Rajkot: Kutch, India’s largest district and home to the famed Rann Utsav and Dholavira Unesco heritage site, is set to offer visitors more than its famed white desert.Four new wildlife awareness centres are being developed across the district, adding a fresh eco-tourism dimension to one of Gujarat’s biggest tourist destinations.Developed by the forest department, these…
The accused persons in police custody Palanpur: Chanasma police in Patan district have busted an interstate mule account racket that allegedly facilitated cyberfraud worth over Rs 7.16 crore, arresting 20 of the 33 accused booked in the case.The investigation revealed that a network operating in Chanasma, Itoda, Khambhel and Patan lured unsuspecting residents into renting…
Rajkot: A dispute over the proceeds from the sale of ancestral land led to a deadly confrontation here late on Sunday night, during which a 27-year-old man allegedly fatally stabbed his two paternal uncles near Somnath Society-2 in the University police station area.The deceased are Suresh Dholakiya (55) and his brother, Rajesh Dholakiya (35). Both…
Rajkot: Bringing a 25-year-old criminal case to a close, a court convicted a former Bank of Baroda officer for orchestrating an embezzlement scheme, sentencing him to three years of simple imprisonment considering his age.Additional judicial magistrate first class DD Shah found Pankaj Mehta, 75, guilty of criminal breach of trust, cheating and forgery.The charges date…
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Rajkot: The family of an elderly man in Amreli district alleged that he was attacked by a lion and sustained a head injury while sleeping outside his house. However, the forest department denied that the injuries were caused by a lion.The incident was reported from Rabarika village near Tulsishyam, where Ravji Senjaliya was sleeping in…
Rajkot: The Border Range police in Bhuj busted an alleged gambling den operating from a farmhouse on the outskirts of Dhunda village in Morbi district’s Tankara taluka and arrested nine people. They also seized Rs 24 lakh cash along with vehicles and other property valued at around Rs 45 lakh.The raid was carried out on…
Rajkot: Rajkot rural police solved the double murder of a young farm labourer couple within five days, arresting the woman’s former partner for allegedly killing the newlyweds while they were staying at a farm in Moti Marad village in Dhoraji taluka. Investigators said the accused returned to work at a neighbouring farm after the murders…
Rajkot: What initially appeared to be a natural death of a 33-year-old woman in Gandhidham, Kutch, has turned out to be a murder after forensic postmortem revealed she died from multiple assault injuries, prompting Kutch East police to arrest her husband.Sonam Sunar died at her residence in the Bharatnagar area of Gandhidham on July 17….
Rajkot: Gujarat’s iconic flamingos may be far less migratory than previously believed. A four-year GPS-tracking study in Kutch has found that both greater and lesser flamingos spend most of their lives within the region, moving between seasonal wetlands in response to rainfall, water levels and food availability.The study, conducted by researchers from the Wildlife Institute…
