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

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