Rajkot: Eight people, including two minors, have been booked for the alleged repeated gang rape of a 14-year-old girl over the past two months, police said on Tuesday. The complaint was registered at Bhaktinagar police station.Those booked are Devil alias Sahil, Sahil alias Zeri, Mihir Kugasiya, Razak Theba, Dhaval, Asif Shahmadar and the two minors….
Rajkot: For the third straight day, long queues of trucks were seen across Kutch, from Gandhidham and Mundra to Bhachau and Samakhiyali, as fuel stations rationed diesel supplies, impacting cargo movement to India’s two largest commercial ports — Kandla and Mundra.While transporters cite a diesel shortage as the immediate problem, the crisis is rooted in…
Rajkot: The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has collected Rs 153 crore in advance property and water taxes for the 2026-27 financial year in just 40 days.As of May 18, a total of 2.43 lakh taxpayers have cleared their dues since the tax collection drive began on April 7. RMC collected a total tax of Rs…
Rajkot: Two men died under suspicious circumstances late on Sunday night, after allegedly drinking country liquor at a house in Bhagirath Society, in the jurisdiction of the B Division police station, prompting suspicion of a possible hooch tragedy. The deceased were Mansukh Dabhi (50) and Alpesh Sabariya (43).According to police, both men allegedly drank the…
Palanpur: A four-year-old case of a man allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter, then 16 years old, has come to light in the in Mehsana district’s Vijapur taluka after the girl lodged a complaint at the Ladol police station.The accused took advantage of the girl being alone at home when her mother went to run her…
Large-scale tree felling had been going on for three to four weeks Rajkot: A major case of illegal tree felling has come to light in Bhavnagar district, raising serious concerns about wildlife habitat destruction. Around 1,700 trees were allegedly felled and taken away from the Rajasthali vidi (forest grassland reserve) over several weeks.Forest department officials…
Rajkot: A fire broke out on a moving bus on Monday afternoon on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway near Chotila, just four days after a deadly highway collision near Sangani village claimed four lives.The fire occurred between 4 and 4.30pm, approximately 8.6km from Chotila. The private bus was going from Somnath to Ahmedabad with 28 passengers on…
Rajkot: Two brothers are booked for raping and molesting two minor girls and two separate cases. Two police complaints were filed at Paddhari police station in Rajkot district by the guardians of the girls on Sunday.According to police the complaints are against Parag Rathod and Dhaval Rathod, the sons of a sarpanch of a village…
Rajkot: A 19-year-old student of R K University allegedly died by suicide in the boys’ hostel on the Rajkot-Bhavnagar highway late on Saturday night, police said. Preliminary investigation suggests that emotional distress following a dispute in a romantic relationship may have driven the student to take the extreme step. A case of accidental death has…
Rajkot: The Rajkot City crime branch has solved five pending burglary cases with the arrest of two accused and the recovery of stolen valuables worth more than Rs 20 lakh, including gold, silver jewellery and cash.The accused were identified as 22-year-old Sunil alias Aryan Siyal and Kiran Endariya (30). The duo was apprehended near Bhutnath…
