The accused in police custody Rajkot: Amreli city Congress president Sandeep Dhanani has been arrested after a case was registered against him for allegedly assaulting a 36-year-old man at a paan shop in Amreli, leaving him with head injuries that required nine stitches.Amreli City police registered an offence for attempted murder, criminal intimidation and intentional…
Rajkot: The Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s food department inspected 53 food establishments, including restaurants, hostels and canteens, during a surveillance drive against food adulteration and unhygienic practices.Officials destroyed 65kg of inedible and stale food items, served notices to 18 establishments for violations related to food storage, licences and hygiene, and collected Rs 17,000 in administrative charges….
Rajkot: Devbhumi Dwarka police have begun an investigation into a viral video showing some men being assaulted with plastic pipes with preliminary probe revealing that it was shot in Hathla village of Bhanvad taluka.A person seen in the video appears to be wearing a police uniform. However, no official complaint was registered at Bhanvad police…
Salivary stones, medically known as sialoliths, form when mineral deposits in saliva accumulate and harden in a salivary gland or duct Rajkot: A doctor in Rajkot removed 10 salivary stones from the left submandibular duct of an 18-year-old patient through the mouth, without making an external incision or leaving a visible scar.The patient had been…
Rajkot: Gandhidham City B Division police in Kutch district arrested a 23-year-old man on Monday in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 45-year-old woman whose body was found near the Machhunagar railway crossing on Saturday.Police said the accused, Premsingh Puribag, hails from Odisha. The woman’s son had initially lodged a complaint against…
Rajkot: The state monitoring cell (SMC) seized 21,792 bottles of liquor worth Rs 86.63 lakh from a mini truck near Radhe Krishna Hotel on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway, near Bamanbor village, in the jurisdiction of Airport police station.The liquor, packed in 604 cartons, was concealed behind empty boxes labelled as containers for pain-relief gels, police said.Acting…
Palanpur: One pilgrim was killed and 11 others were injured after a speeding SUV rammed into a group of devotees walking to Ambaji for the Bhadarvi Poonam fair near Dolgadh, close to Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district, on Monday.The incident occurred when the SUV allegedly sped past a barricade and hit a Gujarat Rakshak Dal (GRD)…
Rajkot: Security agencies were put on high alert after an email threatening to blow up the Somnath Temple was received on Monday morning, prompting an intensive search of the temple premises and surrounding areas.After an alert was issued by the state police control room, Gir Somnath district police rushed to the temple and launched a…
Rajkot: A 33-year-old packaging film trader from Rajkot allegedly lost Rs 8.1 lakh after he opened an APK file link sent through WhatsApp by a person posing as a “motor manager” and displaying the trader’s actual vehicle number.The complainant, Vimal Chaniyara, told police that he received the WhatsApp message on July 28 from an unknown…
Rajkot: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a gram raksha dal (GRD) jawan were arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers on Sunday for allegedly accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe from a complainant in connection with an assault case registered at Aji Dam police station.The arrested accused were identified as ASI Rajesh Mer (53), attached to the…
