Banaskantha: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) carried out a decoy trap operation on Monday and caught an employee of a vehicle fitness centre in Palanpur while accepting a bribe of ₹3,000. As per the details of the case, the ACB had received a tip-off that staff at the GHV Fitness Center at Chadotar, which has been authorised by the Government Transport Department to check the fitness of vehicles, were allegedly demanding illegal gratification ranging from ₹500 to ₹50,000 from applicants ...Read More

Palanpur: An outsourced data entry operator at the mamlatdar office in Varahi, Patan district, was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000. According to ACB officials, Mahesh Kumar alias Mukesh Parmar, posted in the ATVT branch, had demanded the money to process an official order from the mamlatdar for issuing a duplicate birth certificate for the complainant’s nephew. After the complainant approached the Patan ACB, officials se...Read More

Palanpur: The completion of a 1,212.19-metre-long railway overbridge on the Palanpur–Laxmipura road in Banaskantha district will benefit approximately 1.41 lakh residents of the city, Minister Rushikesh Patel said on behalf of the Roads and Buildings Department while replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly today. Providing further details in the House, Patel said that ₹46 crore has been sanctioned for the construction of a modern railway overbridge in Palanpur. He added that land...Read More

Palanpur: Frustrated by poor service, a customer set his Ola Electric scooter on fire outside the company's showroom in Palanpur. According to the customer, Sahil Kumar, the steering of his e-scooter had detached, and the company neither repaired it nor provided a satisfactory response. This prompted him to set the scooter on fire, which was completely destroyed in the blaze. Sahil Kumar told the media that he was going shopping on his e-scooter with his wife and five-year-old son when the fro...Read More

Ahmedabad: To ease traffic congestion on the highway connecting the city with Palanpur and Mehsana in North Gujarat, the state government has initiated work on developing a Regional Transportation Infrastructure. In this direction, three six-lane vehicle underpasses will be constructed on the Ahmedabad–Mehsana–Palanpur highway. These will include one underpass near Nagalpur (Mehsana) and two near Unava village in Unjha. The foundation stone for these projects will be laid on Monday by Prime ...Read More

Palanpur: A married man from Bhagal (J) village in Palanpur taluka allegedly lured a Hindu woman from Palanpur into a relationship under false pretences while selling soap door-to-door. Promising marriage, he took her to a hotel and sexually assaulted her. Later, with the help of his wife and daughter, he allegedly forced the woman to wear a burqa and attempted to convert her religion. He then took her to Unava, where she was confined for four days. According to Palanpur East Police, the accuse...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a major crackdown on tax evasion in the B2C sector, the Gujarat State GST Department carried out searches on 15 taxpayers involved in the readymade garments trade across Mahesana, Palanpur, and Ahmedabad. After these searches, tax evasion of ₹1.48 crore has been uncovered. In an official statement, the state GST department said, “In a proactive move to address the growing concern of sales without invoices and underreporting of tax liabilities in the B2C sector by registering...Read More

Palanpur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed a Central GST inspector in Palanpur in a bribe case involving a sum of ₹2,000. According to the ACB, the complainant's father had applied online for a GST number to start an e-commerce business. Based on this application, the accused, Hanumanprasad Ramkishan Bairwa, a Class-2 CGST Inspector at the Central GST Office in Palanpur, contacted the complainant and stated that he would visit the location for verification. The accus...Read More