A village in Santalpur taluka of Patan district Ahmedabad/Palanpur: Even as downpours, which claimed 31 lives in Gujarat, considerably eased, three days of rain bashing caused widespread devastation across Kheda and Patan districts, inundating villages and leaving thousands of acres of farmland under water.In Kheda, the worst-hit was Ramol village in Vaso taluka, where flood-like…
Rajkot: For the first time in decades, Saurashtra’s two major cities – Rajkot and Jamnagar – are grappling with a major drinking water crisis in peak monsoon.The situation has forced both municipal corporations to seek water from Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana. The scheme was primarily conceived to divert surplus Narmada water for irrigation…
Rajkot: Malaviyanagar police have booked a couple who operated a travel agency in the city for allegedly cheating a professor and eight others of more than Rs 50 lakh after promising international holiday packages.The FIR was registered on Saturday against city residents Abhinav Patel and his wife Dhara Patel. They operated a tours and travel…
Rajkot: A newlywed woman was allegedly murdered by her husband with a sharp weapon on Thursday night, following a domestic dispute, said police.The victim, Varsha Kachetiya, was alleged attacked by her husband, Manish Khachetiya, at their house near Mahaprabhuji’s Bethak in Jamnagar. According to the complaint registered by the Varsha’s brother Parsottam Sonagara at Jamnagar…
Water inside a house in Radhanpur in Patan district Rajkot: The much-awaited monsoon finally arrived in Saurashtra on Thursday night, bringing widespread rainfall across the region. But the long-pending showers disrupted life to a great extent with two rain related deaths reported from Amreli district.In a tragic incident, a three-year-old girl drowned in the floodwaters…
Deesa town in Banaskantha Palanpur: Rain-starved North Gujarat finally witnessed a proper onset of the southwest monsoon on Friday, with all districts receiving significant rainfall that brought much-needed relief to farmers but also triggered flooding, waterlogging and rescue operations in several areas.Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Aravali recorded intense downpours that inundated towns, submerged fields and…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old factory worker died after being brutally assaulted on suspicion of theft at an industrial unit in Magharvada village of Rajkot district, police said. The incident led to the registration of a murder case against 10 accused and several unidentified persons.The deceased, identified as Chandraveer Chauhan, was a native of Uttar Pradesh and…
Accused has 23 offences registered in Rajasthan Palanpur: Banaskantha police have uncovered an unusual modus operandi of a serial burglar who used a sophisticated metal detector to locate gold and silver ornaments hidden inside household vaults, enabling him to execute break-ins in minutes.The revelation came after the arrest of Shaitanram alias Kailash Bhat, a member…
Two of the accused in Junagadh police custody on Thursday Rajkot: A postal parcel from Odisha opened a new front in Gujarat’s fight against narcotics. Junagadh police arrested three persons, including a suspended police head constable, after seizing 4.2kg of cannabis, worth Rs 2.1 lakh, sent in a postal parcel from Odisha.The Junagadh special operations…
Rajkot: Bhavnagar police on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old cleric, Mohammad Shafiq Abbas Mahediya, for allegedly possessing provocative material that police say could incite religious hostility, hurt the sentiments of various communities and undermine national unity and integrity.A case was registered against him at Vartej police station under Sections 196(1)(a), 196(1)(b), 197(1)(c), 299 and 54 of…
