Rajkot: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police have registered an FIR against the director and employees of a local credit cooperative society for allegedly extorting money from a borrower’s family and issuing death threats.The complaint was filed by Dipti Doshi (50) against Parag Solanki, director of Mason Club Credit Co-operative Society Ltd., manager Montu…
Rajkot: A week after a 37-year-old man ended his life due to alleged mental harassment, the police booked four persons, including the deceased’s wife, her sister, her paramour and another woman, for driving him to take the extreme step.An FIR was registered at the Bhaktinagar Police Station by the deceased Amit Pathan’s cousin, Afzalkhan Pathan….
SDAU devices aim to turn growers into entrepreneurs Rajkot: Gujarat’s tamarind growers, especially in arid Kutch, may soon shift from selling low-value raw pods to building profitable agri-businesses, as SDAU scientists unveil patented machines that slash processing time and labour while unlocking high-value products and export-ready opportunities.Farmers looking to earn higher returns from tamarind cultivation…
Rajkot: A 21-year-old woman who was allegedly assaulted by her husband during a domestic dispute over the consumption of betel nut died while undergoing treatment at a Rajkot hospital on Friday, prompting police to upgrade the case from attempt to murder to murder.The deceased, Jyoti Solanki, had sustained a serious head injury after she was…
Rajkot: Morbi police solved two cases of involving gang rape and robbery where migrant farm labourers were targeted, arresting three members of a gang and detaining a minor, while a hunt is on for a fifth accused.The crimes occurred on consecutive nights — June 4 and June 5 — in the agricultural outskirts of Jetpar…
Rajkot: Seven-year-old son of a migrant agricultural labourer was mauled to death by a lion in Ghantiyan village of Bagasara taluka in Amreli district on Thursday night, triggering outrage among villagers and an all-night protest against the forest department.The victim was identified as Nanu Ram Dinesh Mankar. His family hails from Dhar district in Madhya…
Rajkot: More than two years after the ageing 40-year-old Sandhiya Pool was closed to heavy vehicles and subsequently demolished, Rajkot is set to regain a crucial transport link with the inauguration of a new railway overbridge on Jamnagar Road on Saturday. Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi will inaugurate the Rs 74.32 crore project, which is…
Rajkot: In a stark warning of the rising risk of cyberfraud in the digital marketplace, Rajkot Cyber Crime police launched a probe after scammers cloned a local packaging firm’s identity, using fake Instagram accounts and forged invoices to cheat customers across India.Hitesh Kakadiya, 45, who runs a packaging box business in Udyog Nagar near the…
Rajkot: Porbandar Cybercrime police recovered Rs 10.77 lakh from a Rs 21.72-lakh online investment fraud in which a 42-year-old woman was duped by fraudsters posing as stock market advisers.According to police, Jaya Vadher, who earns her livelihood through saree hand embroidery from home, came across a Facebook advertisement in March 2025 that used the name…
Rajkot: In a crackdown on illicit liquor in dry Gujarat, Porbandar police’s local crime branch (LCB) on Friday unearthed a counterfeit IMFL factory, seizing spurious liquor, chemical bases and packaging equipment worth Rs 4 lakh, and arresting one person for allegedly running the operation.Acting on specific intelligence, the LCB raided a unit on Sandipani Road…
