Daman: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has relieved former Gujarat Minister Purnesh Modi from the post of Incharge of the party unit in the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Modi has been replaced by former Bharuch MLA Dushyant Patel, who previously served as the co-incharge of these units. MLA from Surat (West) seat Purnesh Modi recently made headlines for meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah and National Party President J.P. Nadda, after photos of these meetin...Read More

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced today the list of leaders appointed as state in-charges and co-in-charges in preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Three leaders from Gujarat have been given the responsibility of co-incharges. Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, has been designated as the in-charge for Chandigarh and co-in-charge for Punjab. Meanwhile, MLA from Surat, Purnesh Modi, and former MLA from Bharuch, Dushyant Patel, have been appointed as c...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today reserved its order on the plea of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over Modi surname remark. The verdict will be announced after the High Court's vacation. Refusing to grant any interim relief to Rahul Gandhi, the bench of Justice Hemant Prachchhak announced that it will deliver the final decision after the summer break. May 5 is the last working day for the High Court, and it is scheduled to reo...Read More

Surat: A Sessions Court in Surat is likely to pass an order on an interim application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in a 2019 defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark on April 20. The defamation case was filed by Surat-based BJP MLA and former minister Purnesh Modi against Rahul's remark made in a rally on April 13, 2019, in Karnataka’s Kolar, where he said that how come 'all thieves have Modi as the common surname'. In March, Rahul Gandhi w...Read More

Surat: Purnesh Modi, the BJP MLA from Surat West, submitted a reply today regarding the appeal for the stay of conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a city court. In March, the Surat court convicted Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment. Gandhi’s lawyer Kirit Panwala then applied for an appeal against the judgment in the Surat Additional Session Court of Justice R P Mogera. On April 3, Gandhi filed an appeal for a stay of convictio...Read More

Surat: A court in Surat city is expected to make a decision on March 23 regarding the criminal defamation case against the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, related to his purported comment about the surname "Modi", said Rahul Gandhi's lawyer. The lawyer also said that Rahul Gandhi will be present in court when the verdict is given. The case was filed against Rahul Gandhi based on a complaint from Purnesh Modi, a former Gujarat minister and BJP MLA, regarding his comment that supposedly asked why all...Read More

Surat: A court in Surat will start hearing the final arguments of the respondent, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the "Modi" surname from March 7, a lawyer said on Wednesday. According to Gandhi's lawyer, Kirit Panwala, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate H H Varma will commence the final arguments of the respondent after the petitioner in the case concluded his concluding statements on Tuesday. The ...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat high court lifted the stay on a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi filed by former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi in a Surat court last year over Gandhi's alleged remarks regarding the Modi surname. Last year, Modi had approached the HC seeking a suspension of the trial court's proceedings and a quashing of the lower court's decision not to adjourn the case against the Congress leader. Modi withdrew the request, and the court lifted the stay that was ordered in March 2022....Read More

Surat: Minister of Tourism and Pilgrimage Development Purnesh Modi has arranged a trip for 4000 senior citizens based in his constituency for Somnath Darshan via 75 buses on 15th August, as part of Shravan Tirth Darshan Yojna. The Yatra will also cover other religious sites such as Chotila, Gondal, Khodaldham, Bhalka Tirth, Swaminarayan Mandir Vadtal, Bharuch, and Narmada. The stay and meal during the three days of the trip have also been arranged. Shravan Tirth Darshan Yojna is implemented ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The state government has launched 'PurneshModi' application for redressal of issues related to roads and buildings. The application will operate on a 24*7 basis. The roads & buildings minister Purnesh Modi has requested the people to send details of damages to the roads and buildings in various areas due to rain through the application. The issues will be resolved on the basis of the same. The user can download the 'PurneshModi' app on their android phone. The steps to file ...Read More