Panchmahal: The 65th Gujarat Foundation Day is being marked with a state-level celebration in Godhra today. Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel are in attendance at the event. Earlier, on the occasion, Chief Minister Patel inaugurated and laid the foundation for 85 development projects worth ₹650 crore in Panchmahal district. Key projects include the groundbreaking of a UHT milk processing plant at Panchamrut Dairy and the virtual inauguration of an advanced machine ...Read More

Godhra: The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked a Deputy Mamlatdar and a peon of the Prant Office in Godhra for accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh. According to the ACB, the accused are Mohmandaniim Mohmandsadiq Ranavadiya (34), Deputy Mamlatdar, and Ganpatbhai Kantibhai Patel (30), an outsourced peon (Pattwala), both working at the Provincial Office in Godhra. As per the ACB, the complainant had purchased a land plot in the name of his partner. Due to complications involving family ow...Read More

Godhra: Local Municipality member Mohammad Hanif Saeed Qalandar and three members of a Godhra family were arrested with a huge quantity of banned drugs at Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia six months ago. In this case, Qalandar has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined one lakh riyals (approximately ₹23 lakh) by the Saudi Sharia Law Court. Mohammad Hanif Saeed Qalandar contested the Godhra Municipality election from Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) and w...Read More

Panchmahal: The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), along with the local police, conducted a search operation in the western part of Godhra town on Wednesday and picked up three suspects. The nabbed individuals were taken to the Godhra SP office for questioning, where it was revealed that they had recently returned from Pakistan, where they had spent 25 days. After about five hours of questioning, the three suspects—identified as Miyas Usmani, Abdul Usmani, and Mohammad Hanif—were transferre...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today admired a movie, ‘The Sabarmati Report’. The film is based on the Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002, in Gujarat, welcoming the factual depiction of the incident in which 59 people were killed. Sharing a post on X praising the movie, PM Modi said, “Well said. It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in a way common people can see it.” Well said. It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in...Read More

Godhra: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has nabbed a City Survey Superintendent in a bribe case today. According to the ACB, the accused, Babubhai Malivad, a City Survey Superintendent of Godhra town and a Class-2 officer of the Gujarat government, demanded a Rs. 15,000 bribe from an applicant who wanted approval for an entry (nondh) for the sale of an apartment. The applicant paid Rs. 7,000 as a bribe in the first installment. With this amount, the officer only c...Read More

Anand: The Western Railway has announced major day block schedules in the Anand – Godhra section to extend the doubling work to Sevaliya, From July 25th to August 10th, 2024, several trains will be canceled to facilitate the ongoing work. The affected trains include: - Train No. 09131: Anand – Godhra MEMU Special - Train No. 09132: Godhra – Anand MEMU Special - Train No. 09379: Anand – Dakor MEMU Special - Train No. 09380: Dakor – Anand MEMU Special Passengers plannin...Read More

Godhra: The first premiere of the movie "Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra (2024)" was held in Godhra today. Former Minister Mayaben Kodnani attended the screening along with other viewers. The audience was moved and shed tears during the screening of the film that portrays the real story of the 2002 tragedy.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Actions of Ahmedabad (@actions_of_ahmedabad) Direc...Read More

Godhra: A Pakistani woman living illegally in Godhra was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Godhra Court. The woman, Hajrabanu Siddiq Surti had been residing in Gulshan Society in Godhra on a visitor visa since December 17, 2005. The police arrested her, and a case was filed against her. Hajrabanu had initially obtained a visitor visa to travel to India, but she continued to stay illegally beyond the permitted period. The Second Chief Judicial Magistrate, Judge DB Rajan, found her gui...Read More

Godhra: Five individuals, including the principal and a teacher from a school in Godhra town, Panchmahal district, Gujarat, have been arrested for allegedly facilitating 27 candidates to clear the NEET-UG exam for a payment of Rs 10 lakh each. The arrested individuals include Tushar Bhatt, school principal Parshottam Sharma, Vadodara-based education consultant Parsuram Roy, his associate Vibhor Anand, and intermediary Arif Vohra. The illicit operation was exposed at Jay Jalaram School in G...Read More