Rajkot: Police added charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the five persons accused — including two forest department employees — for the large-scale illegal felling of trees in a protected forest area in Bhavnagar district that forms part of a key lion corridor.The accused were earlier booked under the Indian Forest Act and…
Rajkot: Police in Surendranagar district have invoked the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GujCTOC) Act against an alleged gang of burglars accused of carrying out organized property crimes across the region, officials said on Friday.A case was registered at Surendranagar City A Division police station. Three accused — Jayanti Sarvaiya, Shakti alias Lalo…
Rajkot: Four policemen, including an investigation officer, have been suspended by Rajkot Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nirlipt Rai in connection with the murder of a rape survivor’s uncle by two people who are still evading arrest in the same sexual assault case.All four cops were posted with the Rajkot Rural police.The suspended officers…
Rajkot: Amid a diesel crunch affecting transport and port-linked activity in Kutch, the district administration has asked oil marketing companies (OMCs) to step up supplies and rationalize prices for bulk buyers to ease pressure on retail fuel stations.Kutch is among the country’s largest transportation hubs, handling cargo for Mundra and Kandla ports and serving major…
Rajkot: The newly built four-lane Jamnagar Road railway overbridge, popularly known as Sandhya Bridge, is ready for use but remains closed as the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has not yet announced its new office-bearers, delaying the bridge’s formal opening.The old two-lane bridge was torn down and replaced with the new structure at a cost of…
Rajkot: A three-and-a-half-year-old girl succumbed to severe injuries at a Rajkot hospital, two days after she was mauled by a dog at a farm in Veraval town, police said on Wednesday.The child, identified as Ashwini Pawar, was attacked by a dog at a farm in Veraval on Monday.According to preliminary police information, the girl was…
Rajkot: A 35-year-old woman died following a violent altercation allegedly linked to breaking an engagement at an apartment in Porbandar city on Wednesday afternoon.The incident took place around 3 pm at Neha Palace Apartments located behind Birla Hall in Porbandar. Police have registered a case against Suhasi Raychura, her father Jagdish Raychura, and mother Shilpa…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old man was hacked to death at Khakhadabela village in Paddhari taluka of Rajkot district on Tuesday night, allegedly by two of the three men he had accused of raping his minor daughter in 2024.Paddhari police registered a case of murder against Yashpalsinh Jadeja, Mahendrasinh Jadeja and unidentified persons.Rajkot Rural in-charge superintendent of…
Long queues for diesel were seen across rural Saurashtra Rajkot: At this time of the year, long queues of people with jerry cans (kerbas) are mostly spotted around water tankers in villages and towns of Gujarat.But for the fourth consecutive day, roads were clogged with tractors, farmers were endlessly waiting with cans in blistering heat,…
Successful reconstruction of three bridges at Aliyavada station yard completed in just 10 days Successful reconstruction of three bridges at Aliyavada station yard completed in just 10 days Successful reconstruction of three bridges at Aliyavada station yard completed in just 10 days Successful reconstruction of three bridges at Aliyavada station yard completed in just 10…
