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Saurashtra eyes $12-b turnover in ship-building

Gujarat’s coast has always been known for the world’s largest ship-breaking yard...

Closure threat looms large over seafood export industry

With the decline in marine catches continuing for the fourth consecutive...

The battle for Saurashtra

As 1 crore voters in Saurashtra-Kutch get ready to cast their votes, no one is willing to bet on the winner.

Not on a Sunday

That’s what Rajkot tells Priya Dutt who came from Mumbai to campaign for the Congress’s Jayesh Radadiya
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Such a long way

Arjun Modhwadia is a busy man. Anyone who has more than a stray chance at being the chief minister would be.

The Koli conundrum

Despite a significant presence in Saurashtra, the Koli community has never been much of a bait for political parties...

They won’t bite the bait

Both the BJP and the Congress are casting their nets wide, hoping to get the support of over 5 lakh fishermen-voters.

In defence

This is one lawyer-client relationship that has moved from the confines of the courtroom...

Mineral Mafia vs Mr Clean

BJP debutant Odedara promises Congress’s Arjun Modhwadia a tough fight.

Double whammy

The BJP is glad to have found someone who can be a match for the Congress’s Vithal Radadiya at Dhoraji...

Oil’s not well

While the rocketing groundnut oil prices have upset the consumers, the powerful millers of Saurashtra too are unhappy with the BJP.

A different poll lingo

They speak a strange language—at least not the kind people in Gujarat get to hear during elections.

Cong can’t do without him

If the Congress is confident about retaining Dhoraji, the only seat it can hope to win in the BJP stronghold of Rajkot district...

Leader’s here. Anyone interested?

The BJP’s sure-fire campaign machine seemed to have misfired in Rajkot-II on Monday.

Cong exuberance vs BJP experience

In 2002, 22-year-old Congress candidate Paresh Dhanani emerged the giant-killer when he defeated BJP heavyweight Purshottam Rupala in Amreli.

Cong, BJP dress up for another fight

In the three elections that Kashmira Nathwani has faced BJP’s Vaju Vala in the BJP stronghold...

Rajnath kicks off poll fight, lauds Modi

For a man who doesn’t figure much in the affections of BJP President Rajnath Singh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi found...

Coming clean? Not quite

The coastal district of Porbandar in Gujarat has problems of water, potholed roads, unemployment that would leave a politician...

Rebel all charged up

Chief Minister Narendra Modi had once famously said, “Maut na saudagaro mate Gujarat ma jagiya nathi (There’s no place for murderers in Gujarat)”.

Ready to fight from outside

He can’t enter his constituency but he’s hoping to get elected from it.

Swinging Fortunes

The Saurashtra-Kutch region is set for another cliffhanger. With 58 seats at stake in the region, neither the BJP nor the Congress can afford to take

Out of jail, but fit to contest?

The party with a difference, the BJP, has never treated Kantilal Amrutiya differently. The party has always stood by the Morbi sitting MLA...

Modi dares Congress to name its Gujarat CM candidate

While playing the cards of development and Ram Setu, Chief Minister Narendra Modi also challenged the Congress...

Trouble brews for Cong in BJP rebels’ bastion

Amreli might be the bastion of the BJP rebels, but it seems to be the Congress which is on a sticky wicket...

V-C under scanner for attending Modi function

Saurashtra University Vice-Chancellor Dr Kamlesh Joshipura and Pro-Vice Chancellor Kalpak...
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