Palitana: During the ongoing Paryushan Parv, Western Railway today announced that it will run a Samvatsari Special train from Bandra Terminus to Palitana to accommodate passengers and meet travel demand. Train No. 09121 Bandra Terminus - Palitana Special will depart at 14:30 hours from Bandra on 6th September, arriving at Palitana at 6:00 hours the next day. Train No. 09122 Palitana - Bandra Terminus will depart at 21:00 hours on 8th September, reaching Bandra at 11:00 hours the next day. ...Read More

ગાંધીનગર: મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે શેત્રુંજય જૈન તિર્થ ક્ષેત્ર પાલીતાણાના પ્રશ્નો અંગે જૈન સમાજની રજૂઆતો સંદર્ભે આઠ સભ્યોની એક ઉચ્ચ સ્તરિય ટાસ્ક ફોર્સની રચના કરી છે. આ ટાસ્ક ફોર�...Read More

Bhavnagar: Bhavnagar Police has set up a police chowky on Shetrunjee hill with the presence of 15 police staffers including one Police Sub Inspector and two Assistant Sub Inspectors. The move has been taken as per the order of the district police chief. The directive to set up this police chawky here is believed to have arrived from the State capital Gandhinagar in the wake of the protest programmes by Jain community. In pictures: Jains hold rally on Ashram road in Gujarat today morning ...Read More

Bhavnagar: Over 20 thousand Jains joined a rally in Palitana and gave a memorandum to the deputy collector demanding to take action against those who broke a CCTV camera pole and a board at Shetrunjay hill. Jain Shwetambar Tapgachchh Maha Sangh Ahmedabad and Mumbai Jain Sangh organized a rally in protest of the incident. Jains from Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Surat, Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar joined the rally. A press conference was organised about the incident. Shetrunjay Mahatirth Raksha Samit...Read More

Palitana: On the last day of filing the nominations for the upcoming Gujarat elections. BJP candidate Bhikhabhai Baraiya and Congress candidate Pravinbhai Rathod showed an example of political chivalry. Both the candidates even after being the rivals exchanged good wishes while filing nomination papers for candidature in assembly election at Palitana, Gujarat today. Watch | BJP candidate Bhikhabhai Baraiya and Congress candidate Pravinbhai Rathod exchanged good wishes while filing nominati...Read More

Palitana: A massive fire that broke-out last Saturday at the hilly areas of Palitana was brought under control after around 17 hours by combined efforts of administration and local residents. It is estimated by the government sources that the massive fire had spread across more than 350 hectares of land including 150 hectares land of forest and 200 hectares of revenue. More than 100 workers, Officers and jawans from the Forest Department  and over 300 local village residents including t...Read More

Bhavnagar: The forest department team has finally caged a leopard which had entered a residential area in the Jain pilgrimage town of Palitana in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat today and injured two people. Range Forest Official of Palitana, Vatsal Pandya said that the around 7 to 9 year old male leopard had entered the house of one Natubhai Mali in Navagadh locality of the town. 'Before it could be confined in a room and tranquilized and caged this morning, it had injured two ...Read More

Palitana: The madness of reacting in violence fashion over some social media content is reflected in one more incident. Koli community youths had given strike call protesting a viral video insulting Koli community. The youths out on streets, in order to ensure success of strike call on Sunday damaged State run power distribution company PGVCL's power boxes. The miscreants opened transformer boxes and pelted stone in order to damage them. Fuses and meters of diamond units were hit by sticks and p...Read More