Ahmedabad: In the wake of rising tensions between India and Pakistan and a flurry of disinformation online, the Gujarat Police has intensified efforts to curb the spread of fake news and anti national posts. Four FIRs have been filed against individuals for spreading anti-national sentiments intended to demoralize the armed forces. Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghvi, addressing the media at the State Emergency Operation Centre, said, “Yesterday, in different districts of Gujarat, som...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has instructed the organization of a Civil Defence Mock Drill on May 7, 2025, across the country. In Gujarat, these mock drills will be conducted in 18 districts. To review the preparations for the drills, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel chaired a video conference meeting this evening with all district officers. Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi, ACS Home M. K. Das, and DGP Vikas Sahay were also...Read More

Surat: With the aim of ensuring that common citizens and elected representatives do not have to travel to Gandhinagar to resolve their issues, Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghvi, has adopted a unique approach of resolving matters through digital means. In one year, the Minister has received a total of 2,533 questions and representations via e-mail from the public, with a large number of them being satisfactorily resolved in a very short time, an official statement said. Minister Harsh Sa...Read More

Ahmedabad: Over 1.25 lakh square meters of land around Chandola Lake that had been encroached upon is being cleared, said Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi, today. Talking to the media, Sanghavi said, "We have demolished the area where four illegal Bangladeshi nationals, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, were arrested. We have demolished the area where large drug cartels were nabbed, and we have demolished the area where young Muslim girls were being pushed into prostitution by illegal Banglad...Read More

Bet Dwarka: During a recent mega illegal demolition drive in the Balapor area of Devbhoomi Bet Dwarka by the State administration, a small, forgotten Hanuman temple was discovered hidden among the bushes. After inquiring with local senior citizens, it was revealed that demographic changes and illegal encroachments had led to the temple's decline and abandonment. Thankfully, the Gujarat police took the initiative to conserve and restore the temple. On the auspicious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, t...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a two-year period during the entire 2023 and 2024, Ahmedabad city reported 344 incidents of hit-and-run accidents in which 117 persons died. The count in the same period for Ahmedabad rural was 395 hit-and-run cases and 228 deaths. These details were shared by the Minister of State for Home in the state assembly in reply to a question asked by the Patan Congress MLA.  DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: On February 25, 2025, courts in Amreli, Vadodara, and Rajkot districts delivered seven significant verdicts in POCSO cases, sentencing all seven rapists to life imprisonment, bringing justice to seven different victims across these districts, an official statement said. Following detailed investigations by the police in Amreli, Vadodara, and Rajkot (both city and rural) in serious POCSO-related rape cases, along with the collection of technical evidence, government prosecutors' eff...Read More

Pune: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Pune, Maharashtra, today. During the meeting, Shah stated that topics related to digital infrastructure and cybercrime will also be brought under the purview of the Inter State Council. The meeting was attended by several dignitaries including Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Deputy Chief Minister...Read More

Gandhinagar: Responding to a question asked in the Legislative Assembly regarding the approved posts of IPS officers in the state, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi said that as on 31st December 2024, a total of 208 posts of IPS officers have been approved in the state. Out of which, 198 posts have been filled. In this too, one post was filled last month and now there is a shortage of 9 posts. The remaining vacancies will also be filled quickly. Replying to a supplementary question reg...Read More

The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah chaired a review meeting on the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Gujarat in the presence of the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel, in New Delhi today. The meeting reviewed the implementation and present status of various new provisions relating to police, jail, courts, prosecution and forensics in Gujarat. The meeting was attended by Gujarat's Minister of State for Home, the Union Home Secretary, Gu...Read More