Valsad: A newlywed couple had to spend the first night after their wedding in a police station in Valsad as the police held them and their relatives for breach of night curfew while entering the city after the wedding at night. The couple was entering the city at the Pardi area after the completion of their marriage. The police had held them along with their family members for breach of the night curfew. They were then released on bail in the morning. The groom Piyush Patel alleged that th...Read More

Valsad: Unidentified miscreants put a cement pole over the Surat - Mumbai railway track apparently in attempt to derail a moving train. However the train that passed over this railway track crushed the cement pole and crossed the hurdle safely, The incident happened near Atul railway station of Valsad district in South Gujarat last evening around 7.00 pm. Muhammad Siddiqi, a driver of an Express train informed the station master of Atul railway station regarding this incident, following which GR...Read More

Valsad: The special court of Vapi in Valsad district ordered four years imprisonment and fine to a then planning assistant and another person working in the Town Planning & Valuation Department of Valsad who were found taking a bribe of Rs 10 thousand by the Anti-Corruption Bureau. The accused planning assistant Kanubhai Parsotambhai Parekh had asked a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant for giving an opinion regarding confirmation of an application for usage of land. The second accused Pi...Read More

Valsad: District Police has arrested four more accused including the mastermind Gafar Satar Shaikh (Age: 46 years) of the cow slaughtering racket in Valsad. Police have nabbed a total 14 accused involved in the Cow-slaughtering gang till now from Bhivandi, Pune, Ahmednagar, Dhuliya, Atul, Barsol, Wankal, Kanjanhari etc places. Valsad LCB PI J.N. Goswami and his team captured the mastermind of this racket Gafar Shaikh from Kuran village of Sangamner in Ahmednagar district. Other three accused ...Read More

New Delhi: Indian Railways’ PSU, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has completed work of dismantling and reconstruction (after making way for DFC tracks) of Valsad Road Over Bridge (ROB) on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor in the state of Gujarat in a record 20 day time. Working in tandem with various Government agencies and the civil administration, the ROB which funnels busy traffic into Valsad ROB from the Mumbai-Delhi highway, a 20 day traffic block was secu...Read More

Gandhinagar: Southwest Monsoon of year 2021 has arrived at Valsad in South Gujarat along with full coverage of Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli according to Gujarat office of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD said: Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into the entire central and some parts of the north Arabian Sea, some parts of the south Gujarat region today, the 9th June 2021. The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) passes through lat. 21.5°N/ Long. 65°...Read More

Valsad: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has banned a Police Sub Inspector (PSI) for allegedly taking Rs. 1 lakh bribe. PL Dafda, a PSI working with Vapi town police station in Valsad district had demanded Rs. 5 lakh bribe for filing an FIR (First Information Report) from a person. He had received Rs. 4 lakh already in installment and filed FIR. He had also demanded and received one Air Condition(AC) unit, one fridge, one setty, one cushion, one geyser worth Rs. 86,700 and additionally d...Read More

Valsad: Voluntary lockdown has been announced from April 20 to 30 in Valsad district of South Gujarat to break the chain of Corona, said district collector RR Raval adding that essential services will remain open. He said, the decision of this voluntary effort has been taken by leading people of the district, local organizations, MLAs, Doctors' Association, Traders' Associations in meeting with the administration. The district was already observing Sunday lockdown. Meanwhile, after announcement ...Read More

Valsad: With Jitubhai Chaudhary's victory in the State assembly by-election in Kaprada, Congress has been washed out from Valsad district of South Gujarat, as all five assembly seats in the districts are now with BJP. Kaprada, a tribal populated seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates. Jitu Chaudhary had won this seat as Congress candidate in year 2017 State assembly general elections by thin margin of just 170 votes. Just ahead of Rajya Sabha election this year, Chaudhary resigned from ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat CM Rupani will on Saturday pay visit to South Gujarat to pay respect to proud son of Gujarat, former late Prime Minister Shri Morarji Desai. Rupani will unveil Desai's man-size statue and plaque at Bhadeli, the birth place of Desai in Valsad district of South Gujarat. Rupani will also dedicate Morarji Desai community hall at Bhadeli. He will visit the garden in Bhadeli and also the school where Morarji Desai had primary education. Rupani will also attend a stage ...Read More