Rajkot: Unidentified persons stole around 15 litres of transformer oil and a copper coil worth approximately Rs 72,000 from an electricity transformer on Airport Road in Jamnagar.The theft was reported near Jai Dwarkadhish Hotel opposite Ramapir Temple.The New Jamnagar Rural sub-division of Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) lodged a complaint with the City-C Division…
Rajkot: The principal district and sessions court in Junagadh on Thursday sentenced a 40-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering a man following a confrontation over bursting crackers last Diwali.Principal district and sessions judge S L Thakkar, in the judgment delivered on Oct 22, sentenced Jayshree Barad to life imprisonment for the murder of Divyang…
Rajkot: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajkot Police has foiled an armed robbery plot targeting an angadia firm in Junagadh with the arrest of five men near Kuwadva village on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad Highway on Sunday. Police seized several weapons, an SUV and multiple mobile phones from the accused. A sixth suspect remains at large.The…
Rajkot: A businessman and his wife were found dead at their garlic-processing unit in the Atika industrial zone, with their family claiming that mounting debt and alleged harassment by moneylenders had pushed the couple into severe distress.Police said the deceased are Ramesh Chavda and his wife, Bharti, both aged 40. Originally from Manavadar in Junagadh,…
Rajkot: The ancestral land of Vishal Sakariya, a Rajkot man settled in Canada, was allegedly transferred and resold after a lookalike impersonated him before the sub-registrar and used forged affidavits and other documents to execute the deal without his knowledge.Vishal Sakariya’s 40-year-old sister, Hema Sakariya, lodged a complaint at Pradyuman Nagar police station against Uttamsinh…
Rajkot: An 85-year-old woman was murdered for her gold ornaments by an unidentified assailant who slit her throat and severed both her ears to steal her jewellery at her home in Bhingran village of Una taluka in Gir Somnath district on Sunday.The deceased, identified as Rakhmai Bambhaniya, was alone at home when she was fatally…
Two members of the gang have been arrested Palanpur: A gang that allegedly posed as pig catchers to conduct reconnaissance of locked houses during the day and burgled them at night was busted by the Banaskantha local crime branch (LCB) and Panthawada police. Two members of the gang have been arrested with gold ornaments and…
Rajkot: A 33-year-old footwear trader from Rajkot was allegedly duped of Rs 5.7 lakh by a firm that promised to supply 2,500 pairs of ready-made footwear from Vietnam at cheaper rates. The trader paid the amount in five instalments but received neither the consignment nor a refund.A complaint was registered at the Rajkot City Cybercrime…
Palanpur: rime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhildi, near Deesa in Banaskantha district, on Oct 30 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for several development projects, including the Banas Dairy’s Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBBRC).During the visit, Modi will digitally transfer the 24th instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to farmers…
Rajkot: After a Rajkot man settled thousands of kilometres away in Canada, his lookalike allegedly stepped into his shoes — not to share his identity, but to sell his ancestral land. The impersonator reportedly posed as Vishal Sakariya at the sub-registrar’s office, helping others allegedly transfer his plot using forged documents without his knowledge.The man’s…
