Kutch Police arrest Ajmer Dargah Imam for illegal religious conversion and marriage of minor. RAJKOT: The Rapar Police in East Kutch have arrested an Imam from Khwaja Saheb shirin Ajmer, Rajasthan, for his alleged involvement in the illegal religious conversion and marriage (Nikah) of a minor girl from Rapar.The incident came to light when the…
Rajkot: Forest department teams have been attempting to capture blackbucks for nearly 45 days but have had little success due to the animal’s exceptional speed, shy nature, and high susceptibility to stress.The department has deployed specialised capture techniques, including funnel-shaped enclosures known as “bomas”, and sought technical assistance from Vantara. Officials have erected long-netted corridors…
Rajkot: In an important step towards establishing a cheetah population in Gujarat, around 500 blackbucks from Bhavnagar’s Velavadar and Bhal region will be relocated to Kutch’s Banni grasslands, which is expected to emerge as India’s second major cheetah habitat after Kuno in Madhya Pradesh.The Centre has approved the translocation as part of efforts to create…
Palanpur: Banaskantha Local Crime Branch (LCB) inspector DM Rathod has bagged the ‘Best Detection Award’ for the investigation into the pan-India child-trafficking racket in which newborns were kidnapped and sold for lakhs.Rathod led the probe into what was named ‘Operation Dev,’ which was launched after the abduction and immediate rescue of a four-year-old boy on…
Rajkot: A 50-year-old man was allegedly abducted, tied to a tree and brutally assaulted by villagers in Khera village of Rajula taluka in Amreli district after his son eloped with a young woman from the village.The situation escalated further when a mob allegedly attacked a police team that arrived to rescue the victim, leaving five…
Rajkot: Gondal taluka police have arrested two men for allegedly sexually assaulting four minors during Navratri two years ago. Manish Solanki and Hemang Gogiya were arrested based on a complaint lodged by the mother of one of the victims under Sections 115(2), 351(2) and 54 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Sections 3(A)(D), 4…
Palanpur: In the run-up to International Yoga Day, a yoga camp and common yoga protocol training programme was organised at the Banas Dairy campus.The camp was held in the presence of Gujarat assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary and Gujarat State Yoga Board chairman Shishpal Rajput.Speaking on the occasion, Chaudhary described yoga as a daily essential discipline…
One of the four lions that was feeding on the body captured Rajkot: Forest officials on Tuesday recovered the head and skeletal remains of a 30-year-old man in Rajula taluka of Amreli district after a group of Asiatic lions was found feeding on his body. Authorities are investigating whether the man was killed by the…
Zonal Observation Home in Rajkot Rajkot: A day after 11 juveniles escaped from the govt observation home on Gondal Road, police have traced and brought back seven of them, while an intensive search operation is underway to locate the remaining four, including the alleged mastermind behind the well-planned escape.The four missing juveniles are accused of…
The lioness and dog stuck in the well in Amreli’s Khambhaliya village Rajkot: A predator and its prey became the centre of attention in Amreli’s Khambhaliya village on Monday morning, thanks to the situation they landed in. In a normal situation, a lioness chasing its next kill, and a dog sprinting to save itself from…
