Rajkot: After nearly four decades, Gujarat is set to add a new zoo to its wildlife infrastructure — and notably, not within an urban sprawl but inside the natural setting of a sanctuary. The Gujarat forest department is firming up plans to establish a zoo in Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in Porbandar district, an area that…
Palanpur: Six women were killed and eight others injured when a private bus crashed into their van on the National Highway- 48 near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district on Wednesday.The women were members of a catering team for social events, and they were going from Sardoi village of Modasa to Hunj village near Himmatnagar, police said.“Inspection…
Rajkot: In a major anti-corruption operation, a superintendent of the central GST department and a tax consultant were arrested in Rajkot on Tuesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid the trap at Creative Complex, located behind the GSRTC depot.According to the ACB, the action followed a complaint…
Rajkot: The family court in Junagadh has ordered the immediate return of a one-year-old baby boy to his mother, in an ex parte order passed 94 days after a family suit was filed on Jan 21, 2026. The order was delivered by principal judge Prem Hansraj Singh.In its order dated April 24, the court directed…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old woman filed a complaint at C Division police station in Jamnagar against three persons for allegedly cheating her and others of Rs 6.7 lakh on the pretext of securing jobs abroad and withholding their passports.According to the FIR, the woman, Ila, was looking for work to support her children after separating from…
Vadodara/Rajkot: It may sound like a cliché that every vote counts, but two nail-biting contests in Gujarat’s local body polls showed just how decisive a single ballot can be — with one Congress candidate winning by a vote and another losing by three.In the Bharuch taluka panchayat, Congress candidate Mohsin Pathan clinched the Palej seat…
Rajkot: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained control of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), winning 65 of the 72 seats across the city’s 18 wards, with results declared on Tuesday.Though the BJP secured a comfortable majority, its tally dipped marginally from the 2021 elections, conceding three seats to the Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
Rajkot: A tragic accident on Sunday claimed the life of 10-year-old boy at a farm in Sidsar village of Jamjodhpur taluka in Jamnagar district.The incident occurred around noon at Mohan Kachhadiya’s farm. According to a complaint filed with Jamjodhpur police, Het Shankhariya was run over by a tractor trolley while playing nearby.Het’s uncle, Jitendra Shankhariya,…
Rajkot: A 53-year-old man, Gordhan Panchani, was killed in a fire that engulfed his second-floor flat in Prabhu Krupa Apartments near Panchvati Circle in Jamnagar early on Monday morning. Local residents alerted the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation fire department around 5.40am. Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control. As the apartment door was locked from the…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Bhachau town of Kutch district sentenced a 29-year-old man, Shiva Koli (Parkara), to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a girl who has cognitive impairment. The verdict came within three months of the offence being registered.The victim’s testimony, which corroborated other evidence, led to…
