Rajkot: A unique convergence of architecture, interior design and engineering is set to captivate the city with a three-day exhibition from April 11 to 13.The event will be held at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Art Gallery at Racecourse and will remain open to the public from 10am to 7pm each day.The exhibition is a collaborative…
Rajkot: The Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has formally appealed to the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) to abolish the double tax levied on rented commercial properties in the city.In a representation to RMC commissioner Tushar Sumera, RCCI president V P Vaishnav highlighted the burden the policy places on traders and property owners. According…
Rajkot: As if wrapped under a giant mosquito net, Veja village shuts down after sunset, with relentless swarms taking over every corner, forcing residents indoors and turning daily life into a struggle for survival.For over a decade, villagers have battled an unrelenting mosquito menace that has disrupted routines, affected health, and strained social ties. Stepping…
Rajkot: As cities and towns struggle with increasing sewage water and the enormous cost of treating it, scientists in Gujarat have developed a simple, nature-based solution that could change how wastewater is managed. The technology allows housing societies to treat their own sewage at a fraction of the usual cost, without using electricity, and reuse…
Rajkot: Tourists and visitors heading to Kutch’s iconic “Road to Heaven” — the stunning 30km stretch linking Khavda to Dholavira — will no longer be allowed to fly drones, as the Kutch Forest Department has enforced a strict no-drone zone across the area, citing concerns over wildlife protection and national security. Officials have warned that…
Rajkot: Police here dismantled a tobacco adulteration operation here and arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly adulterating and selling spurious tobacco products under the ‘Baghban 138′ brand. The raid, conducted on the evening of April 10, 2026, led to the seizure of spurious tobacco products, packaging machinery and other items worth Rs 84,000.The accused, Jayesh…
Rajkot: Gir Somnath police arrested two men for several cheating cases across the state where citizens at ATMs were defrauded using fudged UPI transaction screenshots.An FIR was registered on Wednesday by a fruit vendor, Ajaj Shekh, 30, stating that on March 23 at an ATM near Una bus station, he and his friend Rahim had…
Ahmedabad: On Oct 4, 2024—barely a month after celebrating her 91st birthday—Asha Bhosle stepped into a recording studio in Versova to lend her voice to a devotional song praising the compassionate and nurturing qualities of Ashapura Mata, the deity revered as a ‘kuldevi’ by several communities in Gujarat.The bhajan conveyed that anyone who approaches Ashapura…
Rajkot: Gujarat reeled under intense heat on Sunday as temperatures soared past the 40 degrees mark across several cities, with inland regions bearing the brunt of the rising mercury amid prevailing heat wave conditions.Rajkot emerged as the hottest city in the state, recording a maximum temperature of 41.7°C, about 2.4 degrees above normal. Ahmedabad and…
Rajkot: A 22-year-old woman, working as a nurse, was allegedly raped by a man who had employed her in the civil hospital of Upleta town of Rajkot district.After the woman filed a complaint, the accused Uday Panera was arrested and booked under sections of BNS, Atrocities Act and IT Act. According to the police complaint,…
