Rajkot: A 55-year-old fisherman, Govind Makwana, was murdered and his body buried on a beach by his former son-in-law and two accomplices.The incident, driven by a family grudge, took place near the coastal limits of Arambhada village on the night of July 12.According to the FIR filed at the Mithapur police station on Tuesday by…
Two Booked for Allegedly Harassing Tiger at Junagadh’s Sakkarbaug Zoo Rajkot: The forest department arrested two men for allegedly harassing tigers at Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh after a video of the incident went viral on social media.The incident occurred on July 12, prompting forest officials to initiate action after the footage surfaced online on Monday.The…
The video, which surfaced on social media on Monday, shows a man throwing a cloth into the enclosure Rajkot: A viral video from Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh triggered concern among wildlife lovers and forest officials after a visitor allegedly threw a piece of cloth into a tiger enclosure. The incident, captured on camera and shared…
The accused persons in police custody Rajkot: Ahead of the Rath Yatra, a special law-and-order drive by the Rajkot prevention of crime branch (PCB) exposed an interstate gun running racket operating in Saurashtra for nearly two years. Police arrested five persons, including an alleged arms supplier from Madhya Pradesh and seized 16 country-made firearms, 30…
Rajkot: A male Eurasian whimbrel named Mat, currently undertaking an extraordinary transcontinental migration, has been recorded near Ghoghla in the Union Territory of Diu, reaffirming the ecological significance of Gujarat’s coastline as a crucial stopover for migratory shorebirds along the Central Asian Flyway.The bird was spotted by Jigar Patel, a field biologist at the Fudam…
Rajkot: A 70-year-old woman, who claims to be the legally wedded wife of former Porbandar MLA Bhura Munja Kadchha alias Jadeja, has filed a complaint under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, alleging that a history-sheeter illegally occupied her family’s properties worth around Rs 1.20 crore for nearly a decade.The complaint was lodged at Kamalabag…
A planting drive in progress in the Aravalli hills Palanpur: Banaskantha Dairy on Monday announced ramping up its six-year-old afforestation campaign by sowing over 10 million seedballs over the next 15 days with an aim to rejuvenate the depleted hills of Aravali around temple town Ambaji and Danta.Shankar Chaudhary, Gujarat Legislative Assembly and the dairy…
File photo of Nasir Nagar after the demolition Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Monday sought a reply from the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on suspended executive engineer Sujal Prajapati’s allegations that he was ordered to remove encroachments in Nasirnagar by the municipal commissioner.Prajapati was suspended after an inquiry into the May 30 demolition of…
Rajkot: More than four years after a woman died following childbirth at Bhavnagar’s Sir Takhtsinhji (Sir T) Hospital, Nilambaug police registered an FIR against two women doctors and other unidentified persons on the orders of a special court.The case was registered under IPC Sections 167 (public servant framing incorrect document), 304 (culpable homicide not amounting…
Rajkot: Four police personnel were suspended and five others were transferred on Sunday following an attack on a State Monitoring Cell (SMC) team during a raid on an alleged gambling den in Veraval town of Gir Somnath district earlier this week.The action comes after the SMC raided an alleged gambling den operating from the house…
