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Gujarat Election: EC Announces Dates For Gujarat Polls; To Be Held In Two Phases

The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced the dates for the Gujarat assembly election. Read on for details:

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Why Election Commission must declare Gujarat poll schedule by November 6

NEW DELHI: The collapse of the suspension bridge at Morbi in Gujarat seems to have delayed the announcement of the state’s election schedule. However, if the assembly election has to be held along with Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) must declare the poll schedule for the state by November…

The Times of India

Election Commission To Announce Gujarat Poll Schedule At Noon

The poll panel has convened a press conference to announce the schedule. The term of the 182-member Gujarat assembly ends on February 18 next year. Read on for details:

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Gandhian Ela Bhatt, grande dame of SEWA, passes away in Gujarat at 89

AHMEDABAD: Elaben Bhatt, the ‘gentle revolutionary’ who pioneered the movement to empower women in India and won global acclaim, died here on Wednesday. She founded Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), one of the biggest women-led cooperatives and national trade unions with 2.1 million-strong membership across 18 states.

The Times of India

Daily Dose Ep 1189: Gujarat mourning over Morbi, Korea tensions rise

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and the Koreas.

Newslaundry

Officials probe India bridge collapse as divers comb river

Scuba divers are combing through a river in western India to make certain no bodies are left behind after the collapse of a newly repaired suspension bridge

The Independent UK

Flags at half-mast as India's Gujarat mourns deadly bridge collapse

India's Gujarat state on Wednesday mourned the death of 135 people from a bridge collapse on the weekend, with the national flag at half-mast in government buildings and public functions, receptions and entertainment programmes cancelled.

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Prepare plan to develop tribal martyrs’ site: PM to 4 states

MANGARH DHAM, BANSWARA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the governments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra to prepare a roadmap for the overall development of Mangarh Dham — a historical site of uprising where 1,500 tribals were killed by the British.

The Times of India

Gujarat bridge collapse: anger grows in India over cover-up claims

Questions asked after 135 people killed as to why repair contract was given to local firm better know for making clocks

The Guardian - UK

Congress attacks but Ashok Gehlot praises Modi, PM returns compliment

NEW DELHI: While Congress leaders leave no chance to lash out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday heaped lavish praise on him. The PM, too, returned the compliment. The mutual appreciation between the two constitutional heads may embarrass the Congress which, at the time,…

The Times of India

Indian PM to visit collapsed bridge in Gujarat as rescuers continue search for bodies

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modhi was on Tuesday due to visit a suspension bridge that collapsed into a river in Gujarat state on Sunday sending hundreds of festival-goers into the water, killing at least 135 of them.

Radio France Internationale

China's Xi sends condolences to India over deadly bridge collapse

China's President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian President Droupadi Murmu over a deadly bridge collapse in Gujarat, Western India, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Reuters

India mourns after Gujarat bridge collapse

Officials pledge to take action for bridge collapse that killed 141, but some believe probe is turning into a cover up.

Al Jazeera

Modi to visit India's bridge collapse site as people mourn

India’s prime minister is scheduled to visit the site in western India where a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river

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Gujarat: Morbi Hospital Gets Makeover Ahead Of PM Modi's Visit

Workers were seen cleaning and painting a portion of the 300-bed hospital, which is a ground plus two-storey structure of three wings, ahead of Modi's visit later Tuesday. Read on for details:

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Modi seeks detailed inquiry as India bridge toll rises to 135

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said lessons must be learned as he visited the site of a bridge collapse that killed 135 people and met some of the injured in hospital on Tuesday.

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Morbi Bridge Tragedy: State-wide Mourning In Gujarat On 2 Nov For Morbi Victims

The national flag will be flown at half-mast on government buildings in the state on 2 November and no government public functions, receptions, or entertainment programs will be held. Read on for details:

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Gujarat: PM Modi To Visit Morbi Today

At least 132 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on Sunday, plunging people into the Machchhu River. Read on for details:

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When India's Morbi suspension bridge collapsed into the Machchhu river, dozens fell to their deaths. How did this happen?

A day after a pedestrian bridge in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, killing more than 140 people, locals are still searching for those missing in the river.

The Times of India

9 held as Gujarat footbridge collapse toll rises to 134, search to resume today

MORBI: Bodies piled up overnight in graveyards and crematoriums of this historical Gujarat town, famous for its clocks and ceramics, as the toll in Sunday's suspension footbridge collapse mounted to 134 — including 48 children — amid a continued search for more victims and improbable survivors in the algae-covered Machchhu…

Al Jazeera

Deadly Gujarat bridge collapse: What do we know so far?

At least 134 people killed, 170 rescued after a bridge collapsed in the western Indian state during Diwali celebrations.

The Times of India

‘Is it act of god or act of fraud?’, Congress trolls PM Modi over Gujarat bridge collapse

NEW DELHI: The Congress has trolled Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the collapse of a hanging bridge in Morbi in election-bound Gujarat even though its leader Rahul Gandhi refused to “politicise” the issue.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE Stands in Solidarity with India, Offers Condolences to Bridge Collapse Victims

The United Arab Emirates expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with India over the victims of a bridge collapse in Gujarat in western India, which left at least 130 people dead. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the Indian government…

The Independent UK

A look at suspension bridge that collapsed in India

The 143-year-old cable suspension bridge that collapsed Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat in one of the country's worst disasters in years was built using the latest technology available in Europe at the time

Asharq Al-Awsat

India Bridge Collapse Toll Jumps to 134, Police Detain Nine

The death toll from a suspension bridge collapse in India rose to 134 on Monday, including many children, as police detained nine people as part of a criminal investigation into one of the deadliest accidents in the country in the past 10 years. Footage from just before the collapse showed…

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