The move comes in the wake of a fatal attack by a lion on a 11-year-old boy Rajkot: In the wake of the recent fatal lion attack on 11-year-old boy in Girnar, the Junagadh district administration has imposed strict restrictions on noise along the Girnar pilgrimage routes to protect wildlife and ensure the safety of…
Rajkot: A city sessions court convicted a 42-year-old man under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for possessing more than five kilograms of marijuana and sentenced him to four years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 40,000. The court also took serious note of the convict’s alleged illegal cultivation on govt…
The move comes in the wake of a fatal attack by a lion on a 11-year-old boy Rajkot: In the wake of the recent fatal lion attack on 11-year-old boy in Girnar, the Junagadh district administration has imposed strict restrictions on noise along the Girnar pilgrimage routes to protect wildlife and ensure the safety of…
Rajkot: A 27-year-old Air Force personnel died after suffering a gunshot injury from his service rifle at the Naliya Air Force Station in Kutch district on Wednesday.The deceased, Bharat Raj Bhardwaj, a native of Haryana, was serving as a guard at the station.Kothara police station sources said Bhardwaj was on duty when he sustained a…
Rajkot: A 30-year-old man was hacked to death and his nephew injured after four armed men allegedly rammed their motorcycle with a car and attacked them in broad daylight in Amreli district’s Ingorala village on Wednesday.Police said the murder was driven by a grudge over the victim’s love marriage.According to an FIR lodged with Khambha…
Rajkot: A sessions court in Junagadh has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the murder of 22-year-old Dhara Kadiwar, who was allegedly killed in June 2022 after being lured from Junagadh on the pretext of going to Ahmedabad for settlement proceedings in a rape case she had filed against the prime accused.Additional sessions judge…
Fire in a bungalow in Rajkot Rajkot: A fire broke out on Wednesday noon at a bungalow on Amin Marg, one of Rajkot’s upscale localities, triggering brief panic in the area. Firefighters from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s Kalawad Road fire station rushed to the spot after receiving the alert and brought the blaze under control…
Rajkot: The Morbi Cybercrime Police arrested a serial cybercriminal accused of hacking into the WhatsApp accounts of school parents and beauty parlour professionals to extort money.The accused, Pritesh alias Gogi Prajapati, employed a deceptive modus operandi that primarily targeted women. Utilising a caller identification app to gather contact details, he would call his people —…
Rajkot: A 39-year-old man from Jamnagar, Ashish Chandra, ended his life on Tuesday after allegedly facing mental harassment from moneylenders.The City C-Division police station registered an offence on Wednesday following a complaint filed by the deceased’s brother, Amrish.According to the complaint, Ashish took a loan of nearly Rs 26 lakh in 2018-19 from a Non…
Palanpur: A 35-year-old woman died after allegedly being set on fire by a neighbour over the recovery of a Rs 5,000 loan she extended to her about a month ago in Patan town.The victim, Pinki Patni, a mother of two who earned her livelihood by selling fruits and vegetables, borrowed Rs 5,000 from her neighbour,…
