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The boy died during treatment on Thursday.

Rajkot watchman booked for ‘beating’ minor son to death

July 17, 2021 03:05 IST

The boy went to sleep afterwards, but started crying early on Thursday morning and the father rushed him to Rajkot civil hospital.

These screens were installed by the RMC during 2018-19 and 2019-20 as part of the Rajkot eye-way project. (Express Photo: Chirag Chotaliya)

Rajkot civic body to monetise its 35 LED screens, invites bids

July 17, 2021 02:48 IST

The RMC tender notice invites bids for advertisement rights on the giant outdoor LED screens installed at all prime locations in the city.

“We have placed four trap cages at the place to rescue the leopard with no success so far,” said Anshuman Sharma, DCF of Gir (east) wildlife division. (Representative image)

Gujarat: Two-year-old girl dies after leopard attack in Bhavnagar

July 11, 2021 19:42 IST

The incident comes a day after two women were attacked and injured by a leopard in Garal village of Dhari taluka of Amreli district on Saturday.

Minutes later, they cut open ATM of Axis Bank around 100 metres away and robbed Rs 12 lakh after cutting its chest open in the similar manner.

Robbers cut open 2 ATMs in Rajkot, escape with Rs 15.58 lakh

July 10, 2021 02:56 IST

Police said the robbers first struck the ATM of the Central Bank of India and took away Rs 3.5 lakh cash from its chest after cutting it open with the help of a gas-cutter.

Gujarat lawyer facebook live session death

Rajkot lawyer dies due to heart attack while singing song live on Facebook

July 9, 2021 19:35 IST

Those who had joined his live broadcast first could comprehend as to what had happened but then poured their tributes after his younger brother, who is a homeopath, tried to resuscitate the lawyer but to no avail.

The Rajkot Municipal Corporation had submitted an application to the SEAC in 2014, proposing to develop a riverfront along the 11-kilometre long stretch of Aji river. (Representational)

Multi-crore river front plan Aji project inches towards securing green clearanceSubscriber Only

July 6, 2021 01:48 IST

The Rajkot Municipal Corporation had submitted an application to the SEAC in 2014, proposing to develop a riverfront along the 11-kilometre long stretch of Aji river, beginning from the National Highway 27 bridge downstream Aji dam to the Morbi bypass road bridge near Railnagar.

“Hemani was married to a woman around 17 years ago and they have a son and daughter. However, the couple got divorced three months ago with his wife saying that Hemani used to drink and pick up quarrel with her," said an assistant police sub-inspector

Gujarat: Sidhpur man dies by suicide following divorce, say police

July 5, 2021 01:05 IST

Umeshkumar Hemani (45), a resident of Sidhpur in Patan district, was found hanging around 500 metres from Railway Crossing on Jamnavad Road in Dhoraji town, around 7 am on Sunday. He was taken to a government hospital where he was declared dead.

She stated in her complaint that her daughter came in contact with the accused last year through her female friend.

Minor accused of ‘raping 15-yr-old’ held from Surat

July 5, 2021 01:01 IST

The boy, a native of Nepal and works in a gas distribution agency in Surat, was booked by Rajkot city police on Friday after a woman filed a complaint, stating that he raped her 15-year-old daughter twice in school toilet in March this year after promising her to marry him.

44 children orphaned in Rajkot during pandemic

July 2, 2021 03:51 IST

“Till date, we have identified 44 children who have lost both their parents or one of them after March 20, 2020. Another 237 children have lost one parent during the pandemic. The District Child Welfare Committee has approved applications of the 44 orphaned children to avail benefit of MMBSY,” Mehul Goswami, social defence officer (SDO) of Rajkot, said.

Rajkot: 15-year-old girl ‘raped’ by her friend’s cousin, accused booked

July 2, 2021 03:15 IST

Police said that the girl got in touch with the 17-year-old accused last year through her friend.

Boats damaged by cyclone Tauktae in Diu. (Express Photo by Bipin Bamania)

Rs 69 lakh cyclone relief package announced for Diu fishermen

June 26, 2021 02:27 IST

The package announced Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia compensation against completely damaged fishing trawlers of length 15 metres or more and Rs 3 lakh for completely damaged fishing boats of less than 15 metres length.

Earlier Geeta Rabari had asked a female health supervisor to come to her house to administer the Covid vaccine dose. (File Photo)

Gujarat: Folk singer Geeta Rabari booked for ‘performing at dayro’, violating Covid-19 norms

June 24, 2021 19:25 IST

Case against Rabari comes 11 days after she allegedly requested a female health supervisor to come to her home in Bhuj and administer doses of Covid-19 vaccine to her and her husband Prthuvi Rabari.

Panchkula man's murder: Boasts about money led to crime, say police

Jamnagar hospital ‘sexual harassment’: Two supervisors held

June 24, 2021 03:31 IST

The two supervisors at the government hospital, were picked up by Jamnagar police late on Tuesday evening after a 29-year-old woman filed a complaint them.

The trio told police that they had sought permission for organising the event in the jurisdiction of Bhaktinagar police station.

Rajkot: Marriage hall owner, couple held over mass wedding without permission

June 20, 2021 23:17 IST

A team of Aji Dam police station reached Shangar Hall, a marriage hall on Kothariya Road of Rajkot at around 11 am after getting a tip-off that a mass wedding ceremony was in progress there.

Additional public prosecutor (APP) Mahesh Joshi said that the prosecution drew the court’s attention to the fact that save the mother and the son, there was no one else on the terrace till moments before the mother fell off the terrace.

Gujarat: Rajkot professor gets life imprisonment for killing mother

June 19, 2021 01:27 IST

The court of additional sessions judge PN Dave pronounced Sandeep Nathwani guilty of murdering his 64-year-old ailing mother Jayshree Nathwani in September 2017 and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Vaccine administered for singer at home: Health worker in Gujarat transferred ‘in public interest’

June 19, 2021 00:56 IST

Officers of Kutch district panchayat said that after being requested by Rabari, Vaghela had gone to the former’s residence in Bhuj on Saturday evening and had administered doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the singer and her producer husband Pruthvi Rabari.