During the inspection, deficiencies were observed in the work carried out on bridges Rajkot Two engineers of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) have been suspended after serious lapses were detected in the widening work on three bridges on the 150-Foot Second Ring Road.Municipal commissioner Tushar Sumera inspected the ongoing projects on Sept 7 and reviewed…
Ahmedabad: An anonymous and confidential complaint submitted to the National Medical Commission (NMC) has levelled serious allegations of misconduct against a senior authority in the Department of Pathology at M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar.The complaint alleges abusive behaviour, intimidation, harassment and misuse of authority involving postgraduate residents, junior doctors and other staff.The allegations…
Rajkot: The carcass of a one-month-old lion cub was found in a farm at Vadhera village in Jafrabad taluka of Amreli district on Monday, forest department officials said.The carcass was sent for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death. Preliminary findings suggest that the cub may have died after getting trapped in…
Rajkot: Rajkot City Crime Branch registered a high-profile case involving an alleged multi-crore investment fraud worth more than Rs 144 crore. The complaint, filed by 56-year-old Jayendra Akbari, has alleged that victims were deceived into investing in fraudulent schemes under the guise of an industrial coal trading business.The accused —Jay Chotaliya, Mitesh Sanghvi and Manish…
Rajkot: Amreli Cyber Crime police have arrested six people in connection with an alleged investment fraud network that promised high returns through the “SD Pay” or “Apna Pay” application. Investigators have traced around Rs 634 crore deposited into bank accounts linked to the accused and companies used to operate the scheme.Those arrested are Ashish Gedia…
Rajkot: Mahuva, one of India’s hubs for dehydrated onion and garlic, could potentially double capacity utilisation of its dehydration units if Maharashtra’s onion crop is supplied on a large scale. Industry operators recently put forward a proposal to a delegation from Maharashtra that visited the region to study the dehydration industry and explore ways to…
Palanpur: Patan City A Division police arrested a woman with 78.3g of mephedrone, worth Rs 2.34 lakh, during a raid in the Nishal Ni Pol neighbourhood of the town.The raid was conducted based on specific intelligence that Irfan Ali alias Dhoni Saiyed and his wife Firozabanu were selling narcotic substances.During a search of the house,…
Rajkot: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Jamnagar district over the past few days, police said, adding that complaints in both cases were registered on Monday night.In the first incident, 36-year-old Manoj Maji was critically injured after a car hit a moped near Anandpar village on the Jamnagar-Rajkot highway on the night…
Rajkot: Surendranagar police concluded that a man arrested after 7.8kg of cannabis was found on his farm in Sayla was allegedly framed by two people over an old financial dispute.Police arrested Arjan alias Bhuva Shiyal, 33, and Devji Meer, 48, for allegedly conspiring to frame Gopal Sabhani, a resident of Karshanpara in Sayla. After police…
A 1.5-cm hard Ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed Rajkot: A 1.5-cm hard ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed intact through an emergency endoscopic procedure by ENT surgeon Dr Himanshu Thakkar in Rajkot during the Janmashtami holidays.The woman, Devika Vyas, was…
