Politics

Patel, who handled important departments such as finance and urban development in the previous government, was allotted road and building, health, medical education, Narmada, Kalpsar and capital projects this time.

Patel, who did not attend office on Friday, has been given the charge of Road and Building, Health, Medical Education, Narmada, Kalpsar and Capital Project.

Tassaduq Hussain Mufti was nominated by the Governor as a member of the state legislative council on December 22 to fill up a vacancy created by the resignation of Vikramaditya Singh who resigned from the basic membership of the PDP on October 22.

Is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s presence in the swearing-in ceremony of Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar a precursor to him playing a wider role in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the times to come?

The Madhya Pradesh chief minister gave flowers to Rupani and his deputy, Nitin Patel, at the venue where the ceremony was to take place but left before it started.

Motor Vehicle Act (Amendment) Bill 2017 assumes importance due to stark changes in the law which is as old as 30 years. The Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha, and is awaiting Rajya Sabha's nod.

Gandhi alleged Modi and the BJP ran a campaign of "lies and defamation" over the last two decades and it was the "main reason" for the Congress's defeat in the polls.

Two days after being acquitted in the 2G spectrum scam case, Kanimozhi met her father Karunanidhi and half-brother MK Stalin at their iconic Gopalpuram residence.

Not Amit Shah. And certainly not Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Not that the two leaders are inveterate adventurists, but because that is the only way the duo have conducted their politics, in Gujarat and later in Delhi.

BJP won 163 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly and the BJP-led alliance won 47 out of 82 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly and party insiders credited Bhupendra Yadav with the planning and implementation of Vasundhara Raje’s ‘Suraaj Sankalp Yatra’.

Rajkot West (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Rajkot district and Saurashtra region of Gujarat and is a part of the Rajkot Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency. There are a total of 315367 voters in the constituency, of which 1606...

Gandhinagar North (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Gandhinagar district and North Gujarat region of Gujarat and is a part of the Gandhinagar Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

Kheralu (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Mahesana district and North Gujarat region of Gujarat and is a part of the Patan Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

Shimla Rural (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Shimla district and Upper Himachal region of and is a part of the Shimla (SC) Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

If Gujarat 2017 is a litmus test for Modi’s Gujarat model, it is also one for Vijay Rupani as CM. Rupani has inherited Modi’s role in Gujarat in more ways than one.

Much of the focus has been on Hardik and his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) whose activists have protested, sometimes violently, against the BJP.