Patel stir

Mobile internet ban lifted in Gujarat but curb still on in Mehsana

The mobile internet ban, in force since yesterday in the wake of sporadic violence following the arrest of Patel reservation stir leader Hardik Patel, was lifted on Sunday across Gujarat as the situation stayed peaceful, but continued in Mehsana district, considered the hotbed of the agitation.

Sep 21, 2015, 00:54 AM IST

BJP will face adverse results in Gujarat local body polls: Hardik Patel

Escalating his aggression over the Patel quota issue, the agitation protagonist Hardik Patel on Sunday said the ruling BJP will face "adverse" outcome in forthcoming local body polls even as he threatened to "dump" in "well" those politicians who kept mum on "atrocities" committed by police on members of his community last month.

Sep 20, 2015, 23:11 PM IST