Author Archives: Mehboob Shaikh

The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Friday announced to launch the “Dalit Swadhikar Andolan” on October 2 that will continue till assembly polls in December 2017. The party leaders submitted a 25-point charter of demand to the state government Saturday, asking ...

Condemning the terrorist attack on Uri, Gujarat Congress fired salvoes at the Centre’s diplomacy and foreign policy on Monday, while pledging a month’s salary of all Cong MLAs towards Army Welfare Fund. The early morning terrorist attack in Uri on ...

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is going to distribute kits to the persons with disability at a function in Navsari on Saturday, should first make provisions for government jobs for the disabled in ...

Gujarat Congress President Bharatsinh Solanki and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela on Wednesday flayed party leaders who aired their discontent in public and called for a united fight to ensure the Congress returned to power in the ...

The state of agriculture nationally and especially in Gujarat, where more than 5,000 farmers have committed suicide between 2002 and 2012, is “shocking”, the Congress said on Friday. Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the recent Patidars agitation in Surat, ...

Congress has promised a constitutional amendment to provide reservation in education and jobs for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) if it comes to power at the Centre. Senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, who is leader of opposition in Gujarat assembly, accused ...

The National Students Union of India (NSUI) today swept the election at the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda here, retaining both vice president and general secretary posts, university officials said. The Congress’ student wing defeated BJP-led Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ...

Taking a dig at Narendra Modi, Congress veteran Ahmed Patel on Tuesday “thanked” the Prime Minister for visiting the State. “Thank you Prime Minister. After 2 years & visiting 42 countries, you have found some time for Gujarat. Elections must ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launches the first phase of an ambitious drinking water and irrigation project aimed at addressing the needs of the perennially parched regions of Saurashtra in Gujarat. The Rs. 12,000 crore project, initiated by Mr ...

Congress on August 29 termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Gujarat tomorrow to inaugurate the first phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation (SAUNI) project as “election oriented” and alleged that it is mere “lollipop” for farmers. Modi is ...