Articles tagged under: Khambhat

Former Congress MLA of Khambhat Chirag Patel joins BJP

February 04, 2024
Former Congress MLA of Khambhat Chirag Patel joins BJP

Borsad/Khambhat: Former Congress MLA of Khambhat, Chirag Patel today joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a public meeting held here today in the presence of Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil. Chirag Patel had left the Congress party and resigned from the State Assembly last month. In another function in the same district at Borsad, over 3100 Congress workers joined the BJP as per the district BJP chief Rajeshbhai Patel. Chirag Patel will probably contest Khambhat seat as BJP candidate in ...Read More

Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel resigns

December 19, 2023
Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel resigns

Anand: Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel has tendered his resignation from the post of Member of Legislative Assembly of Gujarat after meeting the State Assembly Speaker, Shankar Chaudhary, in the state capital today. Patel is the second MLA to resign from the state assembly within a week. Last week, Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Visavadar, Bhupat Bhayani, had resigned from the assembly. Chirag Patel (44), a first-time MLA, had won the state assembly election last year by a margin of 3,711 vot...Read More

Coastal erosion threatens Gujarat’s beaches and ports, reveals government data

April 11, 2023
Coastal erosion threatens Gujarat’s beaches and ports, reveals government data

Gandhinagar: More than 25 lakh square metres of beaches in Gujarat have eroded, including parts of the Shivrajpur beach which was awarded the Blue Flag accreditation in 2020, stated the central government in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, presented a set of data which indicates that erosion is affecting more than 537.5 kilometres of the sea coast in Gujarat, making it the region with the highest amount of affected area in ...Read More

Ask Congress candidate to release photo of paying tribute at Statue of Unity: Shah in Khambhat

November 22, 2022
Ask Congress candidate to release photo of paying tribute at Statue of Unity: Shah in Khambhat

Khambhat: Union home minister Amit Shah said while attacking congress that the entire Nehru Gandhi family took the utmost care to see that Sardar Patel's name is omitted. He said, "From Jawarhlal Nehru to Sonia Gandhi, the entire Nehru Gandhi family took the utmost care to see that Sardar Patel's name is omitted but Narendrabhai made such a statue that whether they (Nehru-Gandhi family and Congress) wish or don't wish entire world visits Sardar Saheb's statue." He added that no photos of con...Read More

PM Gifts Gujarat Handicrafts to Global Leaders: Mata Ni Pachhedi, Pithora Painting, Agate Bowl and more

November 16, 2022

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi never misses an opportunity to promote handicrafts and craft artists. The Prime Minister during his Bali, Indonesia visit to attend G20 summit and hold bilateral on the sidelines gifted crafts of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to Prime Ministers and Presidents he held talks with.   Gift to : United Kingdom Mata Ni Pachedi (Ahemdabad) Mata Ni Pachedi is a handmade textile of Gujarat meant to be an offering in the temple shrines whic...Read More

Khambhat Ram Navami procession attack case; 4 more accused nabbed

April 26, 2022
Khambhat Ram Navami procession attack case; 4 more accused nabbed

Khambhat: The police have nabbed 4 more accused in the case of violence on Ram Navmi procession in Shakkarpur in Khambhat. The police have filed a crime against over 100 persons in the case. The four more accused nabbed by the police are: Zakirhussain Hussain Malek, Mufis Hussain Malek, Tasvarhussain Mohammad Malek, and Mosin Mustufa Dalwadi. All of them are residents of Shakkarpur. Their names were revealed during an inquiry of the accused earlier nabbed by the police. DeshGujaratRead More

Two more accused held in Ram Navami procession attack case in Khambhat

April 19, 2022
Two more accused held in Ram Navami procession attack case in Khambhat

Khambhat: The police have nabbed 2 more accused in the case of violence in Ram Navami procession in Shakkarpur in Khambhat. The police had rounded up 5 persons on Saturday and nabbed two out of them. The court has approved the remand of the two accused Jamshedkhan Joravarkhan Pathan and Majid alias Majlo Malek till 20th April. The police have earlier nabbed 9 accused including 3 maulvi in this case. The police demanded further remands of these 9 accused by producing them in the court aft...Read More

Ram Navami procession attack row: Congress in Gujarat opposes bulldozing action in Khambhat

April 15, 2022
Ram Navami procession attack row: Congress in Gujarat opposes bulldozing action in Khambhat

Ahmedabad: Congress party here has opposed the demolition of the illegal encroachments in Khambhat, the Central Gujarat town where Ram Navami procession of Hindus was attacked and a 62-year old Ram bhakt Kanaiyalal Rana was brutally killed. Congress MLAs Gyasuddin Shaikh and Imran Khedavala today issued a statement informing that they have appealed to state revenue minister Rajendra Trivedi on phone call to stop the bulldozing action in Sakkarpura area of Khambhat. The congress MLAs stat...Read More

Khambhat Ram Navami procession attack: Bulldozers now on task to remove illegal encroachment, constructions

April 15, 2022

Khambhat: Shakkarpur gram panchayat here has started removing illegal encroachments from areas near the mosque where Ran Navami procession came under attack. One participant of Ram Navami procession Kanaiyalal Rana(62) was brutally killed in the attack that was planned by Muslim clerics according to police. All illegal constructions and cabins are to be removed from the area through official machinery including Prant Adhikari and Collector. Similarly, the State government will identify illeg...Read More

Khambhat Ram Navami attack was pre-planned: Police

April 14, 2022
Khambhat Ram Navami attack was pre-planned: Police

Khambhat: The violent attack on the Ram Navmi Shobhayatra in Khambhat was preplanned , as revealed in the police investigation. The police have nabbed three maulvis named Mustakim, Matin and Mohsin and 2 other accused Rajak Aiyub, and Hussain Hashmasha Diwan in this case. People from outside were called for pelting stones on the shobha yatra, it is found. Each accused had allegedly called 5 persons from outside for the violence. A meeting was also arranged with the people called from outs...Read More