Gandhinagar: Malpur town in North Gujarat observed a day-long strike during which all businesses and markets remained shut. The strike call was given to protest the brutal attack on a shop owner, Dineshbhai Muljibhai Patel, by two bootleggers linked to the illegal liquor trade. The accused in this case are identified as Dinesh alias Buchho Babubhai Pagi and Dharmendra alias Dhamo alias Rocky Somabhai Pagi. Both accused thrashed the shop owner, Dinesh Patel, using a steel pipe and a chair. Whe...Read More

Modasa: The state government has approved the scheme worth Rs 178.37 crore for Aravalli district under which water will be lifted from Vatrak dam for supply to 73 villages of Malpur, Modasa and Meghraj. It is learnt that the water will be lifted at a 10 km distance from the left bank of Vatrak dam upstream areas. The water will be supplied to a total 35 lakes in the right bank including 27 of Malpur taluka, 1 of Meghraj and 7 of Modasa. The water will be supplied to 38 lakes of the left ...Read More

Aravalli: A compensation of Rs 3.36 lakhs was provided to the family of a man who died of electric shock while rescuing a bird at Malpur in Aravalli district. The compensation was given at the hands of collector or Aravalli district collector Narendra Kumar in the form of check. The finances were collected with the help of various charitable organizations. The man named Dilip, a daily wage earner and sole breadwinner in his family had his three kids and a wife in the family. He had died due ...Read More