The motive of passing the Act was the prevention of distress sales, including inter-community social distress sales. However, for three decades, it has been used to drive Muslim residents away from areas that have a mixed population.

Thirty-five-year-old Mukesh Vaniya was recently flogged to death over allegations of stealing iron scrap from a factory. Police have so far arrested five people, including a minor.

The coastline of Gujarat has hardly any catch to offer forcing fisherfolk to either go deep into the sea or opt for jobs like working in factories as daily wage earners.

Fearing that their land will be taken away by the government, over 5,000 farmers from Bhavnagar have sought permission for mass euthanasia along with their families. 

The Dalit family is converting to Buddhism today, and members were attacked in Una earlier this week when they went to buy things needed for the conversion ritual.

Alleging continuous threats by upper caste Darbars prior to the killing, the 20-year-old's family stands firm as pressure mounts on them to withdraw complaint.

According to a few, it is ironical that the Gujarat government has stopped supplying water when the project was claimed to have been built to resolve farmers’ issues.

The rise in the number of communal incidents targeting Muslims has happened after a local unit of the Bajrang Dal was established, villagers in Chhatral say.

“Officials and politicians visit our colony before any election. At times even threaten us to vote else we will be forced to vacate. After all these years we still have no home, we don’t belong anywhere.”

The Gujarat Power Corporation Limited is planning to establish a thermal power plant, construct a colony, have an area for ash dumping and mine for lignite on the 3,000-plus acres of land in Bhavnagar.

Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vankar immolated himself on February 15, following which Congress MLA Naushad Solanki, independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and other protestors were detained.

The stories of Parvati Lodhari, Manju Charanya and Lalitaben Tandel, whose husbands were arrested by the Pakistan maritime authority.

Thanks to depleted stocks, getting arrested for fishing in Pakistani waters is a risk many Indian fishermen take.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'engineering miracle' is yet to show results.

With Congress and AAP declaring their support for Mevani, and activists from various parts of the country campaigning for him, will the Dalit leader make the cut?

“They are so desperate that in the temples where we worship, the religious leader and the priests have been asking us to talk our families and relatives into voting for BJP.”

The BJP has been eyeing tribal votes in this election after sensing a dent in its loyal Patidar vote bank.

Many textile traders who were involved in the protest say they will vote for the BJP again because the Congress fielded an unknown candidate and was not able to win their confidence.

The Varachha road constituency which is the centre of Surat's diamond trade has been slipping out of the BJP's hands since the area saw massive violence and arson in 2015.

Congress leaders responded by protesting outside the chief minister's house, where they allege they were subjected to excessive police force.