Rajkot: A 33-year-old private firm employee from Ishwaria village in Paddhari taluka of Rajkot district allegedly lost Rs 1.68 lakh in a suspected mobile device hacking incident in the early hours of Sep 21.The victim, Dhaval Dobariya, who works at an engineering firm in Paddhari, discovered the fraud around 2am after receiving automated transaction alerts…
Rajkot: A 48-year-old real estate and construction businessman from the city lost Rs 5.85 lakh to cyberfraud after opening a malicious APK file disguised as a digital wedding invitation received via WhatsApp.The victim, Manish Dholariya, discovered the fraud on Sep 13 after getting bank alerts about the unauthorised transactions. The money funds were transferred to…
The farmer allegedly grew the banned plant amid vegetable and root crops to evade detection Palanpur: The anti-narcotics wing (ANW) of Aravali district police seized 360 cannabis plants weighing 50.52kg and valued at Rs 25.26 lakh from a farm in Zarda village of Meghraj taluka, where a farmer allegedly grew the banned plant amid vegetable…
RMC launched its AI- and drone-based mosquito-control programme on Aug 25 Rajkot: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has identified 15,377 potential mosquito breeding sites using drones and artificial intelligence-based surveillance as part of its efforts to curb mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya.According to the RMC health department, the drone survey covered 130.59 sq…
Rajkot: Two wagons of an empty goods train derailed at Surendranagar yard in the Rajkot division of Western Railway on Wednesday afternoon, disrupting rail operations and prompting the diversion of seven trains. Two passenger services between Bhavnagar Terminus and Surendranagar have also been partially cancelled.The incident occurred at around 1.30pm when the goods train, travelling…
Rajkot: A 47-year-old pesticide manufacturer from Tankara taluka of Morbi district was allegedly defrauded of Rs 84.80 lakh after being lured into a fraudulent stock trading scheme operated through a messaging group and a deceptive mobile application.According to the police complaint filed by Vignesh Parmar, the scam began in Feb 2025. Parmar stated that he…
Rajkot: A 22-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife and battered her head with a stone before leaving her body on railway tracks near Jetalsar in Rajkot district in an attempt to pass off the murder as a train accident.Virpur police registered an FIR against the accused, Dipak Shingar, for murder on Monday,According to the complaint…
Chemical analysis reports from the directorate of forensic science in Gandhinagar, conclusively identified the seized plants Rajkot: A special NDPS court in Junagadh convicted a 62-year-old man, Narsi Khakhas, sentencing him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 for illegally growing cannabis at his home.The verdict was pronounced by additional…
Rajkot: A long-running dispute linked to suspicions of an extramarital affair ended in the deaths of two men in Mundra, Kutch, on Monday evening. Police registered cross-complaints alleging murder and launched an investigation into rival accounts of the violence.The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Jaypalsinh Sarvaiya and Prakash Suthar.Police said the dispute centred on friction…
Rajkot: An additional sessions court in Keshod, Junagadh district, sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a woman, who had to abort the resultant fetus at 24 weeks, after she drank acid in a bid to end her life.The court relied on forensic DNA evidence that established that the convict was the biological…
