Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today virtually inaugurated a new soda ash plant in Devbhumi Dwarka district, set up at estimated cost of Rs. 4,000 crore by RSPL Limited. A 1500 TPD soda-ash plant along with 50 MW Captive power plant is located near Kuranga village. DeshGujaratRead More

Okha: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today visited the construction site of Okha - Bet Dwarka sea bridge. Construction of a signature bridge, one of dream projects of Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi is underway. According to the State government communication, it will be the longest sea bridge of India. The Chief Minister visited the in-sea site of the bridge construction in hovercraft and also received briefing on the same with the help of the model of proposed bridge. DeshGujarat Read More

New Delhi: International organizations and juries have accorded 'Blue Flag' status to 8 sea beaches of India and recognized them for their cleanliness, friendly infrastructure, sustainable development practices in ocean nearby and on beaches, said Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today. Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Odisha) and Radhanagar (Andaman) beaches are beaches that have been accorde...Read More

Dwarka: In view of Covid-19 pandemic, entry of visitors to Dwarkadhish temple in pilgrim town Dwarka has been disallowed. However all religious traditions are continuing inside the temple like every year. Presented here is live video of Janmashtami Festivities at Dwarkadhish temple. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Read More

Dwarka: Expecting heavy rush of devotees on Janmashtami, Gujarat's Dwarkadhish temple is going remain closed from August 10 to August 13 Gujarat for visitors. However the religious rituals may continue to take place by priests as per tradition. A formal order in this regard has been issued by the district administration in view of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic situation. The order states that Krushna Janmotsav festival (Janmashtami) on 12 August and Parna festival on 13 August may attract 1.5 lakh p...Read More

Dwarka: For the first time, boats have been declared Covid-19 containment zones in Gujarat. The district collector of Devbhumi Dwarka has today declared Chandrasagar and Harsiddhi Krupa boats parked at Okha Mori Jetty of Dalda Port as Covid-19 containment zones. Chandrasagar has presence of 11 persons while Harsiddhi Krupa has presence of 12 persons aboard. The district collector has also declared an area of Dalda port of Dwarka talukas as buffer zone. The area covers Shivam Jetty, Punab...Read More

Dwarka: BJP leader Pabubha Manek who represented Dwarka assembly constituency in the Gujarat assembly before a court order invalidated his election, today rushed to Ram Kathakar Morari Bapu at Dwarka temple based facility with boiling anger and abusive verbal remarks. An unidentified gentleman was quick to hold back Pabubha and rescue Morari Bapu from attack. Jamnagar Lok Sabha MP Poonam Madam also made efforts to keep Pabubha away from a room where Morari Bapu was issuing statement to medi...Read More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to grant any relief to Pabubha Manek, a senior Gujarat BJP leader, who was disqualified as MLA from Dwarka constituency by the Gujarat High Court last year. A bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna dismissed the application filed by Manek in his pending petition seeking stay on the High Court order. Manek moved the apex court challenging the High Court order and sought a stay on it, as he intended to contest the Rajya ...Read More

Jamnagar: Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat may lose green category status as two cases have been detected in district's Bet Dwarka area. It is learnt that two persons (40 year old male Karim and 28 year old woman Farzana) detected positive had returned from Ajmer in Rajasthan to Bet Dwarka on April 30. Bet Dwarka is an island surrounded by Arabian sea on all sides. The island has presence of 8200 inhabitants as part of 1640 families. The district collector has declared entire Bet Dwark...Read More

Dwarka: Six including priest offering services at Dwarkadhish temple were held by police in a raid at Virmeshwar nagar of Dwarka town on Monday. Police recovered Rs. 52,000 cash. Police had received information that one Sanjay Rameshchandra had rented a unit for gambling activity on the third floor in Virmeshwarnagar based house. Accordingly, the police team conducted raid and held Jayesh Kishor Thakrar, a priest in Dwarkadhish temple and also a member of Dwarka municipality along with S...Read More