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Pic: Wagah-Attari border The Indo-Pak manmade border defied all emotional quotient, especially along the Gujarat-Rajasthan demarcation line. It cut across bonds that run deeper than religion. This is largely true of Pakistani Hindus seeking entry into India. For Pakistani Muslims, the visits are usually due to a wedding in the Indian side of the family. […]
In a bid to work towards a fitter police force, the Chhota Udepur district SP sent out an email to all police stations earlier last month. The invite was for a PT parade organized at Khutalia police headquarters. The mail, however, also mentioned the compulsion to bring along five shovels and five spades. The requirement […]
Close on heels of the recent hooch tragedy in Botad, the Crime Branch- ATS was handed over the case. Nearly 50 people lost their lives due to consumption of spurious liquor in the last week of July. The liquor was made from the highly poisonous methyl alcohol, sourced from AMOS Enterprises, based out of Narol. […]
Being a girl child is not easy even in the famed Gujarat Model. And it gets worse when unemployment and poverty join their hands. Unemployed Shailesh and Manju were looking for a stable job. But instead of a job, a baby girl entered their lives on August 4 at around 6 am. When Manju was […]
Close on heels of the abandoned pre-term baby found buried in a farm in Sabarkantha district Thursday, the police, traced her parents a day later. The new-born was alive when she was “excavated” from the pit where she was buried. “It was heart wrenching to bury her alive,” narrated a sobbing Manjuben Bajadia. The couple […]
Over 36 people have died and at least 88 people are in various hospitals in Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Botad in the latest episode of spurious liquor consumption in Gujarat. Even as efforts are being made by the ruling Gujarat government to convert the ongoing hooch tragedy as a chemical kaand, a case of chemical consumption; […]
When 36 people die and another 88 plus are battling for their lives in various hospitals across Gujarat, we expect sanity from government officials. However, mamlatdar of Malpur taluka in Arvalli district of North Gujarat does not think so. In a letter issued by the Revenue Officer of Malpur taluka, DV Madat asked his deputy, […]
At least 28 people have died and 40 are battling for their lives in Gujarat after they consumed spurious country made liquor at Rojid village in Botad district of the State. A woman Gajuben Pravinbhai Vaddariya from Rojid village has been arrested for mixing the chemical with country made liquor. The police has seized, 12 […]
After the revelation that a 65-year-old father living in Sunita Society of Ambawadi in Ahmedabad brutally murdered his 21-year-old son, many shocking revelations are coming out one after another. The father who killed his son is not ready to accept the body and perform the last rites nor are the other family members. It is […]
At least 11 people have died and about a dozen taken sick after they consumed spurious liquor across the State. This includes four people in Ahmedabad district and seven in Botad district in Saurashtra, Botad and Ahmedabad districts share their borders. Police suspect the source of the spurious liquor could be the same. Postmortem reports […]
Remember the notorious Parshva Shah, a much married biker who molested young school girls in the city and was nabbed after Amdavadis united to identify him and sound the police? Kudos to Ahmedabad Police that one such pervert has been arrested. Anandnagar police inspector D B Mehta has arrested a 28 year old pervert who has […]
The Gujarat Police had prepared the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) adopted during the 2022 Rath Yatra in the State. This SOP highlights the best practices adopted by the State Police in handling the major sociopolitical challenges during this year. Now, the Gujarat Police will send this SOP for the training purpose of young officers at […]
Aiming to ensure that the annual rathyatra of Lord Jagannath passes off peacefully in an atmosphere of communal amity, a team of women IPS officers for the first time went door-to-door in the walled city areas of Ahmedabad meeting and chatting up with women. Even as the city police has been on its toes with […]
Ahmedabad: With few days left of Lord Jagannathan’s Rath Yatra, the police conducted a new activity to increase communal harmony among people. The 22 police stations of Sector 2 assembled to facilitate 788 students who passed Class 10th and 12th examinations. The police welcomed the students with drums and honored them with gifts and certificates. […]
In the not very far past, deputy registrar Jitendra Vishnubhai Patel and his subordinate, Momin Rizwan, were caught accepting a bribe of Rs 11 lakhs at the Revenue Bhawan, Sanand in Ahmedabad. Acting on a tip-off, the arrest was made by officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Thereon, according to protocol, the offenders were handed […]
Fact Checking by Vibes of India Gujarat Pollution Control Board Member Secretary AV Shah was transferred in a covert, overnight operation to Porbandar from Ahmedabad by the Gujarat government on Thursday. The transfer came following a demand for his removal by several industrialists, MSME factory owners and trade organisations.There have been complaints of corruption against […]
It is an everyday thing that common people feel helpless in front of the police personnel, when they visit the local stations to register numerous complaints of theft and dispute. “Police kya karegi? Hume hi dosh deti hai!” (“What will the police do? They will blame us only”) is a common notion among people and […]
The state Assembly election is no doubt the moot conversation in corridors of power but whispers about the top cop’s retirement have been making quite a din. State police chief Ashish Bhatia’s superannuation has been deferred by two months and he will formally retire in July. Ashish Bhatia, a 1985-batch IPS officer, is known for […]
Call it the more-loyal-than-the-king syndrome or penchant for publicity – due or otherwise – this IPS official went out of his way to edit a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches during his two-day Gujarat visit that concluded on Saturday and added something in his favour. During his visit, the Prime Minister heaped praise […]
Ahmedabad’s medical tourism has been hailed for long. From kidney and heart transplants to surrogates, Gujarat has been pioneering trends in healthcare. However, when the crime branch was tipped off about such a “medical case” also dabbling in “making ammunition,” sleuths immediately swung into action. On further investigation, it was unearthed that the weapon parts […]
