By-poll results give BJP reason to celebrateSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reeling under crises after its debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a reason to celebrate when it won seven of the 12 bye-elections to various state assemblies Monday. The Congress party received a setback, getting only four seats.
Gujarat riot cases trials will come to end in less than a year: SIT chiefMay 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing happiness over the Supreme Court's decision on Gujarat riots cases, the apex court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief, R K Raghavan, on Friday said the trial of the cases would come to an end in less than a year. "I cannot give a fixed deadline.
Narendra Modi votes, says Gujarat will ensure BJP winApril 30th, 2009 Ahmedabad, April 30 IANS Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m. at a polling station in Ranip, under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, here Thursday.
Too hot, poll officials take a hitApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the sun beating down mercilessly, two Gujarat polling officials were rushed to the hospital Thursday after suffering heat strokes. The presiding officers at two polling booths in Manavdar and Mangrol Port, both in Junagadh district, complained of dizziness and unease.
Voters in Gujarat village boycott pollApril 30th, 2009 UMARGAON - An entire village in Umargaon area of Valsad district in south Gujarat decided to boycott the polls Thursday, after they came to vote but discovered many mistakes in the voters' list, a poll official here said. The voters from Sajjan Bander village were irked by what they called 'innumerable mistakes' in the voters' list which created confusion when they reached the polling stations to cast their votes as polling began in Gujarat at 7 a.m.
20 percent voter turnout in first three hours in GujaratApril 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - About 20 percent of Gujarat's voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state Thursday, poll officials said. Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m.
A pen stand called 'Nano'April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to zip zap zoom to victory. Or so it would seem from the Nano memorabilia - modelled on the world's cheapest car - the party is handing out to voters in Gujarat.
558 candidates line up for 26 Gujarat seatsApril 10th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - As many as 558 people have filed nominations for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. The nomination papers were filed April 8 and 9, a senior poll official at the State Election Office said Friday.
BJP's Gujarat headquarters go wi-fi for pollsApril 6th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has converted its Gujarat headquarters here into a wi-fi zone for the busy election period and enrolled young tech-savvy volunteers to help design its online campaign to woo upwardly mobile voters. The party office now has seamless internet connectivity and each of the volunteers has a personal laptop.
Ahead of polls, dry Gujarat tightens vigil on liquor smugglingApril 1st, 2009 DAHOD - The Gujarat police have intensified patrolling on a highway bordering Madhya Pradesh following reports of a number of make-shift country liquor vends coming up in the neighbouring state. The police suspect that before the polls, a lot of liquor is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat, a state under prohibition.
Modi favourite to lead Gujarat again, survey showsMarch 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the state and was likely to retain the post, an opinion poll said Tuesday. 'Narendra Modi emerges as the most popular candidate to be the next chief minister in Gujarat with 45 percent people in favour of him.
Gujarat poll preparedness to be reviewed TuesdayMarch 30th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - With exactly a month to go before Gujarat holds elections April 30, poll officials will meet here Tuesday to review arrangements for polling. Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.
NCP wants Congress to give it two Gujarat seatsMarch 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Gujarat has kept up its demand for contesting at least two Lok Sabha seats in the state, even as ally Congress has already announced its own candidates in 12 constituencies. The Congress is expected to make an announcement on candidates for the remaining 14 seats from Gujarat in the next two days.
MJP poll campaign to focus on Gujarat diamond workersMarch 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Mahagujarat Janata Party (MJP), formed by dissident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, will focus on the problems of Gujarat's nearly two million diamond workers during its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, for which it will pick candidates after the big parties have announced their nominees. 'We will wait for the BJP and Congress to announce their list of candidates for the 26 Lok Sabha seats and then decide which of our candidates should be fielded,' MJP president Govardhan Zadhapia told IANS.
Lone voter in Gir forest to vote in Lok Sabha pollMarch 3rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A priest, who is the lone voter in Banej village deep inside the Gir forest - the home to Asiatic lions - in Gujarat, Monday said he would vote in the Lok Sabha poll. Living in a temple in the forest, Guru Shree Bharatdasji Bapu is the only voter in the village, which comes under the Una assembly segment of the Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency.
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