Articles tagged under: Panchmahal

Former MP Bhupendrasinh Solanki rejoins BJP

April 10, 2024
Former MP Bhupendrasinh Solanki rejoins BJP

Panchmahal: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, former MP from the Godhra seat and former chairman of Panchmahal Dairy, Bhupendrasinh Solanki, rejoined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Solanki, who served as a member of Parliament from the Godhra constituency during 1999-2009 in the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha, had resigned from the BJP after not being given a Lok Sabha ticket in 2019. In 2019, Solanki contested as an independent candidate; however, BJP's Ratansinh Rathod won the election...Read More

Panchmahal Congress candidate faces trust deficit among section of party workers

March 28, 2024
Panchmahal Congress candidate faces trust deficit among section of party workers

Godhra: Panchmahal Congress candidate Gulabsinh Chauhan is facing trust deficit among a large number of Congress workers in his constituency area. A sizeable number of Congress workers from Shahera and Godhra gathered and held a meeting opposing Gulabsinh's selection as candidate by party. The Congress workers told media persons that Gulabsinh was originally from BJP and he would eventually join BJP only. They also alleged that Gulabsinh roams around with 'B' team of BJP. Somsinh Chauhan...Read More

Congress selects Gulabsinh Chauhan as Lok Sabha candidate for Panchmahal seat

March 19, 2024
Congress selects Gulabsinh Chauhan as Lok Sabha candidate for Panchmahal seat

Gandhinagar: Main opposition Congress party is going to field Gulabsinh Chauhan on Panchmahal Lok Sabha seat. Chauhan is MLA from Luawada constituency which is part of Panchmahal seat. Though Congress has not officially declared his name, it is learnt that Chauhan is telephonically conveyed about his selection as party candidate by party high-command. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has weeks ago declared Rajlapsinh Jadav's name as candidate of Panchmahal seat. Gulabsinh's father was transpo...Read More

Who is Rajpalsinh Jadav, BJP candidate for Panchmahal Lok Sabha seat?

March 02, 2024

Gandhinagar: Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav is from Kaalol in Panchmahal district. He was born in July 1982. He is 42 years old. He hails from Baraiya Kshatriya community. It comes under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category. Third year Bachelor of Arts by education, Rajpalsinh is farmer by profession. He has been the member of District Panchayat for two terms. He is with party for 24 years and also a member of State Executive of Gujarat BJP. He is former President of Panchmahal District Pancha...Read More

Army jawan from Panchmahal conferred with Shaurya Chakra; District Collector visits his home

February 14, 2024
Army jawan from Panchmahal conferred with Shaurya Chakra; District Collector visits his home

Gandhinagar: Among 16 jawans who are conferred with Shaurya Chakra this year,, one is from Gujarat's Shahera taluka-based Khojalwasa village.  The district collector Ashish Kumar visited the brave jawan and congratulated him on getting the honor of Shaurya Chakra. Jawan Bariya Sanjaykumar Bhamarsinh is Nayab Subedar in the 21 Mahar Regiment of the Indian Army. His team eliminated terrorists in a 12-day-long Army operation in the Kupwara sector of Jammu & Kashmir. The operation was execut...Read More

ACB Gujarat nabs another Talati in bribe case

September 19, 2023
ACB Gujarat nabs another Talati in bribe case

Panchmahal: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Gujarat has nabbed a Talati cum Mantri of Kanetia Gram Panchayat in Kalol taluka in a bribery case involving ₹3,500. According to the case details, the complainant had carried out construction work on two new houses. After completing the construction and assessment, the complainant met with the accused, Vitthalbhai Ghanshyambhai Solanki, the Talati cum Minister, Class 3, at the panchayat office on September 6, 2023. During the meeting, the accused inf...Read More

Kalol MLA calls Swaminarayan sect an institution for money collection

September 11, 2023
Kalol MLA calls Swaminarayan sect an institution for money collection

Panchmahal: Fatesinh Chauhan, an MLA from the ruling Bhartiya Janta party (BJP) representing the Kalol constituency in Panchmahal, has stated that the Swaminarayan sect is not centered around knowledge but rather an institution focused on collecting money. A video featuring MLA Fatesinh Chauhan has gone viral on social media, in which he can be watched saying, "Once I visited Sokhda Swaminarayan temple and I asked these people (Swaminarayan sect) if they believe in a sadguru, and they said no...Read More

One nabbed after foreign travel with fake name on passport

September 11, 2023
One nabbed after foreign travel with fake name on passport

Panchmahal: Special Operation Group (SOG) police nabbed Mustak Padva from Vejalpur in Kalol taluka of Panchmahal, for traveling to a foreign country using a passport with a fake name. Mustak Hussainbhai Padva, residing in Mota Maholla, Vejalpur, runs Usmania Tours & Travels here in town. SOG received information that he had traveled to a foreign country using a passport obtained with the help of a fake name on an Aadhaar card. SOG verified his documents at the regional passport office in ...Read More

5 children killed as factory wall collapses on tents in Panchmahal

June 29, 2023
5 children killed as factory wall collapses on tents in Panchmahal

Halol: Four children under the age of five lost their lives when a wall of an abandoned factory collapsed onto their makeshift tents. The incident occurred in Halol taluka due to incessant heavy rains. Additionally, Five other individuals including two children have sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. The children who have lost their lives are Chiriram Damor (5), Abhishek Bhuriya (4), Gungun Bhuriya (2), and Muskan Bhuriya (5). According to the police, the affected families had...Read More

Morva Hadaf men kill dog to save their goats, police arrest them

May 16, 2023
Morva Hadaf men kill dog to save their goats, police arrest them

Panchmahal: The police on Monday arrested two men for allegedly brutally assaulting a dog that was sleeping outside a residence in Mora village of Morva Hadaf taluka. The accused individuals, identified as Shehzad Gurji and Ahmed Gurji, are residents of the same village. They justified their actions by claiming that dogs in the village had been attacking and killing their goats. The incident took place late on Thursday night, and on Sunday, a resident near the house where the incident occu...Read More