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Ruling party seems to be on a sticky wicket in terms of the political narrative in the state LATEST NEWS :  With his international travel commitments taken care of and his government ensuring there would be no winter session of the Parliament for another three weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unencumbered enough to launch a blitzkrieg of a campaign in Gujarat. The PM is expected to address a rally in each of the 33 districts of Gujarat from now to December 12, the last day of campaigning for the second phase of polling. Gujarat votes on December 9 and 14. Both the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are busy finalizing their list of candidates for the 89 of the 182-seats that poll in the first phase. These seats are in the Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat regions. The lists are likely to be announced by Thursday evening. However, the BJP is on a sticky wicket in terms of the political narrative in the state. For once, the BJP election strategy in Guj...

The assembly elections will take place in two phases for 182 seats LATEST NEWS :  Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases for 182 seats on December 9 and 14 and counting of votes will take place on December 18. "There are 4.33 crore voters in Gujarat. 50,128 polling booths will be set up. Gujarat assembly poll will be fully VVPAT-based. There will be 102 all-woman manned stations," said Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti while annoucing poll dates. The Model Code of conduct comes into effect immediately. "Voter assistance booth will be set up for every polling station and differently-abled voters will be given preference. Height of voting compartment increased to maintain secrecy," he added. Videography, CCTV, webcasting coverage will be done for all critical events without violating secrecy. Candidates will be required to open separate bank accounts for election expenditures and ceiling of election expenditure is ...

Prime Minister Abe to lay the foundation stone for India's first high-speed Bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai Latest news         :  It's an early Diwali for Ahmedabad with several parts of the city lit up and decorated with Indian and Japanese flags, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe on Wednesday. Ahmedabad and India are ready to welcome PM @AbeShinzo. pic.twitter.com/rToW2K8JEw — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017 PM Modi welcomed Abe through a tweet while sharing pictures of an illuminated Sabarmati riverfront. Ahmedabad's pot-holed roads are also getting the last moment makeover on routes through which the Japanese PM's cavalcade is scheduled to pass. Hoardings and cut-outs welcoming both the Indian and Japanese Prime Ministers to 'India's first World Heritage City' have covered Ahmedabad's roads. The excitement around A...