Citizens will get yoga sessions with certified instructors for free Rajkot: The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) will establish India’s first permanent, technology-enabled “15-Minute Yoga City”. The project adapts the “15-Minute City” urban planning model — which ensures essential services within a short walk from home — providing residents access to professional yoga facilities within a…
Rajkot: Thirteen days after a 20-year-old rape survivor died by suicide in Morbi district, her mother has filed a police complaint naming the rape accused’s wife, her brother and his wife for relentlessly threatening and mentally torturing her daughter to force her to withdraw the rape case, ultimately driving her to take the extreme step.The…
Rajkot: Seven second-year resident doctors of Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, who were suspended for ragging 13 juniors, were booked by the Nilambaug police on Saturday, with the FIR revealing shocking details of extreme physical and mental torture.The victim doctors were ragged in the Trauma Centre of Sir T Hospital during the four months, spanning from…
Rajkot: In a daring late-night robbery, five masked men armed with iron pipes stormed a bungalow in Shapar Veraval, near Rajkot, and assaulted a 77-year-old businessman man and fled with cash, gold jewellery and a licensed firearm worth over Rs 2.49 crore.The robbery took place around 1.30am on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday…
Rajkot: In a major crackdown on illegal mining, the Rajkot Range police team seized machinery and vehicles worth approximately Rs 2.5 crore during a raid in Surendranagar district.The operation was conducted in the jurisdiction of Dhajala police station, where illegal extraction of minerals was taking place from govt wasteland near Gudiyawala village.Rajkot Range DIG Nirlipt…
Palanpur: The Modasa police have arrested two alleged moneylenders accused of trapping a former BJP corporator in a usurious lending racket and extorting Rs 91 lakh after initially advancing him a loan of Rs 16 lakh.According to the complaint filed by Priyank Patel, owner of Atlanta Theatre, he borrowed Rs 16 lakh from Vijay Desai…
Rajkot: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in several districts of Gujarat on Friday, with isolated areas in central Gujarat likely to receive intense showers.On Thursday, Nadiad witnessed a spell of heavy rain, recording 53 mm of rainfall in just two hours between 4 pm and 6 pm. Heavy rainfall was also…
Railway underpass for lions Rajkot: In a major boost to wildlife conservation efforts, the Bhavnagar division of Western Railway has completed India’s first dedicated railway underpass designed specifically for the safe movement of Asiatic lions and other wildlife in the Gir area.The pioneering initiative has been developed in and around Gir, the world’s only natural…
According to the FIR, the woman came in contact with him through Instagram Rajkot: A 33-year-old married woman has accused a man she befriended on social media of repeatedly raping her, blackmailing her with objectionable photographs and videos, and pressuring her to convert her religion and marry him. The Rajkot City Taluka police have registered…
Rajkot: A sessions court in Jamnagar has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Mayank Sanghani, to rigorous life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering a 16-year-old boy for a ransom of Rs 2 crore in a case that shocked the city nearly a decade ago.The judgement was delivered on June 17, 2026.The victim, Karan, was the son of…
