Junagadh: Dharmesh Poshiya is new Mayor of Junagadh city. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday decided the names of new office bearers of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) after repeat win in regular elections of JMC that were held last month. Akash Katara has been elected as Deputy Mayor. Mrs. Pallavi Thaker is elected as Chairman of Standing Committee while Manan Abhani has been elected as the leader of ruling party. Barring Akash Katara, none of names is surprising. Akash Katara i...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has through a notification declared the roster schedule for election of Mayors in 8 municipal corporations in the State for the next five years term. As per the notification, Ahmedabad will get the next Mayor from Backward Class for first two and half years and Woman in the second two and half years. Similarly Surat will get Woman and General category Mayors in the next five years term. Vadodara will get Mayors from Schedule Caste and Woman (Backward Class...Read More

Junagadh: At 6 o'clock this evening in Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC), the term of the elected wing will be over and the administrator's rule will be implemented in the city from next morning. Office bearers, including mayor, deputy mayor, and chairman of the standing committee, will vacate their offices. Junagadh city was ruled by the BJP from 2019 to 2024. BJP won a clear majority with 55 out of a total 60 seats. During this five-year reign, a total grant of Rs. 1560 crores was ...Read More

Jamnagar: The residents of Umiya Nagar Society in the city gathered today and submitted a memorandum to the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) against the menace of stray horses. The locals said that a retired teacher suffered fractures in his arms and legs after being attacked by a horse. Several senior citizens have been on the receiving end of attacks from the horses. Around nine families live in Umiya Nagar Society, who had also filed a complaint against stray horses at the Darbargadh P...Read More

Jamnagar: The Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) has started work on the Ranmal Lake development project (Part-2). The project, estimated to cost ₹30 crore, is expected to be completed in two years. As part of the project, the lake's storage capacity will be increased by 1 crore liters through excavation. Additionally, a new road will be constructed from the old RTO office to Saat Rasta. Municipal Commissioner D.N. Modi has addressed public concerns about converting the lake into a concre...Read More

Jamnagar: An illegally built Dargah, titled 'Panjupir ni Dargah' by some Muslims, was demolished in the Ranjitsagar dam area by a team from the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC). Around 12,000 to 15,000 square feet of government land was recovered by the Estate branch of JMC thanks to this action. The location of the Dargah was Harshadpur in Jamnagar Taluka. The Magistrate had, in his 16 September 2022 order, asked for the removal of this Dargah structure. Rural DySP Rajendra Devdha,...Read More

Junagadh: A district panchayat ground in Bhavnath will have a tall statue of Bhagwan Shiv, for which the Standing Committee of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) has approved Rs. 44.39 lakh budget. The statue will have over 2,000 kg weight. It will be made using fiber material. It will be 25 ft high and 75 ft wide in Aadi Yogi style. It will be made by Odisha based artists in the span of next 3 to 6 months. DeshGujaratRead More

Jamnagar: City A-Division Police registered an FIR on Thursday against three individuals, including Municipal Corporator from Ward No. 12, Aslam Karim Khilji of the Congress party, under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020. This is related to the illegal demolition of a shop and the encroaching of land near Kalavad Naka. According to the details of the case, Nitinkumar Ravishankar Dixit, the Estate Officer of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation, filed a written complaint yesterda...Read More

Junagadh: A Muslim councilor of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) Andreman Panja has sent his resignation to Municipal Commissioner. Panja was elected in 2019 election on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ticket from ward number eight. He got his resignation typed before notary and sent to Municipal Commissioner in which he stated he was resigning due to unavoidable circumstances. It's worth noting that Panja is on run after he was named as one of the accused in Majevadi dargah violence case. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given in-principle approval fore allocation of Rs. 1,646 crore to 3 Municipal Corporations of the state Surat, Vadodara, and Jamnagar for 414 works of physical and social infrastructure including the Chief Minister Urban Development Scheme. Vadodara Municipal Corporation had proposed Rs. 184.09 crore for 47 works of urban roads that has been approved. A proposal made by the Surat Municipal Corporation through the Urban Development Departmen...Read More