Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the US need not preach India on human rights in the wake of its concerns on this issue in his state as reflected in leaked diplomatic cables from an American consul.

Over 5,000 farmers on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi demanding cancellation of permission given to Nirma Ltd for setting up a cement plant in Bhavnagar district.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday expanded his Cabinet and inducted six new junior ministers into his team, keeping an eye on the state Assembly elections scheduled in December 20

Industrialist Anil Ambani on Wednesday committed Rs.50,000 crore ($11 billion) investment in energy and cement industries in Gujarat on the inaugural day of the state's biennial global conclave here.

The Modi government in Gujarat is promoting lop-sided development in which only a handful of industrialists get undue benefits while the state is slipping down in the investment front compared to other states, said Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil.

Chief minister Narendra Modi is going for the kill in the panchayat polls in rural Gujarat on Thursday, heady from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in six key municipal corporations over main rival Congress.

Early trends in counting of votes for six municipal corporations in Gujarat on Tuesday indicated a possible Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sweep, sources at the election office said.

The Gujarat high court on Thursday referred back to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court the question of the constitutional validity of jailed police officer N.K.

The Gujarat government on Tuesday reintroduced the mandatory voting in the local bodies’ bill in the state Assembly along with the governor’s message.
The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill), 2009 was brought before the House without any change but along with governor Kamla‘s “message” dated April 5, who returned the bill passed earlier by the Assembly.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will go in for a Cabinet expansion on Saturday.