Kutch: Ten unclaimed packets containing  around 12 kg of cocaine, worth ₹120 crore in the international market, have been recovered from a creek area near Gandhidham. "Acting on a specific tip-off, police searched the creek area on Sunday night and found 10 unclaimed packets of cocaine valued at ₹120 crore. It is likely that smugglers hid them there to avoid detection," Kutch-East Division Superintendent of Police Sagar Bagmar stated. He added that further investigations are ongoing. ...Read More

Gandhidham: Salmaben Sulaiman Gandhi, the Vice President of the Gandhidham City Congress, has found herself at the center of a police investigation following the misuse of her licensed crop protection firearm by someone else. The controversy erupted after a photograph surfaced on social media showing Mavjibhai Koli, a known habitual criminal, holding the firearm, which had been given to him by Gandhi. The incident came to light when the photograph, which went viral on Instagram under the hand...Read More

Bhuj: The Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has raised concerns over irregular flight services from Kandla Airport to Mumbai and Delhi. Businessmen and industrialists in East Kutch, including those in the sectors like ports, SEZs, timber, salt, oil, steel, cement, textiles, ceramics, and fertilisers said they face financial losses due to frequent cancellations. In response to these issues, GCCI has written a letter to Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, MP Vinod ...Read More

Gandhidham: The Gandhidham Bar Association has given the administration 48 hours to open the newly completed Oslo Overbridge on Tagore Road, which was built to ease traffic congestion. This ultimatum follows an unofficial inauguration by the opposition party Congress on June 13, which was not coordinated with the police and went viral on social media. In a memorandum submitted to the Gandhidham Mamlatdar, the Bar Association highlighted the hardships faced by the people of Gandhidham Adipur d...Read More

Gandhidham: The Congress party workers defied administrative protocols and inaugurated Oslo Overbridge in Gandhidham without authorization. Local Congress office bearers seized the opportunity during a gathering near Gandhi Market and participated in the unauthorized opening of the overbridge. The bridge was closed approximately 25 minutes after its unofficial opening.  Previously, despite multiple proposed inauguration dates, the administration had not made the bridge operational. It led to...Read More

Kutch: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat, with the help of a decoy trap, has nabbed an employee of Sterling Hospital in Gandhidham for his involvement in a bribery case involving ₹500. According to the case details, Ayushmann cards under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana are issued to beneficiaries at Sterling Hospital in Gandhidham. In accordance with government regulations, this process is entirely free of cost. However, the ACB received information that the off...Read More

Kutch: A controversy occurred at GD Goenka Toddler House in Gandhidham town after a page from its educational material stating "we can eat its (cow's) meat" went viral. Following this, some parents protested against such material, to which the preschool clarified that it was not meant to offend anyone's sentiments. The page in question depicted a caricature of a cow along with its physical attributes, dietary habits, and sounds. One particular line stated, "We can eat its meat." The school ha...Read More

Kutch: A van carrying Rs 2.13 crore from a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Gandhidham was hijacked by robbers on Friday morning. However, a after being chased by the cops and the staff of cash handling agency robbers decide to abandon the vehicle on National Highway 41. All the cash was fount to be intact after the chase. A total of six individuals allegedly involved in the crime have been apprehended with the help of CCTV footage, technical surveillance, and information gathered from var...Read More

Wankaner: An incident has come to light where some individuals, bypassing the Vaghasiya Toll Plaza on the Bamanbor-Kutch National Highway, have constructed a road through privately owned land. These individuals charge Rs 50 per day from four-wheeler drivers, Rs 100 from tempos and small goods vehicles, and Rs 200 from truck drivers who opt to bypass the highway and instead travel on the road through private land. This private toll tax collection has been ongoing for the past one and a half year...Read More

Gandhidham: The central government has approved the Quadrupling project to create four parallel railway lines between Gandhidham and Samkhiyali in Kutch. After the completion of the project, the transportation capacity of goods on this route from two ports will increase to 50 million metric tonnes annually from 41 mmt presently. It will be the first section of the state to have four railway lines. The approval has been granted by the union cabinet yesterday to seven multi-track projects of 2339...Read More