The accused persons in custody Rajkot: For two years, a family was told their missing relative was working in Australia. On Wednesday night, that story collapsed beneath the concrete floor of a factory in the Dared GIDC estate in Jamnagar, where police unearthed human remains, believed to be those of 36-year-old Jignesh Mavadiya, who was…
Excavation at the factory in Dared GIDC as police search for the remains of Mavadiya, believed to be buried 12 feet deep Rajkot: A missing-person inquiry has led to police in Jamnagar to allege that a woman and her lover poisoned her husband by mixing cyanide with his liquor and interred him under a concrete…
The bus involved in the accident in Banaskantha Palanpur: Three people lost their lives and five were injured when a rickshaw collided with a Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) bus near Kharodia village in Banaskantha district on Wednesday.The accident occurred on a single-lane road in Palanpur taluka when the rickshaw, travelling from Vadgam, ran…
Rajkot: A 49-year-old woman from Adityana village in Porbandar district’s Ranavav taluka lodged a police complaint, alleging two loan consultants cheated her family of Rs 13 lakh, while facilitating an education loan for her daughter’s study abroad.Based on the complaint filed by Jaya Khuti, Ranavav police registered a case against Jaydeep Ramani and Mouli Talaviya…
The severe collision flung both men onto the road Rajkot: Two men were killed when a speeding car rammed their motorcycle from behind on Wednesday morning. The accident took place on the Rajkot-Jamnagar highway near Sanosara Patiya in Dhrol taluka of Jamnagar district, police said.The deceased are Tarshi Shingala (67) and Natudbha Jadeja (64), residents…
Rajkot: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped a government sub-auditor and a middleman in a Rs 14,000 bribery case linked to the renewal of a money-lending (finance) licence in Jamnagar.An auditor named in the case is absconding.According to the ACB, the complainant had applied to the District Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Jamnagar, for renewal of a finance…
Rajkot: Gujarat’s exports to the United States fell 17.4% in 2025-26 as higher US tariffs, geopolitical disruptions and cautious buying by American customers hit shipments across several of the state’s key export sectors.Official data showed exports to the US dropped to $15.06 billion in FY26 from $18.23 billion in 2024-25, a decline of $3.17 billion.Among…
The deceased, Keyur Ramani, was posted at Rajkot Rural police station Rajkot: A 24-year-old newly recruited police constable was killed after his scooter was hit by a speeding auto-rickshaw while he was on his way to a training session at the Mavdi police headquarters on Tuesday.The deceased, Keyur Ramani, was posted at Rajkot Rural police…
Rajkot: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught an Aadhaar operator of the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and a middleman for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 3,000 bribe to process corrections in an Aadhaar card.ACB caught Vijay Dabhi, 28, the operator, and Ashwin Bambhaniya, who acted as a middleman through his online service centre.Investigators…
Rajkot: Three members of a family died after allegedly poisoning themselves at their home in Ajanta Park on Sadhu Vaswani Road on Monday afternoon, with police investigating whether financial distress or pressure from moneylenders had caused the triple suicide.The deceased are retired PWD employee Dilip Khakkhar, 73, his wife Smita, 65, and their son Nishit,…
