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Supreme Court denies please for holding Urs festival at razed dargah in Gir Somnath

January 31, 2025 9:12 pm

Authorities in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district have been accused of illegally demolishing the Pir Haji Mangroli Shah Dargah without requisite notice.

Gujarat govt's Chintan Shibir Day 2: Session on using AI to boost govt services held

November 23, 2024 1:23 am

A subject matter expert addressed the session, also attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the government statement added.

Gir Somnath demolition was anti-encroachment drive, contempt petition trying to give communal colour: Gujarat tells SC

October 17, 2024 9:31 am

The state said that the removal of encroachments on government lands in village Prabhas Patan on September 28 “was the fifth phase of removal of encroachments in the said village.

The Gujarat forest department has installed high-tech speed monitoring system as well as thermal and optical cameras along a 1-km stretch of state highway 26. (Express Photo)

Highway passing via Gir gets speed monitoring system to save lions

August 25, 2024 2:09 pm

Forest officers said that the objective is to address the menace speeding vehicles pose to the safety of wildlife and humans.

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Gujarat confidential: Caught In Crossfire

July 09, 2024 6:32 am

Rakesh Devani, a builder and a local BJP worker in Veraval town in Gir Somnath — which is part of the Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency — had filed an application with the police

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Staffer shoots dead limestone mine operator in Gir Somnath for ‘misbehaviour’, arrested

April 10, 2024 1:03 am

The accused, Bhima Tapariya alias Bhima Gadhvi, has been arrested and sent to police remand till April 12. The incident took place at Olvan village in Una taluka, police said.

Police intercept boat with liquor worth Rs 5 lakh off Una coast, three arrested

January 20, 2024 11:47 pm

Police say it is for the first time in recent history that anti-social elements have tried to transport such a huge consignment of liquor to Gujarat via the sea route

Attempt to hunt lion in Gir Somnath: Seven sent to three years in prison

July 07, 2023 3:53 am

The court of R M Chawda, judicial magistrate first class of Sutrapada, pronounced seven men guilty of attempting to hunt the lion and jackal on February 3, 2021 at Khambha village in Veraval range of Gjr Somnath territorial forest division.

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300 kg of charas seized, fisherman held in Gir Somnath

September 25, 2022 11:59 pm

Acting on a tip-off, the Local Crime Branch and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Gir Somnath police raided the house of Shabbir Khariya in Hirakot and seized16 packets stuffed in an empty bag of rice.

Gir Somnath: Lion spotted on roof of farmer’s house

May 30, 2022 11:06 am

The incident happened between 9 pm and 10 pm Friday. “I was shocked and worried. I have two daughters—Riya (6) and Himani (3) and elderly parents. The lion was staring at us and our cattle simultaneously and we had nowhere to hide,” Lalji told The Indian Express.

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After uproar, Afghanistan FM Muttaqi calls another press meet, invites women journos

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Afghan Foreign Minister faces backlash for excluding women journalists at press conference in Delhi. Editors Guild and Indian Women Press Corps condemn discriminatory behavior, demand government action. Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticize government, while TMC MP Mahua Moitra and former Union Minister P Chidambaram call for male journalists to protest.

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