Investigators are questioning the accused to identify the source of the contraband Rajkot: The Kutch East special operations group (SOG) arrested two persons near Samakhiyali village in Bhachau taluka and seized more than 35kg of cannabis valued at Rs 17.8 lakh, police said.The accused were identified as Amna Khatun alias Gauri, 43, and Ayush Kumar…
Both the deceased children were pulled out of the water and taken to Rajkot Civil Hospital Rajkot: Two five-year-old children drowned in a rainwater-filled pit at Lothda village near Rajkot on Monday, leaving their families devastated. Both children were from migrant labourer families from Madhya Pradesh who had settled temporarily in the village for work.The…
SUV crashes into house courtyard Palanpur: An elderly woman and a girl were killed and another girl seriously injured after an SUV suddenly lurched forward and crashed into a house courtyard in Vrindavan Society in Bahucharaji on Monday evening.The accident occurred around 7.30pm when the black Bolero, driven by a resident of the same society,…
Rajkot: A priest and his wife were found dead at the residential quarters of the Tarangadham Jain pilgrimage site, near Chuli village in Dhrangadhra taluka of Surendranagar district, on Tuesday.A preliminary police investigation suggests the priest allegedly killed his wife before dying by suicide.The deceased have been identified as Pravin Rathwa (37) and his wife,…
The bear first entered a residential area Palanpur: Panic gripped Hasanpur-Kharodpur village, around 14km from Palanpur, early Tuesday after a five-year-old sloth bear went on an aggressive rampage, attacking at least five people and repeatedly returning to the village despite attempts by forest officials to tranquilise it.The bear first entered a residential area in the…
A pride of 10 Asiatic lions, including cubs, was spotted on the railway track Rajkot: Timely action by loco pilots averted a possible mishap when a pride of 10 Asiatic lions, including cubs, was spotted on the railway track near Dhari on Monday.Loco pilot Anish S. and assistant loco pilot Virendrasinh Parmar were operating the…
Rajkot: A cattle rearer was injured in a lion attack in Sihor taluka of Bhavnagar district on Tuesday while grazing his goats near a village.The injured man, Vijay Baliya, a resident of Todi village, was rushed to a hospital in Palitana, where he is undergoing treatment.Deputy conservator of forests, Bhavnagar, Yogesh Desai, said, “The lion…
The court also said it was impossible to determine whether blood samples had been preserved and tested in accordance with mandatory procedure Rajkot: At least 80 people booked for alleged liquor consumption were acquitted by a Dhoraji court in the month of July alone after police failed to submit Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports confirming…
Rajkot: A formal police complaint was lodged with Dhrangadhra Taluka police station after a five-year-old boy died after falling from a moving bus last week in Surendranagar’s Rajsitapur village on July 28.According to the police, the accident occurred around 7.15am near a petrol pump. The child, Divyaraj Solanki, suffered a severe head injury and died…
Pottery items and 100 human skeletons have been excavated from the site Rajkot: It was called “Ujadagaon” — a deserted village — by BSF personnel who first spotted unusual structural remains in this remote landscape close to the Indo-Pak border in Kutch.But archaeological investigations have now revealed that the seemingly barren site was once a…
