Panchmahal: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel made a surprise visit today to the under-construction building of Chota Udepur Civil Hospital in Panchmahal district. The CM was in the district to participate in Kanya Kelavani Mahotsav and School Praveshotsav 2024, a three-day statewide school admission festival being held from June 26th to 28th. The Chief Minister visited the Rs. 20 crore under-construction building of the 200-bed hospital in the Civil Hospital compound in Chota Udepur. He...Read More

Panchmahal: In another setback to the main opposition party Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls in the state, its dummy candidate for the Panchmahal seat is set to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party today. Dushyantsinh Chauhan, who had filed nomination papers as a dummy candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, will join the BJP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Dushyantsinh Chauhan's wife, Rashmika Chauhan, who is the leader of the opposition in the District Panchayat, along w...Read More

Panchmahal: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, former MP from the Godhra seat and former chairman of Panchmahal Dairy, Bhupendrasinh Solanki, rejoined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Solanki, who served as a member of Parliament from the Godhra constituency during 1999-2009 in the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha, had resigned from the BJP after not being given a Lok Sabha ticket in 2019. In 2019, Solanki contested as an independent candidate; however, BJP's Ratansinh Rathod won the election...Read More

Godhra: Panchmahal Congress candidate Gulabsinh Chauhan is facing trust deficit among a large number of Congress workers in his constituency area. A sizeable number of Congress workers from Shahera and Godhra gathered and held a meeting opposing Gulabsinh's selection as candidate by party. The Congress workers told media persons that Gulabsinh was originally from BJP and he would eventually join BJP only. They also alleged that Gulabsinh roams around with 'B' team of BJP. Somsinh Chauhan...Read More

Gandhinagar: Main opposition Congress party is going to field Gulabsinh Chauhan on Panchmahal Lok Sabha seat. Chauhan is MLA from Luawada constituency which is part of Panchmahal seat. Though Congress has not officially declared his name, it is learnt that Chauhan is telephonically conveyed about his selection as party candidate by party high-command. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has weeks ago declared Rajlapsinh Jadav's name as candidate of Panchmahal seat. Gulabsinh's father was transpo...Read More

Gandhinagar: Among 16 jawans who are conferred with Shaurya Chakra this year,, one is from Gujarat's Shahera taluka-based Khojalwasa village.  The district collector Ashish Kumar visited the brave jawan and congratulated him on getting the honor of Shaurya Chakra. Jawan Bariya Sanjaykumar Bhamarsinh is Nayab Subedar in the 21 Mahar Regiment of the Indian Army. His team eliminated terrorists in a 12-day-long Army operation in the Kupwara sector of Jammu & Kashmir. The operation was execut...Read More

Panchmahal: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Gujarat has nabbed a Talati cum Mantri of Kanetia Gram Panchayat in Kalol taluka in a bribery case involving ₹3,500. According to the case details, the complainant had carried out construction work on two new houses. After completing the construction and assessment, the complainant met with the accused, Vitthalbhai Ghanshyambhai Solanki, the Talati cum Minister, Class 3, at the panchayat office on September 6, 2023. During the meeting, the accused inf...Read More

Panchmahal: Fatesinh Chauhan, an MLA from the ruling Bhartiya Janta party (BJP) representing the Kalol constituency in Panchmahal, has stated that the Swaminarayan sect is not centered around knowledge but rather an institution focused on collecting money. A video featuring MLA Fatesinh Chauhan has gone viral on social media, in which he can be watched saying, "Once I visited Sokhda Swaminarayan temple and I asked these people (Swaminarayan sect) if they believe in a sadguru, and they said no...Read More

Panchmahal: Special Operation Group (SOG) police nabbed Mustak Padva from Vejalpur in Kalol taluka of Panchmahal, for traveling to a foreign country using a passport with a fake name. Mustak Hussainbhai Padva, residing in Mota Maholla, Vejalpur, runs Usmania Tours & Travels here in town. SOG received information that he had traveled to a foreign country using a passport obtained with the help of a fake name on an Aadhaar card. SOG verified his documents at the regional passport office in ...Read More