Rajkot: The Rajkot District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. to pay Rs 3.69 lakh to a resident after the insurer arbitrarily rejected the majority of his medical claim for cataract surgeries.The case was brought forward by Harsukh Suvagiya, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Rajkot, who held a medical insurance…
Rajkot: In a major advancement for cancer care in Gujarat, the Shree Nathalal Parekh Cancer Institute, which is associated with Rajkot Cancer Society, officially launched Project Raktjyoti, establishing the first dedicated bone marrow transplant (BMT), cellular therapy (CAR-T) and comprehensive haematology unit in the Saurashtra and Kutch regions. This charitable trust hospital provides affordable and…
Palanpur: Sirohi police seized gold and silver jewellery worth approximately Rs 4 crore from a private bus going to Pune from Jodhpur at the Maval checkpoint under RIICO Police Station, Abu Road.During the search, police recovered large quantities of gold and silver ornaments concealed in three separate bags carried by three passengers. The seized haul…
Rajkot: In its second consecutive day of anti-liquor operations, the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) carried out a raid in Gondal taluka of Rajkot district, seizing a large consignment of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 1.51 crore. The operation was conducted near Bharudi village at the Bharudi Toll Plaza on National Highway 27,…
Rajkot: Two men were killed after a car allegedly rammed their motorcycle from behind near Shreeji Party Plot on Ring Road in Bhavnagar late on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Bechar Bariya (48) and his nephew, Rakesh Bariya (28), both masons by profession.According to the complaint lodged by Mansukh Bariya (50), Rakesh’s father, at…
Rajkot: A 19-year-old entrepreneur has lodged a complaint with the Rajkot City Cybercrime police after allegedly being duped of Rs 29 lakh by fraudsters posing as representatives of a popular clothing brand and luring him with a fake franchise offer.According to the complaint, Hitarth Amipara, a resident of Gitanagar who runs a metal parts manufacturing…
The accident took place near Charadwa village Rajkot: Five persons were killed and two others suffered serious injuries when their car crashed into a dumper truck on the Morbi-Halvad Highway near Halvad in Morbi district on Friday night.The accident took place near Charadwa village around 9.30pm when the dump truck was crossing the highway, a…
Rajkot: B Division police here registered an FIR against a couple on Friday, for allegedly orchestrating a massive investment fraud and cheating a family and their associates of Rs 6.18 crore.The accused, Divyesh and Nilam Savaliya, residents of Nana Mava Main Road, were the directors of a company called Kamya Textiles.The case came to light…
Rajkot: Three young children drowned and another is battling for life after slipping into deep water in a village lake at Shemla in Gondal taluka on Thursday.The deceased are six-year-old Lakht Damor, three-year-old Laxmi Damor and six-year-old Arjun Baberia. A fourth child, three-year-old Sahil Baberia, is in critical condition.The children were part of a family…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Bhuj sentenced a 52-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sodomizing a five-and-a-half-year-old boy in a village of Mundra taluka in Kutch, underscoring how children are vulnerable to predators even in familiar neighbourhoods.The crime occurred on Aug 9 and an FIR was registered the next day at…
