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Undercover campaign

To win, Gyasuddin Sheikh has to not only work hard, but also work discreetly.

A wait for nobody

Saturday , 15 December '07

Chief Minister Narendra Modi was in Himmatnagar, so was Congress candidate C.K. Patel...
THE EBB TIDE

Friday , 14 December '07

It’s evening and at the first-floor BJP office in the crowded market in Jetpur, party workers unwind amid the constant ringing of cellphones.
The American angle

Friday , 14 December '07

It’s not easy to spot Chandu Keshavlal Patel’s name and picture on his campaign vehicle. The black Scorpio is covered with hoardings of Sonia Gandhi...
Ruins amid the riches

Friday , 14 December '07

Gujarat’s prosperous tobacco belt has a dark underbelly—Ode village, part of Umreth assembly seat.
Watered down

Friday , 14 December '07

This June, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated the Sujalam Sufalam scheme for the distribution of the Narmada waters to North Gujarat...
SUJALAM SUFALAM

Friday , 14 December '07

The Rs 6,000-cr project was initiated to solve North Gujarat’s water shortage...
Clean candidates

Friday , 14 December '07

In an age when the collusion between crime and politics is such that it’s difficult to tell them apart...
The centre of action

Thursday , 13 December '07

In Central Gujarat, the fight is getting dirty and desperate. Till recently, this was called the state’s silent poll zone, but the label is now lost in the sound and colour of campaigning.
Poster war

Thursday , 13 December '07

Irfan Pathan may be revelling in his maiden Test century in Bangalore but back home in Vadodara, he and his brother Yusuf Pathan have been unwittingly drawn into a smear campaign.
Fear before D-day

Thursday , 13 December '07

In Rahimabad, a resettlement colony in Devgadh Baria in Dahod, Muslims find security in numbers. So every new member...
Singing a different tune

Thursday , 13 December '07

Given politicians’ wont to singing a new tune every time they change parties...
Rajnath promises Ram temple, Atal seeks votes but quiet on Gujarat

Wednesday , 12 December '07

Facing attack in Gujarat, the BJP on Tuesday turned the table on the Congress in Himachal Pradesh by accusing the party...
Karat’s comments on early election create confusion

Wednesday , 12 December '07

CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat’s comments at the party’s Delhi unit meeting, indicating an early election, have created confusion within CPI(M)...
Modi threat made BJP name Advani: PM

Wednesday , 12 December '07

A day after the BJP declared L K Advani would be its prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
Phase I peaceful, 60 pc turnout recorded

Wednesday , 12 December '07

About 60 per cent turnout was recorded in the first phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat on Tuesday.
The fight moves north

Wednesday , 12 December '07

As the electorate sealed their verdict in Phase I of the Gujarat polls on Tuesday...
Poised to win?

Wednesday , 12 December '07

You’ve got to give it to Kalu Maliwad. Here is a man who, five years ago...
Shifting ground

Wednesday , 12 December '07

The riots of 2002 changed the demographics of Ahmedabad like never before...
Rain and rallies

Wednesday , 12 December '07

The turnout was impressive considering the rain didn’t relent. Drenched in the season’s first showers...
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