Porbandar: 80 Indian fishermen from Gujarat were released by Pakistan last week. One of these fishermen told the media that they were instructed not to vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the next elections. Dharmeshbhai Wala, who was apprehended three years ago in 2020, recently returned to his hometown of Porbandar. According to Wala, there are still 184 Indian fishermen lodged in Pakistani jails. Talking to the media Dharmeshbhai said, "We were nabbed in international waters and ta...Read More

Porbandar: As many as 20 camels were decorated with as many cars to hold a procession to welcome an Agnivir jawan who returned home for vacation after 11 months service in Armed forces. A youth is from Antines in Barda hills area of Porbandar district. He is Rabari Kamlesh Ajabhai Gurgatiya. He served in Armed forces in Bihar for 11 months after becoming Agnivir solder. He was welcomed by the people of Antines and Adityana villages in grand way. The locals see this as a big achievement f...Read More

Porbandar: The police nabbed four along with Hashish and marijuana worth Rs 11 lakh from coastal Mocha village in Porbandar. Porbandar police initially nabbed Arjannath Hemnath Satnath (age 45) and conducted his inquiry. He confessed that he had buried the narcotics in a farm. The police took him to the site. The police found 1 kg 335 grams of Hashish worth over Rs 2 lakh from a Bagban tobacco container at the site. He further confessed that he got the Hashish from Bharat Madha Chavda living in...Read More

Porbandar: Three Muslim youths in Porbandar consumed phenyl and made a video on Instagram stating that seven to eight persons from their own Muslim community were harassing and defaming them and attempting to kick them out of the community. They stated that they faced this for just raising a question over Shariyat law. Today, a Muslim cleric known as Wasid Raza has been detained by the police following the circulation of an audio recording on social media in which he is purported to have disr...Read More

Porbandar: The jail term for the Indian fishermen caught by the Pakistani authorities has been raised from the previous 3-year term to a 5-year term. So, if an Indian fisherman falls into the hands of Pakistan, he will be punished in a Pakistani jail for 5 years. The Pakistan Maritime Zone Bill has been promulgated in the Parliament of Pakistan, and the Pakistan Maritime Zone Act-2003 (PMZ Act-23) will be implemented soon. This act raises the punishment for the crime from 3 years to 5 years, ...Read More

Porbandar/Surat: Gujarat ATS had received information that the banned terror organization Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) linked three radical youths were planning to leave India through the Porbandar coast in Gujarat. They were on their way to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan via Iran and had reached Porbandar. On the basis of this information, early in the morning on 9 June, the Gujarat ATS team kept watch at Porbandar railway station and identified and detained three youths for...Read More

Porbandar:  The Indian Coast Guard rescued a stranded fishing boat off the Gujarat coast. The boat, with 9 people onboard, was stuck in the Arabian Sea due to engine failure. On 27 May 2023 at 2345 hrs, Maritime Rescue Sub Centre, Porbandar was intimated by Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) Mumbai regarding the stranded Indian fishing boat ‘Rosanna’ (Regd No. IND-TN-15-MM-5524) due to engine failure with 09 crew onboard at about 120 kms off Mangrol, a press statement said. ...Read More

Porbandar: Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Sub Centre Porbandar received a call about Medical Emergency from Merchant Vessel Helen on Tuesday. The Panama flagged vessel was at approx 200 Kms from Porbandar, transiting from Sikka to Durban, South Africa, requested medical evacuation for one Indian crew whose right hand index finger was severed. Indian Coast Guard Interceptor Boat C-161 was immediately sailed out and proceeded with high speed to establish rendezvous with the Merchant Vessel ...Read More

Porbandar: A police complaint has been filed against 19 owners of various properties located within the 200-meter limit of Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace Kirti Mandir here. Harish Jivanlal Dasre, a conservation assistant of Junagadh sub circle of the Archaeology Department of India (ASI) has filed a complaint under the Archaeology Department's rule 1959 and amended rule 2010 under which no new construction can be done without permission of the Archaeological Department within 100 meters and 200...Read More

Gandhinagar: The education department of the state government has approved Rs. 17 crores for the second phase of the restoration of Ramba Graduate Teachers (RGT) College in Porbandar. Maharana Natvarsinhji of Porbandar had donated the building, known as Dariya Mahel, to the government for educational use in memory of his mother Ram Ba. The building included a total of 83 acres of land. RGT College started functioning in the building in 1956. However, due to the building's dilapidated state, g...Read More