Ahmedabad: A gram panchayat member from Aravalli district has moved the Gujarat High Court after being disqualified for allegedly violating the two-child norm under the Gujarat Panchayat Act. Shanaji Khant, elected unopposed in June 2025 as Ward No. 7 member of Netrodi village, was removed by the Bayad taluka development officer under Section 30 of the Act. Village records showed he had a third child, attracting disqualification. Khant contended that the child was adopted from a financiall...Read More

Aravalli: The Aravalli District Special Operations Group (SOG) has seized a significant quantity of marijuana with the help of a drone during a raid in Meghraj taluka. Police received a tip-off that marijuana was being cultivated under the guise of a wheat crop in Kunol Lalpur village, which falls under the jurisdiction of Isri Police Station. Acting on the information, the SOG team conducted a search of the wheat field using drone surveillance. During the operation, police recovered a total o...Read More

Meghraj: A rabid dog has created panic across the Meghraj area for the past three days, attacking and injuring nearly 30 people, including school-going children. The repeated incidents have left residents frightened and on high alert. All those injured in the attacks are receiving treatment at the Meghraj Government Hospital. Residents have demanded that authorities immediately capture the rabid dog, which is reportedly attacking people in different parts of the area out of nowhere. The unpred...Read More

Arvalli: A tragic incident occurred near Modasa town in Aravalli district early this morning when an ambulance caught fire, killing a newborn, a doctor, and two others, police said. Three others were rescued and rushed to the hospital for treatment. According to RD Dabhi, Deputy SP, Aravalli, "Last night, near Ransaiyyad Circle in Modasa, an ambulance traveling from Modasa toward Dhansura caught fire, killing four people inside. The three who were seated near the driver's side were rescued and ...Read More

Aravalli: A large stock of government school textbooks was recently found at a scrap shop in Malpur town of Aravalli district, and today, in a similar case, a truck carrying such books was stopped in Ahmedabad. Acting on information received, Aravalli District Primary Education Officer Naineshbhai Dave sent the Taluka Education Officer and his team to investigate the Devnarayan scrap shop, where the books were seized after inspection. During the inspection, around 5,000 textbooks were recovere...Read More

Aravalli: The district of Aravalli located in Gujarat and Rajasthan border is known for being transit routes for smuggling banned liquor into the state. However, in a recent crackdown, the police, with the help of drone surveillance, busted an illegal marijuana plantation in Muvada village of Hathikhant, Malpur taluka. Acting on a tip-off, the Aravalli Local Crime Branch (LCB) and police teams raided a farmland and seized 350 marijuana plants, which were being grown under the guise of a corn pl...Read More