Gandhinagar: Bhagabhai Barad, Congress legislator from Talala seat has resigned from the party and also from the State assembly to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is the second MLA to leave Congress and join BJP in 24 hours. Gujarat is going to witness the regular election of the State assembly in the first week of December. Bhaga Barad had a day ago called the meeting of his supporters in Talala constituency and consulted them on his future political path. Barad today sub...Read More

Veraval: In a strange incident of theft, a seismograph machine has been stolen from Talala based irrigation office in Gir Somnath district. A seismograph system was set up by Gandhinagar based Institute of Seismological Research. It's purchase cost was worth Rs. 12 lakh. The system was set up to measure the intensity of earthquakes here. Ahmedabad based project officer scientist has filed a police complaint over this strange incident of theft. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: In a major relief to opposition Congress, Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi today revoked the disqualification of party MLA from Talala constituency, Bhagwan Barad. Talking over phone Trivedi confirmed it and said that he had sought the opinion from legal department following the stay order of the Gujarat High Court of July 10 and after that he has decided to revoke the disqualification. He said that the disqualification of Barad had been revoked as his co...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a big relief to disqualified Congress MLA of Talala assembly segment, Bhagawan Barad, the Gujarat High Court stayed his conviction in an alleged mineral theft case by a lower court of Sutrapada in Gir Somnath district till his appeal was pending before it. Barad was disqualified by assembly speaker on March 5 this year after March 1 conviction of 2 years nine months by the lower court in an over decade old lime-stone theft case. Barad's counsel Hriday Buch said tha...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the plea of disqualified Congress MLA from Talala seat Bhagwan Barad challenging assembly speaker's decision, tomorrow. The court today heard the matter today. The Election Commission which was hit out by the court yesterday today submitted its reply on affidavit in the court. It said that the ECI only announced the by election after the vacancy on the seat. It was commission's duty and it could not scr...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today hit out at the Election Commission (ECI) for showing haste in announcement of by-poll schedule for Talal assembly seat in Saurashtra region of the state. Hearing the petition of disqualified Congress MLA from Talala seat Bhagwan Barad, the court of Justice S R Brahmbhatt also questioned as to why the commission did not file its reply on affidavit. The court is likely to hear the matter again tomorrow after receiving the reply on aff...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a setback to Congress leader Bhaga Barad, the Gujarat high court today quashed the stay on his conviction and sentence that had been granted by a session court of Sutrapada in mineral theft cast. Justice Soniaben Gokani of Gujarat High Court found the stay order was without any reason. Barad will need to go back to sessions court next. Barad, an ex Congress MLA from Talala seat, was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court in Gir-Somnath district in a ca...Read More