Gandhidham: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gandhidham today nabbed a Customs Department staffer red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹9,850 near the Sagar Sena Hanuman Mandir Road, Kandla Port. The accused, Jignesh Keshavji Baliya (33), was posted as Head Havildar (Class-3) at the Customs Department at Kandla Port. According to the ACB, the complainant's company handles the customs clearance of goods arriving at and departing from Kandla Port and arranges for the transportation of goods within a...Read More

Kutch: The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) today flagged off its first double-stack container train service from Gandhidham to Delhi-NCR. A new benchmark in logistics, the service commenced at 12:30 pm from the cargo shed of Gandhidham railway station. The inauguration took place in the presence of CWC Director Samuel Praveen Kumar and Chief Engineer Rupendra Sharma. The service is available for both export-import and domestic cargo transport. According to CWC, this initiative will facili...Read More

Gandhidham: A Centre of Excellence (CoE) focused on green hydrogen is set to come up in Gandhidham, Kutch. The Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) had invited online bids for the construction of the project, which carries an estimated cost of ₹75.07 crore and a completion timeline of 10 months. The CoE will be located on a plot adjacent to the Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Convention Centre, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022. The scope of work includes the construction of a p...Read More

Bhuj: Train number 94802 Bhuj–Ahmedabad Namo Bharat Rapid Rail, scheduled for May 9, 2025, remained partially cancelled between Bhuj and Gandhidham. The train instead originated from Gandhidham at its scheduled departure time of 6:05 hrs. This comes as Bhuj remains on high alert after multiple drone attack attempts by Pakistan were thwarted by the Indian Defence System on Thursday. A blackout was also enforced in Kutch, Banaskantha, and Patan last night following the escalation by Pakistan. U...Read More

Rajkot: Two men from Punjab were arrested early Sunday morning at a guest house in Gandhidham, with 29 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 29 lakh. Acting on a tip-off that the two men, residents of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, were in possession of narcotics and staying near the Gandhidham Bus Station, the Gandhidham City B Division police apprehended the suspects, Jaswinder Singh (48) and Satnam Singh (22), from Mukesh Guest House. Forensic experts later confirmed that the seized substance was co...Read More

Gandhidham: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today arrested Yuvrajsinh Batuksinh Vaghela, an Aadhaar card operator at Punjab National Bank's Aadhaar Card Center in Gandhidham, for accepting a bribe of Rs. 100. According to ACB, Vaghela was responsible for updating Aadhaar cards and collecting the government-mandated fee. However, the ACB got a tip-off that he was illegally demanding additional amounts ranging from ₹100 to ₹1,000 from the public. Acting on a tip-off, ACB officials...Read More

Kandla: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal announced major initiatives to boost the capacity at Kandla Port worth an investment of more than ₹57,000 crores here today. The two major announcements include construction of a new Mega Shipbuilding Project with an investment of ₹30,000 crores. The other major announcement is development of a new cargo terminal outside of Kandla creek at an investment of ₹27,000 crores which will add an additional 135 MTPA...Read More

Kutch: Ten unclaimed packets containing  around 12 kg of cocaine, worth ₹120 crore in the international market, have been recovered from a creek area near Gandhidham. "Acting on a specific tip-off, police searched the creek area on Sunday night and found 10 unclaimed packets of cocaine valued at ₹120 crore. It is likely that smugglers hid them there to avoid detection," Kutch-East Division Superintendent of Police Sagar Bagmar stated. He added that further investigations are ongoing. ...Read More

Gandhidham: Salmaben Sulaiman Gandhi, the Vice President of the Gandhidham City Congress, has found herself at the center of a police investigation following the misuse of her licensed crop protection firearm by someone else. The controversy erupted after a photograph surfaced on social media showing Mavjibhai Koli, a known habitual criminal, holding the firearm, which had been given to him by Gandhi. The incident came to light when the photograph, which went viral on Instagram under the hand...Read More

Bhuj: The Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has raised concerns over irregular flight services from Kandla Airport to Mumbai and Delhi. Businessmen and industrialists in East Kutch, including those in the sectors like ports, SEZs, timber, salt, oil, steel, cement, textiles, ceramics, and fertilisers said they face financial losses due to frequent cancellations. In response to these issues, GCCI has written a letter to Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, MP Vinod ...Read More