Vadodara: For decades, Gujarat has had the reputation of being among the country’s most peaceful and safe states. The figures recently released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2024 show a different picture. Violent crimes have increased sharply in the state, from 9,015 cases in 2022 to 11,967 in 2024 — a 32%…
Rajkot: The Surendranagar forest department apprehended a man identified as Dalsukh Mathasuriya from the Chorvira forest while he was allegedly poaching a spiny-tailed lizard, locally known as “sandha”.According to forest officials, the spiny-tailed lizard is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, making its hunting and trade illegal. Despite the ban, traffickers target…
Surat: A 38-year-old tailor was stabbed to death at a garment unit in Puna on Friday after a quarrel with a co-worker, police said, adding that the dispute was triggered by the accused seeking the victim’s daughter’s phone number.Mohammad Chand (38), a native of West Bengal, worked at a garment unit in Puna. Police said…
Rajkot: The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs 66.47 lakh with interest to the family of a 34-year-old supervisor who was crushed by a reversing truck inside a salt factory in Gandhidham in 2021.The tribunal directed the truck owner and insurer to pay the compensation for the death of Yogesh Girdhani, holding the driver…
Rajkot: A dispute over an ancestral structure in Babra taluka of Amreli district led to the killing of a 31-year-old man on Thursday.Bharat Ugrajiya, originally from Fuljar village in Rajkot district and living in Rangpar, Morbi, was attacked and his throat was slit in the Kariyana-Jivapar Road area.Police suspect the murder is linked to a…
Vadodara: Despite a challenging job market and slower hiring trends across industries, the Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) of Maharaja Sayajirao University saw encouraging campus placements for the 2025-26 academic year, with 362 students securing jobs through campus recruitment drives so far.According to FTE dean Professor Dhanesh Patel, 558 final-year BE students registered for…
Rajkot: A packets of charas valued at crores of rupees have been recovered over the past few days in Kutch and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, police said Thursday.Sources said the 176 battalion of the Border Security Force found ten packets of the drug while patrolling the creek area of Kutch on Wednesday.Security agencies intensified searches, given…
Rajkot: A case of digital extortion was reported in Rajkot, where a 50-year-old security guard was duped into parting with nearly Rs 9 lakh by cybercriminals posing as Mumbai police officers.Prakash Chauhan, a resident of Gandhigram who works for a private bank, lodged a complaint at Cyber Crime police station against the holder of a…
Surat: Crime branch sleuths have identified all seven men involved in the Rs 50 lakh robbery at the Varachha SBI branch on Arpil 27. Police have also learned that a local named Chandan alias Jack alias Deepak had helped the robbers by giving them shelter. He had also allegedly gone went to railway station and…
Rajkot: Conservation efforts aimed at Gujarat’s Asiatic lions have come under scrutiny after a disturbing video went viral on social media, showing a subadult lion being chased by a car at night, ostensibly in Amreli district. The clip elicited condemnation from animal lovers and lion activists, prompting the forest department to launch a high-level inquiry.The…
