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AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral test of his popularity after a series of controversial economic reforms. Voters, with their election cards in hand, started lining up at polling booths early in the morning in Gujarat where Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has held power for 22 years. “Urging all those voting today to turnout in record numbers and vote. […]
JUNAGADH, GUJARAT, India (Reuters) — Over two dozen bus passengers had a miraculous escape in India on Sunday (May 22) when a bridge they were crossing collapsed, leaving their vehicle dangling over the edge. While part of the bridge fell into the ravine below, in Junagadh town in western Gujarat state, the passengers were able to evacuate the bus safely. They blamed the local authorities for the poor state of the road and said the […]
