Rescue workers help a baby get to safety in Wadhwan Rajkot: Surendranagar recorded the monsoon’s highest rainfall while adjoining Morbi district was also pounded by heavy rain that inundated roads, disrupted power supply, forced evacuations and claimed at least one life, while the search continued for a seven-year-old boy swept away in floodwaters.The worst-affected talukas…
The 180-kg woman gave birth to a child in Rajkot Civil Hospital Rajkot: Rajkot Civil Hospital achieved a remarkable medical milestone by successfully conducting the delivery of a pregnant woman who weighed 180kg, which doctors say is the heaviest maternity case in the hospital’s history.Kailash Parmar (35) from Timbi village in Amreli district’s Jafrabad taluka,…
Rajkot: The Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s (RMC) health department sealed three food units and destroyed stale and inedible food during a food-safety drive on Friday.As part of the crackdown on suspected food adulteration and unhygienic practices, officials inspected 75 shops, restaurants and food production units. Notices were issued to 12 units for violations related to storage,…
Rajkot: In a bid to boost tax recovery, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has announced a two-month interest waiver scheme on pending property and water tax dues from Aug 1 to Sep 30.According to RMC officials, outstanding property and water tax dues have reached Rs 749 crore, owed by around 1.63 lakh taxpayers, including residential,…
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Rajkot: Police have booked a teacher of a govt school for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old Class 8 scheduled caste student at a primary school in Khambhalia taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka.The FIR was registered at Jam Khambhalia police station on Wednesday, based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s father, a 36-year-old labourer. Police records…
Three lions were seen crossing the new staircase at Mount Girnar on Wednesday Rajkot: In an unprecedented move, the Gujarat forest department has captured the entire pride of the Asiatic lion named Bhagat, not because the other animals were involved in attacks on humans, but “to ensure their safety” after the dominant male was removed…
A video grab of the robbery at the office near Bhavnagar Road Rajkot: In a brazen robbery that alarmed the trading community, two armed men stormed an angadia office on Thursday morning and fled with Rs 19 lakh in cash in less than 20 seconds in one of the city’s busiest jewellery trading areas.Two armed…
Rajkot collector Om Prakash (C) at a press conference on Thursday Rajkot: Rajkot district collector Om Prakash on Thursday urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel for the next two to three days as the district braces for heavy to very heavy rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty…
Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of of heavy to very heavy and at times extremely heavy rainfall in central, south Gujarat and Saurashtra.On Saturday, the districts where isolated extremely heavy rainfall is expected include Ahmedabad, Anand, Surendranagar, and Rajkot, and districts where isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected include Bhavnagar,…
