Politics

While the lawyer-politician flagged concerns from a libertarian perspective, the Infosys co-founder stressed on the need for Parliament to enact laws to protect privacy.

While Rajinikanth's political entry is widely speculated, there is only one person who can decide when that announcement would be made and that's the superstar himself.

The decision was taken at a crucial meeting of newly elected BJP MLAs in Gandhinagar on Friday evening. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the central observer for selection of the CM, announced that Rupani will lead the party in Gujarat.

In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena said it is pathetic that the BJP had to resort to emotional issues and Hindu-Muslim divide to garner notes in Gujarat. “None of the BJP leaders were willing to speak about ‘vikas’ attained in 22 years.”

Nagrota (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Kangra district and Lower Himachal region of and is a part of the Kangra Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

The former Gujarat Chief Minister, who split from the Congress in July this year and formed the breakaway Jan Vikalp Morcha, has been conspicuous by his absence on the campaign trail.

Not one of those who rose from the ranks, Simha was a surprise candidate for the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat. He was one of BJP’s ‘experimental’ candidates that the party wanted to try out in a few places.

Lalu Prasad Yadav also said that despite Rahul taking over as Congress President, he will maintain his relationship with Sonia Gandhi

Once the ‘Vikas Gando Thayo Chhe’ memes started going viral, it wasn’t long before the Congress party’s social media cell latched on to the phenomenon.

After casting his vote, BJP chief Amit Shah went to the Kameshwar Shiva temple with his family members to offer prayers.

KS Eshwarappa added that there may not be much that the BJP workers would know, but using Narendra Modi's name would get them through almost anything as the entire world accedes to the fact that Modi is a strong man.

Patole, a critic of the central and state governments' handling of agrarian issues, had resigned alleging that the BJP had failed to keep the promises it had made to the people.

With voting underway for Phase 1 of Gujarat Assembly elections, on-ground action shifted to round 2, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi keeping up the poll tempo in respective rallies.

Few hours into Phase 1 voting for Gujarat elections and already allegations of EVM rigging have surfaced. The Congress alleges that some EVMs in Porbandar, Surat and Jetpur are linked to Bluetooth, while the EC says it has replaced some EVMs.

While the debate around OBCs may not have been as polarising as that around Patidars, their position as “kingmakers” will also hinge on their ability to unite in favour of one party.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela spoke exclusively to News 18's Uday Singh Rana about his bitter exit from the Congress, his close personal friendship with Narendra Modi and about his plans for the future.