Rajkot: A Rajkot couple was arrested for allegedly murdering the woman’s lover and dumping his body in a forest stretch near Naranka village in Kotda Sangani taluka, police said on Sunday.The crime came to light on Saturday when a farmer spotted the body of an unidentified man lying beside the road in the forest area….
Firing clash incident spot near Nageshwar on Rajkot-Jamnagar highway Rajkot: A firing incident near Nageshwar on the Rajkot–Jamnagar highway triggered heavy police deployment and led to the arrest of a history-sheeter and an alleged photojournalist on Saturday evening.The incident took place around 4.30 pm inside the compound of a commercial premises in the area. Following…
Rajkot: A 28-year-old import-export trader from Rajkot has filed a complaint with the B Division police, alleging he was cheated of Rs 18.53 lakh by a man who promised to import machinery components from China but failed to deliver the goods.According to the complaint, Sagar Patel, who has been in the import-export business for the…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Visavadar sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl after blackmailing her with secretly captured nude screenshots, holding that he exploited her age and trust to satisfy his lust.The judgment was pronounced on April 30 by special Pocso judge H V Joshi. The court convicted…
Rajkot: A man accused of eloping with a 16-year-old girl from Dwarka in 1994 was detained in Kerala after 32 years, after a cold case review by Devbhumi Dwarka district police traced him to Alappuzha.Local crime branch (LCB) sleuths detained Venu D Damodharan, 59, from Cheppad village in Alappuzha district. A case under Indian Penal…
Rajkot: The Rajkot Division of Western Railway won four prestigious General Manager-level shields at the 71st Railway Week Awards Ceremony held in Mumbai on Friday. The awards were presented by Western Railway General Manager, Ramashray Pandey for outstanding performance during 2025-26.The division received the Rail Madad Shield for effective passenger grievance redressal, the Commercial Cleanliness…
Rajkot: Already reeling under intense heat, Gujarat is bracing for an even harsher spell of summer in the coming days, with the weather department forecasting heatwave conditions across several parts of the state till May 14.Temperatures, which have already breached the 40-degrees mark in many cities and towns, are expected to climb further across North…
Rajkot: A double murder-suicide rocked Sandhavaya village of Gondal taluka in Rajkot district on Friday, as a 37-year-old cement factory owner, Jaypal Togadia, allegedly strangled his two minor children before taking his own life on Friday.The tragedy unfolded at the Gayatri Cement factory on Ghoghavadar Road in Gondal on Friday. According to police, Jaypal Togadia…
Vadodara: For decades, Gujarat has had the reputation of being among the country’s most peaceful and safe states. The figures recently released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2024 show a different picture. Violent crimes have increased sharply in the state, from 9,015 cases in 2022 to 11,967 in 2024 — a 32%…
Rajkot: The Surendranagar forest department apprehended a man identified as Dalsukh Mathasuriya from the Chorvira forest while he was allegedly poaching a spiny-tailed lizard, locally known as “sandha”.According to forest officials, the spiny-tailed lizard is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, making its hunting and trade illegal. Despite the ban, traffickers target…
