Surendranagar: A sub-inspector working for the State Monitoring Cell lost his life early this morning in an accident near Dasada while he was attempting to apprehend a bootlegger allegedly transporting liquor in a vehicle. During the pursuit, a trailer truck rammed into the car of the policeman, resulting in his immediate death. According to the information received, State Monitoring Cell Team's PSI J.M. Pathan, along with two constables, received a tip-off about a vehicle loaded with liquor....Read More

Surendranagar: The Deputy Engineer of the Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) has filed a police complaint against an electricity customer for slapping an electrician of the power company. The incident, whose video has gone viral, took place in Sanjeevni Society in the Ratanpar area of the city, where an electrician had gone to install a smart meter at a consumer's house that had installed solar panels. Deputy Engineer Babubhai Prajapati and Electrical Assistant Alpeshbhai Chauhan had gon...Read More

Surendranagar: District headquarters Surendranagar has got city bus service after a gap of 17 years under Mukhyamantri Shaheri Bus Seva scheme. Minister Mulubhai Bera dedicated 8 city buses in which the passengers can travel for ticket of Rs. 7. The city bus service will cover 8 routes within the city. It will be run by local Municipality. The women are being offered free rides upto the Raksha Bandhan festival. Rs. 8 ticket charge if fixed for journey for routes covering Wadhvan, Ratanpar and Jo...Read More

Surendranagar: Three men died from asphyxiation on Saturday while digging in an illegal coal mine in Bhet village of Muli taluka. The incident occurred when a toxic gas leak happened in a 100-foot deep pit on government wasteland. None of the deceased were wearing safety gear such as helmets or gas masks, the police said on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Laxman Koli (35), Viram Koli (35), and Khoda Koli (32), were hired by illegal miners for a daily wage of Rs 700. All were residents of ...Read More

Surendranagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Gujarat today nabbed an advocate in Surendranagar in a bribery case involving a sum of Rs. 7,000. The complainant of this case had applied to get a plot in his name in a government housing scheme as per the government norms. However, the accused advocate, Kishankumar Solanki, Reg. No. G8432007, demanded Rs. 14,000 as a bribe, which was later reduced to Rs. 7,000 after negotiation. The complainant did not want to pay, so he contacted the ACB and ...Read More

Surendranagar: The youth of the Kshatriya community in the city burned an effigy of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to express their discontent with his remarks about kings. Last week, Rahul Gandhi stated in his speech that kings used to seize the lands of people. Since these remarks, there has been widespread anger among the Kshatriya community as no apology has been issued by the former Congress president. It is noteworthy that Kshatriyas have already been protesting against Union Minister ...Read More

Surendranagar: The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), in a major operation in the Saurashtra region, has seized a large stock of arms and ammunition and has apprehended 5 individuals in connection with the case. Acting on a tip-off, the ATS apprehended 5 individuals from Surendranagar, Amreli, and Rajkot, seizing a total of 25 pistols and 90 live cartridges. It is alleged that these accused had procured these arms and ammunition from outside the state. One individual, Munnavar, is suspected of ...Read More

Ganhinagar: Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil will visit Rajkot and Surendranagar Lok Sabha seat areas o 28 March. Patil will attend a Saurashtra social media meet function at VVP Engineering college on Kalavad road in Rajkot in the morning and later hold a meeting with Rajkot city and district booth presidents, Shakti Kendra incharges, Mandal inchrages and city and district party cadres at BAPS hall on Kalavad road in Rajkot. In the afternoon, he will address the media at the Imperial hotel on Dr. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Among the six candidates declared today by BJP, one is 62-year old Chandubhai Shihora who is named as party candidate for Surendranagar Lok Sabha seat. Chandubhai is former president of Morbi district panchayat. he is also former vice president of Morbi district BJP. hei presently the member of Morbi district panchayat. He is BE Civil by education. He is from Halvad taluka or Morbi district. He is the face of Chuvaliya Koli community. He is associated with mass wedding functions of ...Read More