Rohit Bhan

Two Independent candidates fielded by the Congress and BJP in Gujarat pulled out from the race for the Rajya Sabha election on Thursday, making the election to four seats in parliament's upper house a straightforward affair.

A Congress lawmaker flung a mic at his BJP colleague as the Gujarat assembly lapsed into utter chaos today.

Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.

Gujarat's ruling BJP won the most seats in municipal elections today, but has lost ground compared to the last elections five years ago. The party has won 47 of 75 municipalities for which elections were held; it had won 59 in 2013.

The 500-year-old Hanuman temple in the walled city of Ahmedabad is getting a makeover and the man behind it is Moin Memon. For nearly a month now, Mr Memon, a real estate developer, has religiously put in a few hours every morning, supervising the team of masons that's renovating the 'Bhid Banjan Hanuman' temple.

A protest against release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat in Gujarat turned violent on Tuesday evening when a group of people holding a march against the movie vandalised shops at a mall in Ahmedabad and targeted vehicles parked. A dozen two-wheelers, many of them belonging to a fast-food chain, were gutted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a day in his home state Gujarat, holding an 8-km roadshow to Mahatma Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati, and attending several other functions. As in Delhi, PM Modi had gone to the Ahmedabad airport this morning to receive the Israeli leader, whom he referred to as hi...

Pravin Togadia, the VHP leader who briefly went missing on Monday, had visitors today at the Ahmedabad hospital where he is admitted, among them activist Hardik Patel and senior Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia, who went "missing" this afternoon, has been found at a hospital in Ahmedabad. He had fallen unconscious due to low sugar levels and was brought to the hospital, the doctors said. They said that he was admitted to the hospital and is better now.

A stray cow on Ahmedabad international airport's runway brought flight operations to a halt early on Thursday morning, forcing airport authorities to abort landing of two international flights and delaying many others. The services were normalised only after airport authorities managed to catch the cow. But it wasn't an easy task.

A huge fire that broke out at a chemical plant near Vadodara in Gujarat has now been brought under control. A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire.

A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.

Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.

The BJP has touched the 100-mark in Gujarat, where it won a sixth straight term on Monday but with a reduced margin, confined to double digits.

Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...

Two Independent candidates fielded by the Congress and BJP in Gujarat pulled out from the race for the Rajya Sabha election on Thursday, making the election to four seats in parliament's upper house a straightforward affair.

A Congress lawmaker flung a mic at his BJP colleague as the Gujarat assembly lapsed into utter chaos today.

Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.

Gujarat's ruling BJP won the most seats in municipal elections today, but has lost ground compared to the last elections five years ago. The party has won 47 of 75 municipalities for which elections were held; it had won 59 in 2013.

The 500-year-old Hanuman temple in the walled city of Ahmedabad is getting a makeover and the man behind it is Moin Memon. For nearly a month now, Mr Memon, a real estate developer, has religiously put in a few hours every morning, supervising the team of masons that's renovating the 'Bhid Banjan Hanuman' temple.

A protest against release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat in Gujarat turned violent on Tuesday evening when a group of people holding a march against the movie vandalised shops at a mall in Ahmedabad and targeted vehicles parked. A dozen two-wheelers, many of them belonging to a fast-food chain, were gutted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a day in his home state Gujarat, holding an 8-km roadshow to Mahatma Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati, and attending several other functions. As in Delhi, PM Modi had gone to the Ahmedabad airport this morning to receive the Israeli leader, whom he referred to as hi...

Pravin Togadia, the VHP leader who briefly went missing on Monday, had visitors today at the Ahmedabad hospital where he is admitted, among them activist Hardik Patel and senior Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia, who went "missing" this afternoon, has been found at a hospital in Ahmedabad. He had fallen unconscious due to low sugar levels and was brought to the hospital, the doctors said. They said that he was admitted to the hospital and is better now.

A stray cow on Ahmedabad international airport's runway brought flight operations to a halt early on Thursday morning, forcing airport authorities to abort landing of two international flights and delaying many others. The services were normalised only after airport authorities managed to catch the cow. But it wasn't an easy task.

A huge fire that broke out at a chemical plant near Vadodara in Gujarat has now been brought under control. A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire.

A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.

Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.

The BJP has touched the 100-mark in Gujarat, where it won a sixth straight term on Monday but with a reduced margin, confined to double digits.

Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...