Sabarkantha: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed Rakesh Kumar Chandubhai Dabhi (34), an unarmed police constable, red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹12,500 near Poshina Police Station in Sabarkantha. According to ACB, the complainant was stopped by the accused while returning from Rajasthan in a rented Eco car. The constable found a bottle of beer in the vehicle and initially demanded ₹2 lakh to settle the matter, later reducing it to ₹60,000. The accused took ₹...Read More

Vadali: Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly offering money and incentives to locals in Vadali for converting to Christianity. Ratilal Parmar from Surendranagar and Bhanvarlal Pardhi from Udaipur, Rajasthan, were arrested after allegedly approaching the complainant and others with conversion offers in Vadali town, said the local police. According to an FIR registered on Monday, the accused allegedly promised Rs 20,000 and other benefits to some individuals, including the complainant...Read More

Sabarkantha: A man hailing from Sabarkantha, trying to illegally enter the United States of America along with his family, has reportedly passed away in Nicaragua, a country in Central America. A resident of Moyad village in Prantij, he was attempting to enter the US via an illegal route with the help of an agent. During the one-and-a-half-month-long journey, he fell sick and passed away. The youth, allegedly suffering from diabetes, could not get the necessary medication and went into a coma. ...Read More

Himatnagar: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has submitted a memorandum to the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Sabarkantha district, demanding action against mosques that they allege are violating a Supreme Court order regarding noise pollution. The VHP is calling for a ban on the use of loudspeakers for the 'azaan' (call to prayer) at mosques in the district, particularly in Himatnagar. According to the VHP's memorandum, a Supreme Court order issued on July 18, 2005, by a bench head...Read More

Sabarkantha: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Gujarat today nabbed two employees of the Gujarat Scheduled Caste Development Corporation (GSCDC) office in Himmatnagar in a bribery case involving a sum of Rs. 5,000. The complainant in this case was granted a loan of Rs. 2 lakh by the Gujarat Government’s Scheduled Caste Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, under a self-employment scheme for economic development, specifically for the business of animal husbandry. After the loan was approved, the...Read More

Sabarkantha: The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has nabbed an Additional Assistant Engineer (Class 3) and a contractual technical assistant from the Poshina Taluka Panchayat office in a bribery case involving a sum of Rs. 31,000. The complainant had carried out government development works in the Poshina area from 2017 to 2021, for which a deposit of Rs. 2,50,000 had been submitted. When the complainant approached the accused, Pareshkumar Bhikhabhai Parmar, posted as Additional Assistan...Read More

Sabarkantha: A major accident occurred early this morning near Himmatnagar, in which seven people lost their lives on the spot and one person was injured after an Innova car crashed into the back of a trailer truck on the highway. All eight passengers in the Innova were residents of Ahmedabad and were traveling from Shamlaji to Ahmedabad. The accident was so severe that the front side of the Innova was completely shattered, and the bodies of the passengers were trapped inside. Rescue teams ha...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is advancing its renewable energy efforts with the approval of a Rs 154 crore, 30MW ground-mounted solar park in Kheradi village, Sabarkantha. This will be AMC's first solar park in the district. At a meeting on Thursday, the standing committee awarded the contract to Zodiac Energy Ltd, the lowest bidder in the tender issued in March. While AMC has solar projects in other regions like Kutch, this marks its first in Sabarkantha. The project wi...Read More

Gandhinagar: Mansa taluka in the state capital, Gandhinagar, received the highest amount of rain today from 6 am to 2 pm, recording 4.29 inches of rain. Other talukas that also experienced heavy rainfall include Vijapur with 3.98 inches, Mahesana with 3.35 inches, Deesa with 3.03 inches, and Prantij with 2.95 inches. A total of 104 talukas received rain today until 2 pm, and among them, only 23 talukas recorded over an inch of rain. While 9 talukas, mostly in the North Gujarat region, receive...Read More

Sabarkantha: The start of the week brought relief to North Gujarat as districts like Sabarkantha, Mahesana, and Aravalli witnessed significant downpours today on Monday. Prantij Taluka in Sabarkantha received up to 6.5 inches of rain during a 10-hour period from 6 am to 4 pm today, followed by 6 inches in Visnagar and 5.5 inches in Mahesana talukas of Mahesana district, respectively. In the latest update, Vadgam taluka in Banaskantha received 4.5 inches of downpour in just 2 hours, from 12 no...Read More