Mahisagar: Four policemen were allegedly attacked by a mob in Batakwada village of Mahisagar district in the early hours of Friday while they were pursuing two suspicious persons. The incident occurred when the policemen, deployed on night patrol in a private vehicle due to ongoing local body elections, spotted two men on a motorcycle near a junction on the Batakwada–Fatepura road. The duo, carrying a fertiliser bag, allegedly ignored police signals to stop, prompting the team to chase them. ...Read More

Kushagra Tiwari, Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat is planning to develop 25 children’s traffic parks across municipalities and municipal corporations and establish three new automated vehicle testing stations in Porbandar, Gir Somnath, and Mahisagar districts as part of its Ports and Transport Department budget for 2026–27. The initiatives are aimed at strengthening road safety awareness and improving vehicle fitness enforcement across the state. Major Boost for Public Transport (G...Read More

Vadodara: A police sub-inspector, allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, knocked down a pedestrian and rammed his SUV into another car on the Godhra–Lunawada highway near Bhayasar village in Lunawada taluka of Mahisagar district on Wednesday evening. The pedestrian, Mansukh Nayak (60), a caretaker of highway-side shops, was injured while returning to his room after work and was taken to a hospital. Police said the driver was found in a heavily intoxicated condition at the scene and...Read More

Mahisagar: Santaramapur police arrested the current and former bank managers of Bank of Baroda in a 2024 banking fraud case. The case first came to light in 2024 and revealed that around 35 individuals allegedly defrauded the bank of ₹3.55 crore by submitting fake documents. So far, 20 accused have been arrested in this personal loan scam, including the latest arrests of the current manager and former manager Bhupesh Purohit. The police are investigating the matter further to identify additio...Read More

Mahisagar: Local police have filed an FIR against employees, officials, and contractors of the Ajanta Hydro Power Project following the deaths of five workers at the company’s Dolatpura hydel plant, operated by Ajanta Energy Pvt Ltd. The company is owned by Morbi-based industrialist Jaysukh Patel, who is also one of the accused in the Morbi bridge collapse case. According to the FIR filed with Lunawada Taluka police, the tragedy occurred on September 4 when water was released from Kadana Dam....Read More

Mahisagar: Five workers drowned while working in a well of a hydro power project near Dolatpura village, around 20 km from Kadana Dam, after a sudden release of 1.25 lakh cusecs of water from the dam. The incident occurred today around 4 pm when the workers had gone to repair machinery in the hydro project well. According to reports, about 20 workers managed to run to safety, while five workers drowned in the rising water. The workers were employed under a contract with Oreva Group, a company o...Read More

Mahisagar: In yet another disturbing incident following the recent murder of a Class 10 student in Ahmedabad, a Class 8 boy was stabbed by his classmate at a primary school in Balasinor town of Mahisagar district on Thursday. Police said the victim sustained injuries on his waist, abdomen, and shoulder but is out of danger. A preliminary probe revealed that the attack was triggered by a quarrel over a trivial matter. The boy was stabbed three times. Mahisagar Superintendent of Police Jaydeepsi...Read More

Mahisagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed a Gram Sevak in a bribe case involving ₹10,000. The accused, Maheshbhai Paragbhai Vankar (age 42), serving at Thana Savli Gram Panchayat in Lunawada taluka, was caught red-handed accepting the bribe in a trap set up by the ACB. According to the ACB, the complainant had been sanctioned a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The first installment of ₹30,000 was deposited in their Baroda Bank account on April 10, 2024...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a first-of-its-kind action in Gujarat, the Mahisagar District Road Safety Committee has imposed a penalty of ₹10,000 on a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official for failing to repair potholes on a stretch of National Highway-47 (NH-47) between Godhra and Ahmedabad. The fine was levied against the Project Director of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), Ahmedabad-Godhra Region, for ignoring repeated instructions to carry out urgent road repairs. According to an of...Read More

Dabka (Padra): On the auspicious occasion of Ganga Saptami, the residents of Dabka village in Padra taluka celebrated the unique Chundadi Manorath festival with great fervor. A remarkable 351-meter long chundi (a sacred cloth) was offered to Lokmata Mahisagar (Mother Mahisagar River) by stretching it across the entire width of the holy river. The Chundadi Manorath is a tradition observed by the villagers for the well-being of all. The festivities commenced with a vibrant procession through Dabk...Read More