Rajkot: All national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across Gujarat will remain closed to tourists from June 23, with the state forest department citing wildlife conservation needs and visitor safety during the monsoon season.In a communication issued to senior forest officials on Monday, chief wildlife warden, Jaipal Singh, directed authorities to regulate and restrict public entry…
Rajkot: Two men accused of posing as police officers and attempting to extort Rs 50,000 from a group of young men were arrested on Monday. The accused, identified as Aryan Faldu and Parmaraj Manjariya, were arrested after a complaint filed on Sunday by Kirit Pithadiya, a 31-year-old labourer living in the Mavdi Plot area. University…
Rajkot: A carefully planned escape by a group of juvenile detainees triggered a massive search operation in Rajkot on Sunday after 11 boys fled the zonal children observation home by allegedly breaking open an iron gate and damaging CCTV cameras inside the facility. While one of the escapees — a 16-year-old Pakistani boy — returned…
Rajkot: A 44-year-old businessman from Kalawad town in Jamnagar district has filed a police complaint alleging that he received serious threats, including a threat to abduct his children, following his post on social media. Kalawad police have registered an FIR against the accused, identified as Alpesh Dobariya.According to the complaint lodged by Parshottam Hirpara, the…
Rajkot: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police have registered an FIR against the director and employees of a local credit cooperative society for allegedly extorting money from a borrower’s family and issuing death threats.The complaint was filed by Dipti Doshi (50) against Parag Solanki, director of Mason Club Credit Co-operative Society Ltd., manager Montu…
Rajkot: A week after a 37-year-old man ended his life due to alleged mental harassment, the police booked four persons, including the deceased’s wife, her sister, her paramour and another woman, for driving him to take the extreme step.An FIR was registered at the Bhaktinagar Police Station by the deceased Amit Pathan’s cousin, Afzalkhan Pathan….
SDAU devices aim to turn growers into entrepreneurs Rajkot: Gujarat’s tamarind growers, especially in arid Kutch, may soon shift from selling low-value raw pods to building profitable agri-businesses, as SDAU scientists unveil patented machines that slash processing time and labour while unlocking high-value products and export-ready opportunities.Farmers looking to earn higher returns from tamarind cultivation…
Rajkot: A 21-year-old woman who was allegedly assaulted by her husband during a domestic dispute over the consumption of betel nut died while undergoing treatment at a Rajkot hospital on Friday, prompting police to upgrade the case from attempt to murder to murder.The deceased, Jyoti Solanki, had sustained a serious head injury after she was…
Rajkot: Morbi police solved two cases of involving gang rape and robbery where migrant farm labourers were targeted, arresting three members of a gang and detaining a minor, while a hunt is on for a fifth accused.The crimes occurred on consecutive nights — June 4 and June 5 — in the agricultural outskirts of Jetpar…
Rajkot: Seven-year-old son of a migrant agricultural labourer was mauled to death by a lion in Ghantiyan village of Bagasara taluka in Amreli district on Thursday night, triggering outrage among villagers and an all-night protest against the forest department.The victim was identified as Nanu Ram Dinesh Mankar. His family hails from Dhar district in Madhya…
