Gujarat Elections
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Arvind Kejriwal promises 'justice' to Patels, seeks support to 'clean Gujarat's politics'
National | Oct 16, 2016, 10:04 AM ISTAam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sought Patels' support to clean the state's politics and assured support to get justice.
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If I have committed any mistake, I apologise: Modi
National | Dec 21, 2012, 12:32 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 21: Pitchedforked into the prime ministerial race after his electoral hat-trick and amidst cheers of "PM, PM, PM " from his supporters, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today apologised to the people of Gujarat
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It's a victory of 6 crore Gujaratis, says Modi
National | Dec 20, 2012, 09:04 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 20: Fresh from the hat-trick in Assembly polls, which pitchforked him in the BJP's prime ministerial candidates' race, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said if he had committed any ‘mistake', he seeks forgiveness
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Five ministers in Modi government defeated
National | Dec 20, 2012, 05:50 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 20 : Even as Narendra Modi is well on the road to make a hat-trick in Gujarat, five incumbent BJP ministers lost the electoral battle.Among those defeated are three Cabinet ministers and two
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Amit Shah wins from Naranpura in Ahmedabad
National | Dec 20, 2012, 05:31 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 20: Amit Shah, former Gujarat minister of state for home and an accused in the Soharabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati staged shootout cases, won from his constituency, officials said.Shah, who contested from Naranpura
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Gujarat election proves it is not open skies for Modi: Cong
National | Dec 20, 2012, 12:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 20: Congress leaders today conceded defeat in Gujarat, but said it was "not open skies" for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, nursing national ambitions."This Gujarat election proves that it's not open skies for
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Modi wins Maninagar seat by 70,000 votes
National | Dec 20, 2012, 05:27 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 20: Chief Minister Narendra Modi was elected to the Gujarat assembly Thursday, retaining Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad's outskirts by more than 70,000 votes.Modi defeated Congress' Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended police officer Sanjeev
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Time to move forward: Modi on Gujarat poll trends
National | Dec 20, 2012, 05:27 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 20: Amid talk that he could be the BJP's prime ministerial candidate with another victory in Gujarat, a buoyed Narendra Modi today remarked it was time to move 'forward'."No need of looking
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Gujarat polls: Cong files poll code violation plaint against Modi
National | Dec 17, 2012, 02:20 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 17: Gujarat Congress unit today filed a complaint against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by 'campaigning' on the election day at the polling station where he
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Gujarat polls: 70 per cent polling recorded in 2nd phase
National | Dec 18, 2012, 08:09 PM ISTAhmedabad : In a repeat of the record turnout in the first phase, the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections today saw 70 per cent polling in the toughest electoral test for Chief Minister Narendra
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Gujarat set for final round of polling
National | Dec 16, 2012, 06:48 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 16: Gujarat is set for Monday's second and final round of polling to decide if Chief Minister Narendra Modi can get another five-year term or the Congress can bounce back to power in
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Modi misleading people in name of development: Sonia Gandhi
National | Dec 14, 2012, 04:37 PM ISTGandhinagar, Dec 14: Breaking into Gujarati to ask people to vote for her party, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Friday that the Narendra Modi led government was misleading people in the name of development and
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First phase polling in Gujarat historic, says EC
National | Dec 14, 2012, 04:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 14: The Election Commission of India Thursday lauded the 68 percent voter turnout in the first phase of polling in Gujarat, calling it "historic"."The polling was totally peaceful and historic," Deputy Election
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Deeply divided Godhra braces for poll
National | Dec 14, 2012, 04:42 PM ISTGodhra, Dec 14: A decade after Godhra provided the spark that ignited almost the whole of Gujarat into a communal cauldron, this relatively underdeveloped constituency in the prosperous state remains deeply divided along religious lines.Going
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Over 12 million vote in Gujarat battle round one
National | Dec 14, 2012, 04:55 PM ISTAhmedabad, Dec 14: More than 12 million people voted in Gujarat Thursday in elections that have pitted a confident Chief Minister Narendra Modi against a disparate opposition.An estimated 68 percent of the 18 million eligible
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Gujarat polls: Record 67 per cent turnout in Modi-versus-rest battle
National | Dec 13, 2012, 08:23 PM ISTRajkot/Ahmedabad, Dec 13: A record 67 per cent voter turnout was registered in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections today in the biggest electoral test for BJP stalwart and Chief Minister Narendra Modi
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Sonia Gandhi targets Modi
National | Dec 08, 2012, 10:30 AM ISTMandvi (Guj), Dec 7: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today sought to tear into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims on development accusing the state government of completely ignoring the welfare of poor and wondered where
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Gujarat polls: Modi dares Sonia to name Cong CM candidate
National | Dec 07, 2012, 07:58 AM ISTVadodara, Dec 7: Chief Minister Narendra Modi yesterday dared Congress president Sonia Gandhi to announce her party's Gujarat chief ministerial candidate before visiting the poll-bound state.Sonia is scheduled to visit Keshod in Jungadh district and
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Leuva Patels' vote will will be crucial for Modi, Keshubhai
National | Dec 05, 2012, 10:26 AM ISTRajkot (Guj), Dec 5: Leuva Patels, a backbone of BJP's uninterrupted 18 years rule in Gujarat, are giving sleepless nights to the ruling party on which way they will go in assembly elections in Saurashtra
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Time to call Modi's bluff, says Congress
National | Dec 04, 2012, 11:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 4 : Hitting out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Congress today described the Assembly elections in the state as an opportunity to “call the bluff” of those who have banked upon