The new Gujarat ministry of 24 ministers, including 10 of cabinet rank and 14 ministers of state, was sworn in at Gandhinagar on Thursday. Not a single minister from the previous Rupani regime has been included in the new ministry. While the swearing-in ceremony was delayed by a day due to resistance from some members … Read more
Bhupendra Patel, 55, the BJP MLA from Ghatlodia constituency has been elected as the new chief minister of Gujarat in place of Vijay Rupani. He was elected the new leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting of state MLAs on Sunday afternoon in the presence of central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad … Read more
Vijay Rupani unexpectedly tendered his resignation as Gujarat chief minister on Saturday, a year before the next assembly election. The move carried echoes of his predecessor Anandiben Patel’s departure — she also quit ahead of the state polls. To be sure, there had been speculation for some time in state political circles over Rupani’s likely … Read more
Who would succeed Vijay Rupani as Gujarat chief minister? Political pundits are struggling to answer that question, assigning a range of probabilities to several potential successors, after Rupani’s surprise exit Saturday 15 months ahead of the scheduled balloting to elect the next Gujarat assembly. Potential successors include Union ministers Parshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandavia, administrator … Read more
The Congress on Saturday said the onus of Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani‘s failure is on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his leadership. Soon after Rupani resigned, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that there is deep-seated infighting in all BJP-ruled states including the prime minister’s home state Gujarat. “Two things stand out today – … Read more
Tirath Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand, BS Yediyurappa in Karnataka, and now Vijay Rupani in Gujarat — the BJP has replaced three chief ministers in less than three months. In a surprise move Saturday afternoon, Rupani stepped down as chief minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state where elections to the 182-member Assembly are due … Read more
Gandhi established the original ashram at Kochrab following his return from South Africa in 1915. (File) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed plans for a larger Sabarmati Ashram complex in October 2019, there was much anxiety and consternation among residents and trustees. The ashramwasis — third or fourth generation residents of the ashram — even sat … Read more
The Somnath Exhibition Centre on the Tourist Facilitation Centre premises has an exhibit of parts dismantled from the old temple. (Picture courtesy: IE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on August 20, will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate a slew of projects in Somnath in Gujarat via videoconferencing. The Somnath Promenade, reconstructed temple precinct of Old … Read more
India did not let the pace of development slow down even during the pandemic that affected the entire world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday and added that the country has won the fight against coronavirus. “When the wheel of development came to a halt across the world, in India, under the leadership … Read more
As per government’s statement, the managers, owners and staff of any business/ professional establishments in these 18 cities have to be positively vaccinated by June 30. (File Photo: PTI) COVID-19: The Gujarat government on Thursday issued a statement making it mandatory for managers, owners of business/ professional establishments to be vaccinated by June 30 in … Read more