Ahmedabad: The protest by Kshatriyas against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala's candidacy for the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat continued in the city on Sunday as hundreds of community members gathered in Dhandhuka for the Kshatriya Asmita Mahasammelan in the evening. Additionally, the community has planned a similar gathering in Rajkot on April 10 to further assert their demand. During Sunday's gathering, several community leaders, including Mahipal Singh Makrana, Sher Sing...Read More

Ahmedabad: Following an increased intensity and duration of riots and mob violence in Dhandhuka town, the Gujarat Government has imposed the Disturbed Areas Act in some of areas of Dhandhuka from today. The state government, in a notification, said it was exercising its powers under The Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991, by declaring some areas of Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad Di...Read More

Botad: More than dozen people are feared dead after consuming spurious liquor in Gujarat's Botad district. The death toll can be as high as 18. Five persons from Rojid, 2 each from Chandarva and Devgana, 2 each from Aniyali and Uchdi, 3 fro Akru and 2 others are feared dead. While the Range IG has formed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into this tragedy, the State government has moved Anti Terrorist Squad(ATS) officials to supervise the investigation. About 30 persons are under treatme...Read More

Ahmedabad: All five accused in Kishan Bharwad murder case including two clerics and two executors are likely to be booked under stringent provisions of GUJCTOC and UAPA. Police has recovered a book namely Sunni Dini Talimat, air-gun and computer from Ahmedabad's Jamalpur based religious place where cleric Ayyub had made conspiracy to murder Kishan Bharwad over alleged blasphemous social media post. Call details in cleric Qamar Gani Usmani's phone has revealed his Pakistan and Dubai connections. ...Read More

Rajkot: Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police has arrested one more accused in Kishan Bharwad murder case. The latest accused to be nabbed Ramiz Seta had given a pistol to Rajkot based Azim Sama who has been already arrested along with his brother. Azim handed over the pistol to Ahmedabad's Jamalpur based Maulana Ayyub. The pistol then reached Shabbir who murdered Kishan Bharwad in Dhandhuka over an alleged blasphemous social media post. The accused named Ramiz Seta from Jangleshw...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a major catch, the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police has nabbed Maulana Qamar Gani Usmani, head of  a radical Muslim organization Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat. Gani is also founder of another radical organization Tahreek Farogh e Islam.  His provocation is believed responsible for murder of Kishan Bharwad in Dhandhuka. Qamar Gani was brought to Ahmedabad by evening today. Qamar Gani is known for his radical speeches and his number of videos provoking Muslims are av...Read More

Dhandhuka: Gujarat Police has found a pistol used to murder Kishan Bharwad from a place behind Sir Mubarak Bukhari Dada durgah in Dhandhuka. Police team also recovered a bike used for murder of Kishan Bharwad. Police had reached a place behind Sir Mubarak with accused Shabbir and Imtiyaz. Both were on a bike on January 25 out to kill Kishan Bharwad. Shabbir fired rounds and shot at Kishan. Imtiyaz was riding bike. Maulvi Aiyyub from Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad who supplied weapon and bullets has ...Read More