Navsari: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has arrested a police inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting an iPhone worth ₹1.4 lakh as a bribe. The complainant, a light diesel oil seller catering to boat owners at Dholai Bandar in Navsari, was instructed by the accused to visit the police station with his original license. During the visit, the accused, Police Inspector Dinesh Kubawat (Class-2), posted at the Marine Police Station, allegedly demanded a newly launched Apple ...Read More

Navsari: A three-day tribal trade fair, organized by Samast Adivasi Samaj in Surkhai village, Chikhli taluka, began today. Minister for Tribal Development, Kuber Dindor, inaugurated the event, which aims to raise awareness among tribal youth about state and central government schemes and to inspire them toward entrepreneurship. The fair is expected to draw nearly one lakh visitors over the next three days, featuring more than 240 stalls. Representatives from various government departments, in...Read More

Navsari: The Vadtal Swaminarayan sect is once again embroiled in controversy, this time for charging entry fees from devotees wishing to enter the temple. This case, which may be the first of its kind, comes from Navsari, where a new temple has been built by the Swaminarayan sect in the Navagam area. However, devotees who wish to have darshan of the deity in this newly constructed temple are being charged an entry fee under the guise of 'seva.' The newly built temple was recently inaugurated,...Read More

Navsari: CID Crime Police has arrested three women employees of the Water Supply & Sewerage Board in connection with a drinking water works scam that came to light in July. The CID Crime has apprehended Asha Patel, an Executive Engineer; Archana Patel, an Additional Assistant Engineer; and Divya Patel, a Deputy Engineer, for their alleged involvement in the scam. Earlier this year, Surat CID (Crime) uncovered a scam involving drinking water projects, arresting 13 individuals, including...Read More

Navsari: A 210-meter-long PSC bridge over NH-48 at Navsari was completed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project on October 1, 2024, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) announced today. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train corridor crosses NH-48 between Delhi and Chennai (passing through Gujarat and Maharashtra) at Sisodra village, Navsari district, Gujarat, via an elevated viaduct. This 210-meter-long bridge is the second PSC box-segmental bridge completed over th...Read More

Navsari: The Railway Police has summoned local video creator Saloni Tandel  to the RPF station for making reels on the railway line of the DFC (Dedicated Freight Corridor) passing through Navsari. This comes just days after a tragic accident in which two friends, busy on their mobile phones, died after being hit by a goods train on the DFC railway line in Navsari. In the reel, content creator Saloni Tandel can be seen performing with two youths to a Bollywood song on the railway track. The v...Read More

Navsari: A 23-year-old girl died while having sex with her 26-year-old lover in an hotel room near Gandhi Smruti crossing in the Jalalpor area on Monday afternoon. According to prima facie details available, the victim experienced excessive bleeding, following which she collapsed and died during or after sex. Her boyfriend called his friends and took the girl to a private hospital in a car, where she was declared dead. The boy who was identified as Bhargav left the dead body in the Civil hospita...Read More

Navsari: The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today nabbed Santoshsinh Sarvajitsinh Yadav, Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector, for accepting a bribe of ₹7,000. The complaint, lodged via ACB Gujarat's toll-free number 1064, detailed the harassment of truck drivers by officers and employees at the Navsari RTO office. According to the complaint, trucks passing through the Navsari highway were detained under various pretexts, with drivers and owners being forced to pay bribes ranging from â...Read More

Navsari: District administration of Navsari today informed that all three rivers of Navsari district (Kaveri, Purna and Ambika) were flowing above danger levels. The level of water in Ambika reiver has crossed its danger mark of 28 ft and the level was at 35 ft in the evening. The district collector has appealed the people living in low lying areas of river bank of Ambika to relocate to safer places. 1500 people are relocated to safer places. The rising levels in rivers are due to very heavy rai...Read More