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Saturday , 15 December '07

Undercover campaign

To win, Gyasuddin Sheikh has to not only work hard, but also work discreetly.
Saturday , 15 December '07

A wait for nobody

Chief Minister Narendra Modi was in Himmatnagar, so was Congress candidate C.K. Patel...
Friday , 14 December '07

Watered down

This June, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated the Sujalam Sufalam scheme for the distribution of the Narmada waters to North Gujarat...
Friday , 14 December '07

Ruins amid the riches

Gujarat’s prosperous tobacco belt has a dark underbelly—Ode village, part of Umreth assembly seat.
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Friday , 14 December '07

The American angle

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...
Friday , 14 December '07

SUJALAM SUFALAM

The Rs 6,000-cr project was initiated to solve North Gujarat’s water shortage...
Friday , 14 December '07

Clean candidates

In an age when the collusion between crime and politics is such that it’s difficult to tell them apart...
Friday , 14 December '07

THE EBB TIDE

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.
Thursday , 13 December '07

Fear before D-day

In Rahimabad, a resettlement colony in Devgadh Baria in Dahod, Muslims find security in numbers. So every new member...
Thursday , 13 December '07

Singing a different tune

Given politicians’ wont to singing a new tune every time they change parties...
Thursday , 13 December '07

Poster war

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.
Thursday , 13 December '07

The centre of action

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.
Wednesday , 12 December '07

Poised to win?

You’ve got to give it to Kalu Maliwad. Here is a man who, five years ago...
Wednesday , 12 December '07

Shifting ground

The riots of 2002 changed the demographics of Ahmedabad like never before...
Wednesday , 12 December '07

The fight moves north

As the electorate sealed their verdict in Phase I of the Gujarat polls on Tuesday...
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