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The BJP dominated Gujarat’s local body elections, securing nearly 60% of the vote in municipal corporations and maintaining a strong lead across taluka panchayats, district panchayats, and municipalities AHMEDABAD: The BJP secured nearly 60% vote share in Gujarat’s 15 municipal corporations, underlining its strong dominance in urban local body elections. The party won 59.36% of…

Gujarat civic body election The sweeping electoral victory by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across Gujarat’s municipal corporations has resulted in a striking democratic gap, with 10 of 15 municipal corporations failing to meet the mandatory 10% seat threshold required to appoint a leader of opposition (LoP).Two, Morbi and Porbandar — have no opposition presence…

Ahmedabad: When results of the AMC elections were announced on Tuesday, the BJP secured a massive mandate with 160 seats, but the most talked-about outcome came from Khadia ward in the Old City area. Long regarded as a BJP stronghold for over four decades, Khadia sprung a major surprise as the Congress swept all four…

Ahmedabad: The contest in Chandkheda ward during the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections turned high-profile as ‘cousins’ from the Congress and BJP were pitted against each other. Congress fielded sitting woman corporator Rajshree Kesari for one of the four seats in Chandkheda ward. The BJP, meanwhile, fielded Yashkumar Jadav, son of former corporator Jayanti Jadav, for…

In a remarkable display of unity, independent candidate Apexa Soni secured a win in Godhra’s communally sensitive Ward 7, a locality with minimal Hindu voters AHMEDABAD: Defying odds in a communally sensitive pocket of Godhra — Ground Zero of the 2002 Gujarat violence — an independent candidate, Apexa Soni, scripted an unlikely victory from Ward…

Ahmedabad: The Cybercrime police arrested four persons for allegedly masterminding an AI-enabled identity theft and banking fraud by tampering with Aadhaar-linked data and generating fake digital credentials, officials said on Tuesday.The case was registered on April 10 after a businessman from Thaltej approached the police, alleging that the mobile number linked to his Aadhaar had…

Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old schoolteacher from the Raipur area has approached Khadia police alleging misuse of her identity through a fake Instagram account that used her photographs to contact others and seek personal information.According to the complaint filed on Monday, the woman, who teaches English and social science at a school near Kankaria, said she was…

AHMEDABAD: BJP’s unstoppable landslide in Gujarat rural and semi-urban areas has once again underscored the saffron party’s tough-to-breach grassroots connect and Congress’s yet another failure to emerge as an option and inability to cash in on some issues that came on a platter.Despite grievances over crop losses, floods, water and power supply, and infrastructure issues,…

Ahmedabad: The recent Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections have delivered a split verdict for prominent leaders from the BJP, Congress and AIMIM. While some heavyweights extended their winning streaks, others faced unexpected defeats. Key wards saw close contests and surprising outcomes. Party loyalties and local factors played a major role. The results underline a changing political…

Ahmedabad: A quiet residential lane on Rajpath Road in Bodakdev turned tense after a man allegedly staged a noisy protest outside his estranged wife’s home. The incident, reported around 11.30pm on Monday, involved firecrackers, loud music and repeated attempts to draw attention, leaving residents and the woman’s family alarmed.The family says the incident is part…