Rajkot: A 55-year-old goldsmith was allegedly robbed of gold jewellery worth over Rs 3.43 lakh at knifepoint in Junagadh on Friday afternoon.Junagadh ‘A’ Division Police registered an FIR against an identified suspect and his accomplice.According to the FIR filed by the complainant, Mujibur Rehman Khalilur Rehman Shaikh, a resident of Mandvi Chowk, he runs a…
Allegedly Threatened To Publish Defamatory Reports, Foist False Cases Rajkot: Atkot police registered a case of extortion and cheating against a Gondal-based journalist, Ravi Ramani, after a man alleged that he was forced to pay Rs 10 lakh under threats of defamatory news reports and false criminal cases linked to a family land dispute.According to…
Palanpur: Three Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawans were dismissed and a police constable suspended after a video allegedly showing them demanding money from a truck driver in the name of ‘tea and refreshments’ at the Tharad checkpost in Vav-Tharad district went viral.The action was taken after the video, circulated on social media two days ago,…
Palanpur: A sessions court in Modasa on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his live-in partner by striking her on the head with an iron hammer in Aug 2024.The court of Justice RR Chaudhary convicted Jigneshgiri Goswami of murder and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000.According to the prosecution, Sonal…
Police have registered a case against the absconding truck driver Palanpur: A woman and her son were killed on the spot when a truck carrying CNG gas collided head-on with an Eeco car on the Sami-Radhanpur highway early Friday morning.Four others travelling in the car sustained serious injuries and were referred to Mehsana for further…
The fire engulfed several food carts in the area Rajkot: Three people were injured after a major fire broke out at Khau Gali behind Hemu Gadhvi Hall in Rajkot on Friday afternoon when a gas pipeline was accidentally damaged during excavation work for laying a DI pipeline by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC).The fire engulfed…
Seventeen complaints were registered against them under Section 30 of the Medical Practitioners Act Rajkot: In a crackdown on fake doctors, Rajkot Rural police arrested 17 quacks in a drive conducted across 11 police station jurisdictions in the district.The accused were allegedly practising in industrial areas, towns and villages, with the durations of their illegal…
Rajkot: The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Sabarkantha and Kheroj police arrested a 22-year-old man from Rajasthan who had been absconding for nearly five months in a case involving the alleged abduction of a minor girl.The accused, Panaram Thakur, a resident of Tanpi village in Sanchore taluka of Rajasthan’s Jalore district, was nabbed after a…
Ten persons have been arrested Rajkot: At least 2,000 people across the state have been duped by operators of three fake call centres that allegedly sold medicines marketed to enhance sexual stamina and then resorted to extortion by threatening to expose customers’ personal information to their relatives and acquaintances.Bhayavadar police in Rajkot Rural busted the…
The incident occurred when a goods train coming from Pipavav port hit the lion Rajkot: A lion is suspected to have been injured after colliding with a goods train between Liliya and Damnagar in Amreli district on Thursday.Forest officials launched a search for the animal after finding its tail and fine hair on the railway…
