The incident took place when the refining unit was shut due to the Uttarayan festival on Tuesday, police said.
Rajkot city police commissioner Manoj Agarwal confirmed the “death of a person after being hit by a bullet from the service revolver of a policeman”.
Head constable Bhima Desai was found hanging by a chord tied to a hook in the ceiling of the kitchen at his official quarters.
Students of New Era School near Halvad town in Morbi district created the “CAA” shape by forming a human chain on the school campus on Thursday as part of its “learning by activity”.
Subhash Trivedi, inspector general of police of border range inaugurated PRATIBHAV (Public Response Tracking Information Tracking By Help of Assessment by Visitors) at a function held at ‘B’ Division police station in Bhuj on Saturday.
As part of the exercise, technicians cut cross-sections of the RCC road from three places. Civic officers said the test was meant to test two parameters, the thickness of the RCC layer and its ability to sustain pressure.
Known as “lady don” among police and media circles, Dangar is a resident of Rajkot city and has around 20 serious criminal cases registered against her at several places, including Rajkot, Gir Somanth, Junagadh and Ahmedabad.
The APMC had announced on Saturday that it would allot space and other infrastructure on its new yard in Bedi village on the outskirts of Rajkot city where the auction would take place from Monday onward.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Rajkot mayor Bina Acharya flagged off the marathon from Race Course ground early in the morning.
The accused confessed that she killed the child by strangling him with a handkerchief, packed his body in a gunny bag and threw it near a transformer.
The state government has announced a relief package worth Rs 3,795 crore for farmers hit by excessive and unseasonal rain this year.
Somabhai alias Shyamjibhai Solanki succumbed to the lung disease while undergoing treatment at Medico Multi Speciality Hospital in Surendranagar town, an official release from the People’s Training and Research Centre (PRTC) said on Monday.
The twin events come at a time when the BJP has been trying hard to counter the ongoing protests in some parts of Gujarat and other states of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Kadu Bhilad (55), a farm labourer, was working on an agricultural field at Chiman Bhamrobliya in Jira village of Dhari taluka when he was attacked and killed by a lion.
The incident took place when five labourers were involved in demolishing the Arisa Bhuvan Jain Dharmashala.
‘A’ Division police inspector NK Jadeja said, “We have registered a non-cognisable offence and we are in the process of registering statements of witnesses. However, we are yet to identify the accused.”
Speaking at the event, Mandaviya said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will give an opportunity to refugees of minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to lead a dignified life in Indian while taking nothing away from the Indian citizens.
Collector Narendrakumar Meena formally handed over the certificate of Indian citizenship to Haseena Vadsariya, a Pakistani national who has been living in Bhanvad town of Devbhumi Dwarka district in Gujarat since 2007. The 43-year-old woman has officially become an Indian citizen.
Ghogha police said that the incident took place on Saturday when Vivek Jambucha (6) and his cousin Paras (4) were playing on an agricultural field.
Police said the driver of the vehicle lost control and their vehicle plunged into the stream on Junagadh-Mendarda road, killing all four.
On Thursday, the leopard killed Vaju Borad in Mota Munjiyasar village in Bagasara taluka of Amreli district. The following day, another man was injured in a leopard attack in the same village.
The officials raided the camp organised by a few private individuals on a tip-off that the organisers were collecting money from people by promising them that they would get cards of the government scheme.
The accused, Pratipalsinh Jadeja, was arrested for a similar offence three months ago with 6 kg of marijuana.
The forest department has rescued 11 leopards in less than three weeks, the latest one being captured on Saturday night.
The lions were spotted by farmer Bharat Baraiya who was on his way through Takol to his farm around 10pm.








