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5-Time BJP MLA Confident Of Winning Gujarat Seat Despite Poor Health
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat has once again reposed faith in five-time MLA and prominent Koli community leader Parshottam Solanki for Bhavnagar-Rural seat in the upcoming Assembly polls, despite his ill health.
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How Mumbai's Oldest Community Is Coping Amid The COVID-19 Lockdown
With Mumbai in a lockdown, business has been hit severely for several entities, but one community that depends on fishing are struggling during the coronavirus lockdown, which some of them describe as worse than storms which they encounter regularly.
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10 Injured As Two Families In Gujarat Clash Over Love Affair, 20 Arrested
At least 10 people were injured when two families of Koli community clashed in Gujarat's Rajkot district on Wednesday, said police.
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Unfortunate Koli Community Was Used As Vote Bank For Many Years: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told a gathering of Kolis in Gujarat that it was very unfortunate that the community was used as a votebank in the past.
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BJP Wins Gujarat Bypoll, Its Third Win In Jasdan Since 1960
Jasdan Election Results 2018: The BJP has won the assembly bypoll in Gujarat by nearly 20,000 votes. The bypoll win in Jasdan is seen as a major victory for the BJP, which recently lost power in three states in the Hindi heartland. This is also the second time that BJP has won the seat in Jasdan after Gujarat was formed in 1960.
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BJP Hopes To Avenge Poll Defeats By Snatching Congress Bastion In Gujarat
The Congress seems to have won the semi-finals before the great electoral battle of 2019, but there is still a crucial match to be played before the year draws to a close. The bypoll to Jasdan is slated to be held on December 20, and there would be no better way for the BJP to avenge its recent defeats in the Hindi heartland than to conquer this Co...
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Shiv Sena Seeks Quota For More Communities, Uses Mythology To Attack BJP
The Shiv Sena today urged the Maharashtra government to give reservation to Marathas, Dhangars and Kolis, saying not doing so would make it a "banana republic".
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'Where Will We Keep Our Boats, Nets', Ask Mumbai's Fisherfolk After New Coastal Law
Mumbai: At the end of the monsoon rains every year, Mumbai’s fishing community performs a traditional pooja ceremony to mark their return to the sea, with offerings of coconuts and flowers, and prayers for safety and bounty. As they launched their freshly painted boats into the water, there was an added prayer this time: the preservation of their...
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With Upcoming Shivaji Statue, Mumbai’s Fishing Community Fears Losing Livelihoods
As the government plans to build the world’s tallest mid-sea statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji off Mumbai coast, the traditional Koli community, which depends on fishing, fears losing their livelihoods. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: (Photo Credit: AFP) Mumbai’s original inhabitants, the Koli fishing community, have a centuri...
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Straight from a Koli Kitchen: One of Mumbai's Oldest Communities
Everyone knows that the Koli fisher-folk were one of the most ancient inhabitants of Mumbai.
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5-Time BJP MLA Confident Of Winning Gujarat Seat Despite Poor Health
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat has once again reposed faith in five-time MLA and prominent Koli community leader Parshottam Solanki for Bhavnagar-Rural seat in the upcoming Assembly polls, despite his ill health.
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How Mumbai's Oldest Community Is Coping Amid The COVID-19 Lockdown
With Mumbai in a lockdown, business has been hit severely for several entities, but one community that depends on fishing are struggling during the coronavirus lockdown, which some of them describe as worse than storms which they encounter regularly.
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10 Injured As Two Families In Gujarat Clash Over Love Affair, 20 Arrested
At least 10 people were injured when two families of Koli community clashed in Gujarat's Rajkot district on Wednesday, said police.
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Unfortunate Koli Community Was Used As Vote Bank For Many Years: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told a gathering of Kolis in Gujarat that it was very unfortunate that the community was used as a votebank in the past.
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BJP Wins Gujarat Bypoll, Its Third Win In Jasdan Since 1960
Jasdan Election Results 2018: The BJP has won the assembly bypoll in Gujarat by nearly 20,000 votes. The bypoll win in Jasdan is seen as a major victory for the BJP, which recently lost power in three states in the Hindi heartland. This is also the second time that BJP has won the seat in Jasdan after Gujarat was formed in 1960.
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BJP Hopes To Avenge Poll Defeats By Snatching Congress Bastion In Gujarat
The Congress seems to have won the semi-finals before the great electoral battle of 2019, but there is still a crucial match to be played before the year draws to a close. The bypoll to Jasdan is slated to be held on December 20, and there would be no better way for the BJP to avenge its recent defeats in the Hindi heartland than to conquer this Co...
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Shiv Sena Seeks Quota For More Communities, Uses Mythology To Attack BJP
The Shiv Sena today urged the Maharashtra government to give reservation to Marathas, Dhangars and Kolis, saying not doing so would make it a "banana republic".
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'Where Will We Keep Our Boats, Nets', Ask Mumbai's Fisherfolk After New Coastal Law
Mumbai: At the end of the monsoon rains every year, Mumbai’s fishing community performs a traditional pooja ceremony to mark their return to the sea, with offerings of coconuts and flowers, and prayers for safety and bounty. As they launched their freshly painted boats into the water, there was an added prayer this time: the preservation of their...
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With Upcoming Shivaji Statue, Mumbai’s Fishing Community Fears Losing Livelihoods
As the government plans to build the world’s tallest mid-sea statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji off Mumbai coast, the traditional Koli community, which depends on fishing, fears losing their livelihoods. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: (Photo Credit: AFP) Mumbai’s original inhabitants, the Koli fishing community, have a centuri...
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Straight from a Koli Kitchen: One of Mumbai's Oldest Communities
Everyone knows that the Koli fisher-folk were one of the most ancient inhabitants of Mumbai.
