BJP feels SIT report will silence critics, clear Gujarat CM’s road to Delhi; others say it will be difficult to change perceptions, locally Modi will be a hero, communal image will stay outside.
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The popularity of the song "Kolaveri Di" was unanticipated, said Dhanush, actor and producer of the raging hit, while interacting with students of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), which offers courses on the contemporary film industry.
A Modi versus Modi standoff taking shape in Gujarat has fizzled out, probably to the relief of the younger but stronger one - CM Narendra Modi.
Three coaches of a goods train derailed near Vapi station in Valsad, affecting rail traffic between Ahmedabad and Mumbai for 2-3 hours, railway officials said.
Former Gujarat chief minister Suresh Mehta and civil rights activists have slammed the RK Raghavan-led special investigation team, which is reportedly filing a closure report on a complaint against CM Narendra Modi.
Former Gujarat DGP, RB Sreekumar today slammed the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team for allegedly taking a pro-Narendra Modi line in the probe into the 2002 riots cases, to shield him from the prosecution.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had no right to continue in the office in view of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 2G spectrum case.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the state would deal with every "sabotage" against it with the weapon of Sadbhavna.
Capitalising on the recent Congress advertisement that was full of praise for him, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said the truth has come out in their own pullout.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the Ro-Ro Ferry Service Terminal at Ghogha, connecting Saurashtra with South Gujarat (Dahej) in the Gulf of Cambay.
A 23-year-old Indian was killed and six injured Friday as armed Islamists carried out a deadly Mumbai-style terror attack in Nigeria’s second largest city Kano, leaving 166 people dead.
A pall of gloom descended on the family of Kevalkumar Kalidas Rajput, an Indian who died in the terrorist attack in the Nigerian city of Kano on Friday
Hitting out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his "late realisation" of the malnutrition problem in the country, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said, instead of "merely making comments on the issue", the PM should provide a solution for it.

As part of his sadbhavna mission in Godhara, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Congress allegedly for its vote bank politics even as the police detained social activists who were on a protest march.
The Gujarat government on Wednesday said the state high court verdict upholding appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor would be challenged in the Supreme Court following consultations with legal experts.