Sabarkantha: The local police today busted a factory allegedly manufacturing milk using toxic chemicals in the Salal area of Prantij taluka district and detained five persons, seizing goods worth over ₹71 lakh during the operation. According to police, the illegal activity was being carried out at a unit named Shri Satya Dairy Products, located near the railway crossing in Salal. The factory was allegedly producing adulterated milk using hazardous substances such as urea fertiliser, detergent...Read More

Banaskantha: A shocking case of suspected rabies has been reported from Narasal village in Palanpur taluka of north Gujarat, where a young man developed severe symptoms nearly three months after being bitten by a dog. The youth, originally from Sabarkantha and working as a sharecropper in Narasal, was reportedly attacked by a dog but did not receive timely vaccination. Over the past few days, his condition deteriorated rapidly, with symptoms including aggressive behaviour, barking, and attempts...Read More

Sabarkantha: Tension prevailed in Vijaynagar town following an alleged harassment and eve-teasing incident involving a young Hindu woman. According to officials, the incident occurred during the Makar Sankranti festival when the woman was on the terrace of her house. A group of youths, reportedly from another community, allegedly passed obscene remarks and later intimidated the family by roaming near their residence on motorcycles. The family has alleged that threats, including death threats, ...Read More

Himmatnagar: In a major crackdown, the Sabarkantha Special Operations Group (SOG) on Friday detained a trader from Singa village in Idar taluka for allegedly manufacturing and selling fake milk. Officials seized around 200 liters of suspected adulterated milk from his residence and sent samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for detailed analysis. According to the SOG, the accused, identified as Sunil Sharma, had been secretly producing and distributing fake milk for a long time. Ac...Read More

Ahmedabad: A violent clash broke out last night between two groups in Majra village of Prantij taluka, leaving several injured and causing significant property damage. The dispute reportedly arose over the management of the Bhairavdas Dada temple in the village. Sabarkantha Deputy SP Atul Patel told the media that an incident of stone pelting and arson occurred around 10:30 PM in Majra village. An FIR has been registered against approximately 110–120 people. In the incident, over 20 two-wheel...Read More

Sabarkantha: A long-standing land dispute between farmers of Gujarat and Rajasthan has resurfaced, as former MLA Ashwin Kotwal submitted a petition to the Sabarkantha District Collector on Monday, seeking action against alleged encroachment by farmers from Rajasthan. According to the petition, several years ago, farmers from border villages in Rajasthan reportedly encroached upon agricultural land belonging to farmers in the Khedbrahma, Poshina, and Vijaynagar talukas of Sabarkantha district. D...Read More

Sabarkantha: The Idar–Badoli bypass on the National Highway 168G is being upgraded to a 4-lane highway with paved shoulders at an estimated cost of ₹705 crore. The highway, which originates near Mehsana from NH-68, passes through several towns including Idar, before terminating at NH-48 near Shamlaji. For the expansion of this highway, land acquisition was carried out in several villages of the Idar taluka. However, local from five affected villages have alleged discrimination in the compens...Read More

Himmatnagar: A violent clash erupted on Monday between cattle breeders and the police near Sabar Dairy in Himmatnagar, amidst outrage over milk price changes. The incident has led to a police complaint being filed against 74 named individuals, including former Bayad MLA Jashubhai Patel, who is also a director of the dairy, and around 1,000 unidentified persons. The protest, which began over the annual revision of milk prices per kilofat, took a serious turn as cattle breeders stormed the Sabar ...Read More

Sabarkantha: Thousands of farmers and cattle rearers staged a protest outside the Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (Sabar Dairy), demanding a 25% hike in milk procurement prices. Angered by reduced milk price incentives, the protesters stormed the dairy premises, broke metal grills, vandalized CCTV cameras at the main gate, and pelted stones. At least three people were injured in the violence, prompting police to fire tear gas shells and use force to disperse the crowd. T...Read More

Sabarkantha: In two heart-wrenching incidents over the past 24 hours, two young men lost their lives in separate drowning cases in North Gujarat. The first incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at Saptashwar near Idar, where 23-year-old Nilesh Devjibhai Parmar from Katosan (Rajpura) village in Detroj taluka of Mehsana district drowned while visiting the Sabarmati River check dam. Despite a seven-hour-long search operation by fire brigades from Idar and Himatnagar, as well as local villagers, hi...Read More