New Delhi: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will visit Gujarat from October 9 to 11, 2025, the President's Secretariat announced today. As per the press releases, she will arrive in Rajkot on the evening of October 9. On October 10, the President will perform Darshan and Aarti at Somnath Temple. She will also visit Gir National Park and interact with members of the local tribal community at Sasan Gir. On October 11, the President will perform Darshan and Aarti at Dwarkadhish Temple in D...Read More

Devbhoomi Dwarka: Jamkhambhaliya police have nabbed three individuals for allegedly carrying out religious conversion activities in a house in the Shaktinagar area. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) uncovered the racket, where members of tribal communities were reportedly being coerced into converting to Christianity, and informed the police. The accused include a couple from Nepal, identified as Deepak Bishwakarma and his wife Deepaben Deepak Bishwakarma, along with another individual from Madhy...Read More

Dwarka: The district authorities today launched a drive to remove illegal religious structures constructed on state-owned property. The operation is being carried out in the presence of senior officials, including the District Collector, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), and Deputy SP. The drive targets unauthorized religious constructions on government land beside the National Highway in Bardiya and Okhamadhi villages. Over the years, several religious structures ...Read More

Dwarka: The local administration of Devbhumi Dwarka district on Friday removed encroachments on government land at three places in Dwarka after serving notices. Religious and commercial properties had been constructed on government-owned land. A total of 6,652 sq ft of land worth ₹18.3 crore was cleared in Jalaram area near Hathi gate. The SDM, local municipality, police, and PGVCL teams were present during the action. Commercial shops, home-stays, two religious structures were part of the con...Read More

Dwarka: The Gujarat government has started the process of acquiring land for greenfield airports at Dahod and Dwarka, the Gujarat goeveemn stated during the monsoon season of Parlimant that enede on Wednesday. In a written reply tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, the government said that pre-feasibility studies, land identification, and Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) surveys for both sites have already been completed over the past year and now land qusison has begun. The state also informed...Read More

Devbhumi Dwarka: In yet another action against illegal encroachment, a demolition was launched today in the sensitive coastal areas of the district. An illegal dargah, allegedly erected on government land at Bhimrana village, was razed. In addition, encroachments on grazing (Gauchar) land and other government-owned land were also cleared under heavy police deployment. During the demolition, a total of 18,200 square feet of land is being cleared, including 2,000 square feet of grazing land, offi...Read More

Rajkot: Connectivity to the temple town of Dwarka, one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites that attracts lakhs of devotees of Lord Krishna every year, is set to receive a major boost with authorities finalising land for a new airport. After years of deliberations and multiple failed attempts, the Devbhumi Dwarka district administration has earmarked around 300 hectares near Vasai village, about 12 km from Dwarka, for the project. Officials said nearly 45% of this land—about 130 hectares—is a...Read More

Veraval: A mini bus carrying a family from Veraval to Dwarka for pilgrimage overturned near Kolikhada during the night after hitting cows, resulting in the death of an elderly woman and injuries to 17 others. Two cows were also seriously injured in the incident. According to a complaint filed by Hitesh Narshibhai Bhesla (41), a resident of Krishnanagar in Veraval and a fisherman by profession, he and 17 members of his in-laws’ family had rented a mini bus from Bhalka around 1:30 am to visit D...Read More

Dwarka: Himanshu Chauhan, Administrator of Dwarkadheesh Mandir in Dwarka today clarified that no VIP darshan or paid priority darshan system is available in Dwarka Mandir, and therefore none should believe in such offer either online or offline. Chauhan said - some time ago, an audio and video about one Hariom app went viral, in reference to which, it needs to be informed that no such platform is authentic. Darshans take place at Jagat mandir as per the rules. The pilgrims must not fall in t...Read More

Devbhumi Dwarka: In an ongoing investigation, Devbhumi Dwarka police have found that 154 decommissioned fishing boats were illegally re-registered as new using forged documents. Two key suspects, including a retired official of the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), were arrested from Bhavnagar for allegedly fabricating fake invoices to facilitate the scam. This brings the total number of arrests in the case to 56. The investigation revealed that, since 2022, some fishermen had been fraudulently regi...Read More