Narendra Modi, who led the BJP to an emphatic victory in the assembly elections, was today sworn in as Gujarat chief minister for the fourth time.

Confident of returning to power in Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the ruling BJP would score a “hat-trick” in the state by winning the assembly polls for the third time in a row

The bodyguard of a BJP candidate and sitting MLA opened fire after some stones were pelted at the leader by some people in Tarsang village, resulting in the injury to four of them.

An estimated 68-69 per cent of 1.98 crore electors today cast their votes in the second and final phase of Gujarat polls that would decide whether chief minister Narendra Modi would do a hat-trick for BJP or Congress return to power in the state after a gap of 22 years.

An average 55 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm in the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections today.

About 38 per cent average polling was recorded across 95 constituencies in Gujarat in the first five hours of the final phase of voting today, which will decide the fate of 820 candidates including chief minister Narendra Modi.

Almost half of Gujarat would exercise their franchise on Thursday for 87 seats in the first phase of the 182-member Gujarat Assembly elections where 1.81 crore voters will decide the fate of 846 candi

As Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi bids for an unprecedented third term in office in Gujarat, the thought of his own electoral future seems to hardly cross his mind.

A decade after post-Godhra riots polarised voters on communal lines in Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term in office largely on the development plank as he battles traditional rival the Congress and a rebel the BJP heavyweight bent upon upsetting his applecart.

Wading into Congress affairs, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying the party wanted to make him chief min