Palanpur: Frustrated by poor service, a customer set his Ola Electric scooter on fire outside the company's showroom in Palanpur. According to the customer, Sahil Kumar, the steering of his e-scooter had detached, and the company neither repaired it nor provided a satisfactory response. This prompted him to set the scooter on fire, which was completely destroyed in the blaze. Sahil Kumar told the media that he was going shopping on his e-scooter with his wife and five-year-old son when the fro...Read More

Ahmedabad: To ease traffic congestion on the highway connecting the city with Palanpur and Mehsana in North Gujarat, the state government has initiated work on developing a Regional Transportation Infrastructure. In this direction, three six-lane vehicle underpasses will be constructed on the Ahmedabad–Mehsana–Palanpur highway. These will include one underpass near Nagalpur (Mehsana) and two near Unava village in Unjha. The foundation stone for these projects will be laid on Monday by Prime ...Read More

Palanpur: A married man from Bhagal (J) village in Palanpur taluka allegedly lured a Hindu woman from Palanpur into a relationship under false pretences while selling soap door-to-door. Promising marriage, he took her to a hotel and sexually assaulted her. Later, with the help of his wife and daughter, he allegedly forced the woman to wear a burqa and attempted to convert her religion. He then took her to Unava, where she was confined for four days. According to Palanpur East Police, the accuse...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a major crackdown on tax evasion in the B2C sector, the Gujarat State GST Department carried out searches on 15 taxpayers involved in the readymade garments trade across Mahesana, Palanpur, and Ahmedabad. After these searches, tax evasion of ₹1.48 crore has been uncovered. In an official statement, the state GST department said, “In a proactive move to address the growing concern of sales without invoices and underreporting of tax liabilities in the B2C sector by registering...Read More

Palanpur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed a Central GST inspector in Palanpur in a bribe case involving a sum of ₹2,000. According to the ACB, the complainant's father had applied online for a GST number to start an e-commerce business. Based on this application, the accused, Hanumanprasad Ramkishan Bairwa, a Class-2 CGST Inspector at the Central GST Office in Palanpur, contacted the complainant and stated that he would visit the location for verification. The accus...Read More

Banaskantha: A teenage girl died from asphyxiation on Wednesday morning due to a gas leak from the geyser in the bathroom of her house in the Tirupati Rajnagar Society in Palanpur. Dushyantbhai Vyas, originally from Vadgam and involved in the building construction business, lives in the Tirupati Rajnagar Society. He has three children, and his 13-year-old daughter Durva (the youngest) went to the bathroom around 11:30 AM on Wednesday. When there was no sound from the bathroom for 15 minutes a...Read More

Banaskantha: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed two government-licensed surveyors from the District Inspector Land Records (D.I.L.R.) office in Palanpur in a bribe case involving a sum of ₹1 lakh. The complainant had submitted an application to the D.I.L.R. office to correct area measurement changes in their agricultural land due to promulgation. The application was assigned to the accused, Bhaveshkumar Dalpatbhai Patani, a government-approved licensed surveyor. Bhaves...Read More

Banaskantha: The Gujarat government has given the green signal to the proposal made by the MLA to construct an 8-lane iconic-pattern road from the Aroma Circle on Ahmedabad-Palanpur Highway to the Railway Overbridge near Dhundhiyawadi. This road will help solve traffic problems from the highway to Cozy and ease congestion. The road will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 18 crore, and its iconic pattern will enhance its appearance with LED lights and landscaping. In Palanpur, the distr...Read More