The injured persons at a hospital on Monday Rajkot: A woman and her daughter-in-law were killed and about 20 others injured after a private bus ferrying pilgrims to religious places overturned near Gondal town of Rajkot district around 4:30am on Monday.According to the police, the accident occurred near Vorakotda village when the bus driver attempted…
Rajkot International Airport Rajkot: Rising aviation turbine fuel prices have forced Air India to prune operations across Gujarat, with Rajkot losing key Delhi and Mumbai flights in June and Vadodara facing a reduction in Delhi connectivity for June and July, worsening air links from Saurashtra and central Gujarat and pushing fares higher.Airport sources said Air…
Rajkot: After nearly two years on the run, the two accused in the Paddhari rape and murder case were produced before a local court on Monday, which granted police custody till June 1, allowing investigators to piece together their movements, support network and the chain of events that led to the killing.Police said Yashpalsinh Jadeja,…
Rajkot: A businessman accused of running a multi-crore investment scam has gone missing, defrauding at least 12 investors of Rs 1.33 crore. A Division police registered an FIR on Monday after the accused’s own family publicly disowned him.A 58-year-old businessman, Mustak Sabuwala, told police that the accused, Hitesh Gohil, lured investors by projecting himself as…
Rajkot: Nearly 780 days after they were booked under the Pocso Act for allegedly raping a minor girl, two accused were arrested by Rajkot rural police following a statewide manhunt triggered by the brutal murder of the rape victim’s uncle earlier last week.Mahendrasinh Jadeja (35) and Yashpalsinh Jadeja (22) were apprehended near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border…
Rajkot: A 32-year-old man was arrested in Surendranagar by Rajkot Range police for allegedly impersonating a deputy superintendent of police (DySP), using AI-generated images in police uniform and forged documents to dupe people.The accused, identified as Sohil Pathan of Sayla, was apprehended by a team led by Rajkot Range IG Nirlipt Rai after officials received…
Rajkot: Rajkot: The Rajkot Rural police failed to arrest two men accused of raping a minor girl in 2024 and later murdering her uncle earlier this week, despite repeated warnings from the survivor’s family that the duo posed a serious threat to their lives.Mahendrasinh Jadeja and Yashpalsinh Jadeja, who had allegedly raped the girl multiple…
Rajkot: Approximately 15 workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were detained by police after organizing a protest and conducting a “symbolic inauguration” of the Sandhya Bridge on Rajkot-Jamnagar road on Saturday.According to a statement from the party, despite the bridge being complete, it has not been opened for public use under the ruling BJP…
The vehicle and the diesel seized by SOG sleuths in Devbhumi Dwarka Rajkot: While talk of petrol and diesel shortages swirls, the special operations group (SOG) of Devbhumi Dwarka police busted a diesel black-marketing operation. The authorities seized a mini truck with 1,000 litres of diesel and arrested one individual.According to police, the racket had…
Rajkot: Police added charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the five persons accused — including two forest department employees — for the large-scale illegal felling of trees in a protected forest area in Bhavnagar district that forms part of a key lion corridor.The accused were earlier booked under the Indian Forest Act and…
