Rajkot: Mahuva, one of India’s hubs for dehydrated onion and garlic, could potentially double capacity utilisation of its dehydration units if Maharashtra’s onion crop is supplied on a large scale. Industry operators recently put forward a proposal to a delegation from Maharashtra that visited the region to study the dehydration industry and explore ways to…
Palanpur: Patan City A Division police arrested a woman with 78.3g of mephedrone, worth Rs 2.34 lakh, during a raid in the Nishal Ni Pol neighbourhood of the town.The raid was conducted based on specific intelligence that Irfan Ali alias Dhoni Saiyed and his wife Firozabanu were selling narcotic substances.During a search of the house,…
Rajkot: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Jamnagar district over the past few days, police said, adding that complaints in both cases were registered on Monday night.In the first incident, 36-year-old Manoj Maji was critically injured after a car hit a moped near Anandpar village on the Jamnagar-Rajkot highway on the night…
Rajkot: Surendranagar police concluded that a man arrested after 7.8kg of cannabis was found on his farm in Sayla was allegedly framed by two people over an old financial dispute.Police arrested Arjan alias Bhuva Shiyal, 33, and Devji Meer, 48, for allegedly conspiring to frame Gopal Sabhani, a resident of Karshanpara in Sayla. After police…
A 1.5-cm hard Ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed Rajkot: A 1.5-cm hard ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed intact through an emergency endoscopic procedure by ENT surgeon Dr Himanshu Thakkar in Rajkot during the Janmashtami holidays.The woman, Devika Vyas, was…
Rajkot: A 35-year-old man allegedly murdered and dismembered his lover’s husband and dumped his remains in gunny sacks near a village lake in Anjar taluka of Kutch.The crime came to light in Varsamedi village after police recovered two gunny bags containing body parts, later identified as those of 43-year-old Lakhu Humbal, who had been reported…
Palanpur: The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Mehsana police arrested five persons and seized 183.85gm of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 5.51 lakh from a car on the service road between Nugar Circle and Shivalaya Circle on Monday.The total value of the seized material, including cash, mobile phones and a car, was estimated at Rs 10.03…
Police said the situation is under control Palanpur: A case of obstruction of police duty has been registered against two persons and a mob after an agitated group allegedly attacked a police team deployed at Sinad village in Radhanpur taluka to prevent devotees from being stopped from entering the Lakhaneshwar Mahadev temple.According to police, sub-inspector…
The liquor making facility in the house in Mota Dahisara Rajkot: Acting on specific intelligence, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Morbi police dismantled a counterfeit liquor production facility at a house in Mota Dahisara village of Maliya (Miyana) taluka.Police arrested five people at the site and seized chemicals, packaging paraphernalia and a vehicle with…
Rajkot: A man was arrested at Rajkot railway station on Sunday after police seized 18.46kg of cannabis, valued at around Rs 9.23 lakh, from his possession.Police sub-Inspector Jayendrasinh Parmar of Western Railway’s Rajkot local crime branch (LCB) lodged a complaint at Rajkot Railway police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against…
