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Gujarat govt ‘considers’ temples, charitable institutions ...
By Pankti Jog*
The Gujarat state assembly recently passed a new law which would "govern" the working condition of shops and establishments. One of the most talked aboutprovisions of the Act is, it allow shops and establishments across Gujarat to function 24 hours.
Already effective for more than six weeks, while the claim is, it would generate mo...
Gujarat’s minority Jain CM, “Cyclone moves towards Oman, thanks ...
Gujarat CM Mr. Vijay Rupani said the impending threat from the cyclone Vayu has moved away from the Gujarat coast towards Oman, thanks to invocation of divine blessings of Bhagwan Somnath, Dwarkadheesh Krishna and Harsiddha Mata. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani reviewed all aspects of impending cyclone Vayu in the Arabian Sea closing-in towa...
It’s now official: Akshay Kumar has not been conferred honorary ...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019 By Our Representative
It is now official. Super-star Akshay Kumar has not been conferred any honorary citizenship by Canadian authorities, as claimed by him ahead of the 2019 elections. In reply to a query by Roshan Shah, who is a Canadian citizen living in Waterloo, Ontario, and belongs to Ahmedabad, the country’s author...
Modi cabinet – 8 Ministers with Criminal Cases
Modi Ministers with Criminal Cases: 8(38%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves. · Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 7(33%) ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Financial Background · Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 21 ministers, 13 (62%) are crorepatis. · Average Assets: The avera...
Administer oath to four new BJP MLAs elected in the by-election
Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendrabhai Trivedi today sworn in and administered oath to the four new BJP MLAs elected in the recent by-elections.
They are Dr. Ashaben Dwarkadas Patel from Unjha constituency, Purushottambhai
Unkabhai Sabaria from Dhrangadhra, Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai Patel from Jamnagar Rural
and Jawaharbhai Pethaljibhai Chavda fro...
Now, top Gujarat “litterateur” close to Modi says: Godse w...
Saturday, May 25, 2019 By Rajiv Shah
A little over a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized BJP candidate from Bhopal Pragya Thakur for calling Nathuram Godse a patriot saying he would never forgive her for the remark, a top Sangh Parivar ideologue, known to close to Modi in Gujarat, has supported her, saying her statement should be...
Dalit wedding processions row: Rights leaders question Gujarat CM̵...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Martin Macwan, Jignesh Mevani
By Our Representative
Addressing media in the wake of a series of incidents -- in which dominant rural castes stopped Dalit wedding processions to pass through village streets -- rights leaders Jignesh Mevani, an independent MLA of Gujarat state assembly, and Martin Macwan, founder of Gujarat...
LS Candidates with Criminal Background
Criminal Background · Candidates with Criminal Cases: 170(19%) out of 909 candidates analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves. · Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 127(14%) out of 909 candidates analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. · Candidates with Declared Convicted Cases: 5 candidates ha...
The government’s performance score on the top 10 voters’ priorities is...
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) commissioned perhaps the largest ever Voter Survey in any country. The survey was conducted between October 2018 and December 2018, prior to the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019. It covered 534 Lok Sabha constituencies with 2,73,487 voters participating in this exercise spread among various demogr...
Congress separated itself from anti-Sikh mob, Modi became friend of ri...
CV News/ Sunday, May 12, 2019 The "Time" magazine, which is making headlines for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "divider in chief", is surprisingly soft on the Congress for the party's alleged participation in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Pointing out that the country has "a long history of politically instigated sectarian riots, most notabl...
Why did Govt of India maintain ominous silence in PepsiCo case against...
CV News/ Friday, May 10, 2019 PepsiCo India Holdings Ltd, which withdrew their legal suits against the farmers at the Commercial Court of Ahmedabad and the district court of Modasa, have done it under intense public and political pressure, farmers’ rights groups have asserted in a statement, warning, this in no way means that the public campaign...
Why is this Gujarat BJP “heavyweight” so upset with state ...
Saturday, May 11, 2019 By RK Mishra*
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. This is what is hoped in the case of Gujarat minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, whose election victory in 2017 by a mere 327 votes was challenged in the Gujarat High Court by his Congress rival Ashwin Rathod. As the case winds down, all eyes are o...
No reason to “question or suspect” Narendra Modi’s Backwar...
Wednesday, May 01, 2019 By PS Krishnan*
The issue of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s “Backward Class” credentials has become the subject of active controversy. This controversy arose on a lower key in 2014 during the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections 2014. At that time I wrote an article titled “Narendra Modi’s BC Caste Credentials – Authen...
Gujarat CM queried: Where has 24.81 acre feet of water disappeared fro...
CV News/ Monday, April 29, 2019 Releasing month-wise data provided by the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), well-known Gujarat farmers’ rights leader Sagar Rabari, in a letter to chief minister Vijay Rupani has said that, citing low rainfall, the state government has stopped providing irrigation water starting with February 15, even though there ...
State stands convicted: Gujarat riots gang-rape victim Bilkis Bano on ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Counterview Desk
In what is being described as a “historic day for women’s rights and state accountability”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the Gujarat government should give Bilkis Bano, a gang rape victim during the 2002 communal riots, should be given exemplary compensation of Rs 50 lakh, a job and a ho...