WATER FOR VOTES

Tuesday , 11 December '07

In north gujarat’s parched districts of Patan and Mehsana, water cartels decide who small farmers should vote for.

The battle for Saurashtra

Tuesday , 11 December '07

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

BJP’s first test

Tuesday , 11 December '07

It may be tough for Modi’s charisma to hold against the range of anti-BJP forces at work in the first phase.

Gujarat on the job

Monday , 10 December '07

Gujarat has witnessed a high industrial growth since Independence.

The Congress has their blessings

Monday , 10 December '07

In 2002 their aggressive campaigning got the BJP large votes. But now angry with the party, the sadhus are lending support to the Congress...

Not on a Sunday

Monday , 10 December '07

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

Modi’s moment of truth

Monday , 10 December '07

The signs are enough to think about what was unspeakable a while ago: Modi can lose the election.

Borderline Battle

Saturday , 8 December '07

Traditionally a Congress stronghold, Gujarat’s tribal pocket went to the BJP in 2002. Will the Congress win it back.

Progress? What’s that?

Saturday , 8 December '07

Modi is wooing the tribal belt with his projects but this is one of the most underdeveloped areas in Gujarat.

The security question

Saturday , 8 December '07

The battlelines in Gujarat are drawn. While the ruling BJP is banking on the state’s economic development...

It’s still a burning issue

Saturday , 8 December '07

For a town that has courted such widespread attention, Godhra is reeling under neglect.

Such a long way

Saturday , 8 December '07

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

Cong does a rethink, now says Sonia wasn’t referring to Modi

Saturday , 8 December '07

Anxious to avoid any polarisation of votes in Gujarat with Chief Minister Narendra Modi reverting to Hindutva plank...

Camps ready, but logic is fuzzy

Friday , 7 December '07

Saurashtra has always dominated Gujarat’s electoral process as it contributes 58 seats to the state’s overall tally of 182.

A poor show in Gujarat

Friday , 7 December '07

People living below the poverty line constitute 14 per cent of Gujarat’s population. Among the BPL families living in Gujarat...

Muslims hide scars

Friday , 7 December '07

In Ghodasar village of Mehmedabad seat, memories of 2002 do not sit easy. It was on March 3, 2002, that 14 Muslims were hacked in their farms.

Real test for BJP lab

Friday , 7 December '07

If there is one seat that will determine whether Gujarat remains the BJP’s laboratory.

CPM calls for defeat of ‘communal forces’

Friday , 7 December '07

It seems the CPI (M) is taking a break from its rhetoric on “US imperialism.” With the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh...

Bigwigs pep up BJP campaign

Thursday , 6 December '07

The BJP’s campaign in Himachal Pradesh got some boost when senior party leaders descended on Wednesday.