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BJP's Tibrewal holds rally ahead of filing nomination for Bhabanipur bypoll

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Priyanka Tibrewal on Monday held a rally ahead of filing her nomination for by-elections to the Bhabanipur seat.

Bhupendra Patel meets Deputy CM Nitin Patel ahead of oath-taking ceremony

Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony chief minister-designate of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel in Ahmedabad on Monday.Speaking to the media, the Deputy Chief Minister said, "Bhupendra Patel is my old family friend. I congratulated him. We will be happy to see him take oath as CM. He has also asked for my guidance whenever needed."Meanwhile, Bhupendra Patel also offered prayers at his home and met his neighbours.Speaking to ANI, one of his neighbours Jeetu Bhai Kaswala said that Patel will do good work."I have been living here for last five years, and in all these years, I have understood that he is a very humble person and always works together. I'm very happy. He will do good work and complete the development process," his neighbour said."I am also distributing sweets as he will be taking the oath the new Chief Minister of Gujarat," he added.Fondly addressed as 'Dada' by his supporters, Bhupendrabhai Rajnikanthbhai .

BJP MLA Rakesh Rathore meets SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, sets off buzz

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Sitapur Rakesh Rathore met Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, giving a clear indication of shifting loyalties in the political quicksand

Congress slams BJP, says Gujarat CM replaced to 'mislead' people

Congress leader Raashid Alvi said that the move was to "mislead" the people of the state adding that the party replaces chief ministers to "transfer blame for all their crimes".

Top headlines: Tax tweaks make PSUs more attractive, Gujarat's new CM

Business Standard brings the top headlines of the day

Getting poll-ready: BJP chooses to play the 'Patidar' card in Gujarat

The state's economy has been suffering blow upon blow, especially in the last one and a half years of the pandemic

Story in numbers: No major terror attack since 2014, says Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh earlier too had said that except for J&K, no terror attack had occurred in the country in the last five years

How end of farmers' five-day protests in Karnal served the cause of BJP

This is not the first time the police had cracked down on farmers in the past year

AAP 'forced' BJP to change CMs in Uttarakhand, Gujarat: Raghav Chadha

Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha on Sunday claimed that the BJP was "forced" to change chief ministers in Uttarakhand and Gujarat after facing a challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party in the two states.

BJP failed to pass Women's Reservation Bill, didn't keep poll promise: TMC

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien Sunday slammed the Centre over the Women's Reservation Bill, accusing the BJP of failing to pass the legislation

Kerala unit of BJP writes to Union Home Minister for protecting Pala Bishop

The Kerala unit of BJP has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging the central government to protect Pala Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt

BJP MLAs to meet in Gandhinagar, will pick Rupani's replacement as CM

The suspense over who will succed Vijay Rupani as Gujarat chief minister will be over after a meeting of BJP legislators here later on Sunday, party sources said. Central observer Narendra Singh Tomar, who will attend the meeting, met state BJP chief C R Paatil on Sunday morning. BJP has appointed Union ministers Tomar and Prahlad Joshi as observers for the legislature party meeting to elect a new chief minister. "We have come here to hold further discussions on the issue (new chief minister). We will discuss it with state BJP leaders," Tomar said at the airport. "I will hold consultations with Gujarat leaders, then the central leadership will take a decision," said Joshi. BJP general secretary Tarun Chaag has also reached Ahmedabad. There is talk that Praful Khoda Patel, administrator of the union territories of Lakshadweep and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, is among the top contenders. Also reportedly being considered are Parshottam Rupala, the Union Minister of ...

Frames per Second: The spectacle of a massacre

Jallianwala Bagh has been represented in films several times, in different ways, for different purposes

Tomar reaches Gujarat, set to discuss probable candidates for CM's post

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday reached Ahmedabad as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central observer over the matter of deciding state's leadership

Pralhad Joshi, Tomar likely to visit Gujarat today as BJP central observers

Gujarat Chief Minister Rupani submitted his resignation to the Governor on Saturday.

Congress calls BJP 'Bhayankar Jhagra Party' after Rupani's resignation

Calling the BJP "Bhayankar Jhagra Party", Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said the deep-seated infighting in all BJP-ruled states shows the failure of the party's top leadership

Delhi rains: BJP leader goes 'rafting' on waterlogged road, thanks Kejriwal

In a video posted on Twitter, the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha asked Kejriwal to have boards put up across Delhi about his achievement.

Dinner with BS: Can't rely only on agriculture for jobs, says MP CM Chouhan

Chouhan tells Aditi Phadnis about his hunger for investment, why MP needs alternatives to agriculture and why he thinks his soft image isn't taking on a hard tone

Vijay Rupani fourth BJP CM to be replaced in last six months

In a surprise move, Rupani on Saturday resigned as Chief Minister of Gujarat almost 15 months before state polls

Rupani's soft-spoken image may have been his undoing, say observers

Some observers point to the way Rupani handled the second wave of Covid and economic and social distress that followed it, which may have contributed to his downfall