read More

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