Rajkot: A UPSC aspirant from Dhule district in Maharashtra, was arrested in Rajkot after allegedly posing as a 2023-batch IAS officer to get accommodation at a govt guesthouse.The accused, Prashant Kachve, attempted to pass himself off as ‘Rahul Singh’, an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, citing his wife’s pregnancy to reserve a room at…
The spot where the murder took place on Tuesday night Rajkot: A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death near Ambedkarnagar Chowk late Tuesday night, with police linking the attack to an earlier dispute and identifying four suspects, including a history-sheeter.The victim, Paresh Chauhan, lived in Meera Township on Mavdi-Pal Road. Police said the attack stemmed…
Palanpur: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 5.71 lakh during a raid on a public road near Maunavlapur village in Bhiloda taluka of Aravalli district on Monday.The team, led by police inspector J J Chavda, seized 51 boxes of liquor and beer containing around 1,497 bottles. Four vehicles, five…
Palanpur: A man posing as a healer allegedly raped a married woman repeatedly over eight years by threatening that the deity he invoked would be angered and bring harm to her family if she refused to comply with his demands. The accused also allegedly took the woman to guesthouses in Visnagar and Vijapur to sexually…
The first incident occurred in Kankot village of Amreli, where a farm worker was attacked Rajkot: A farm labourer and a toddler sustained severe injuries in two separate incidents of leopard attacks reported in villages of Amreli and Gir Somnath districts.The first incident occurred in Kankot village of Amreli, where a farm worker, identified as…
Rajkot: Two days after a matron at Kutch shelter home was booked for alleged brutality against children, the Delhi-based non-govt organisation (NGO), SOS Children’s Villages India, which runs the facility, said it had taken action against the matron on June 25, a day after receiving information about the alleged abuse.In a statement SOS Children’s Village…
Palanpur: The local crime branch (LCB) of Mehsana police detained two juveniles who were allegedly carrying an illegal country-made pistol and three live cartridges on Monday.LCB inspector A M Kamaliya and his team were on patrol when head constable Mahendra Kanjibhai received a tip-off that two persons were standing near a dargah with a pistol-like…
The 150-Foot Ring Road, stretching from Madhapar Chowkdi to Gondal Chowkdi, was developed as a model road Rajkot: City police have declared the cycle tracks, service roads and footpaths along the 11-km 150-Foot Ring Road a no-parking zone, seeking to restore space meant for cyclists and pedestrians on one of the city’s busiest traffic corridors.The…
Rajkot: A 58-year-old Adipur resident was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 94 lakh in an online trading fraud after being lured by promises of double returns. The fraudsters allegedly displayed profits exceeding Rs 3.2 crore in a trading app but demanded a service fee of over Rs 63 lakh when he tried to withdraw…
Rajkot: In a bizarre twist, a reported daylight robbery in Rajkot turned out to be an alleged conspiracy by a nephew to evade repayment of debt to his uncle. The accused reportedly staged the theft of a bag supposedly containing Rs 11 lakh, with help of two friends to make the incident appear genuine.Police arrested…
