Palanpur: Banas Dairy has announced the setting up of a new bio-CNG plant at Dhanpur in Banaskantha district, marking another step in its efforts to diversify farmers’ income and promote sustainable agriculture.The announcement was made during the foundation stone ceremony on Saturday.The proposed plant will convert cattle dung into bio-CNG, creating an additional source of…
Rajkot: A 46-year-old man lodged a complaint alleging that his 15-year-old daughter was repeatedly raped over the last three months by a neighbour, in the Jamnagar Road area of the city.University police station registered a case against the accused under Sections 351(3) (criminal intimidation), 64(2) (rape under aggravated circumstances) and 65(1) (punishment for rape) of…
Rajkot: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized 4.3kg of suspected ambergris from the limits of Vartej police station in Bhavnagar district and detained four persons.The seized contraband is valued at Rs 4.30 crore in the international market.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by SMC inspector R K Karamta raided a salt-pan area close near…
A video grab of a lion on the ascent to the summit of Girnar Rajkot: A lion attacked and killed an 11-year-old boy climbing the Girnar hill with his family in Junagadh early on Saturday, triggering a major safety scare among thousands of pilgrims and marking the first reported instance of a lion attacking a…
Rehankhan Pathan and Yashrajsinh Vaja in police custody Ahmedabad/Rajkot: Three persons, including man who was killed by a lion, have been booked by officers in the Liliya forest range of Amreli for allegedly conducting an illegal “lion show”.Forest officials said the range initiated one of its strongest enforcement actions in recent months after the incident,…
Car Collided Head-On With Truck Rajkot: Six people, including a couple and their six-month-old daughter, were killed when their Ertiga car collided head-on with a truck near Hotel Amardeep on the new Junagadh bypass while travelling from Rajkot to Somnath on July 11.The deceased have been identified as Shailesh Dalwadi (30), his wife Pooja Dalwadi…
Palanpur: A fresh visa fraud case has surfaced in Himmatnagar, with police investigating allegations that a consultant collected crores of rupees from dozens of aspiring migrants by promising Canadian work permits, where application files allegedly never existed.Investigators suspect the value of the scam could be much bigger than initially reported.Preeti Vyas, who ran an ‘institute’…
The truck reportedly entered the wrong side of the Junagadh bypass on Saturday RAJKOT: Six people, including a couple and their six-month-old daughter, were killed when their Ertiga car collided head-on with a truck, which reportedly entered the wrong side on the Junagadh bypass, on Saturday.The deceased have been identified as Shailesh Dalwadi (30), his…
Anxious relatives of the victims at the hospital in Botad Rajkot: A dispute over an Instagram friend request turned deadly in Botad district on Thursday night when five men allegedly attacked three youths during what was supposed to be a peace meeting, leaving one of them dead and two critically injured.In a tragic twist, the…
Rajkot: A 30-year-old prisoner at Gondal Sub-Jail attempted suicide by slashing his throat, allegedly as fellow prisoners repeatedly threw rats and cockroaches into his barrack and kept threatening to kill him.Based on his complaint, Gondal City B Division police registered an FIR against Ajay alias Tido Sakariya, Bhavik alias Pako alias Gandhi Parmar, Dilip Rathod…
