traders and businessmen of Saurashtra plan to cash in on the trust deficit over Chinese products among the south Asian countries. The business community of Saurashtra has come together under the umbrella of Saurashtra Vepar Udhyog Mahamandal (SVUM) and are organizing an international trade show in Ahmedabad in the first week of January to develop new ties with countries like Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Woman’s body found

decomposed and half-eaten body of a woman was found from the banks of a pond in Shirvaniya Plot on Gadhada-Dhasa Road in Gadhada taluka of Botad on Friday morning."The body was buried on the banks of the pond. Stray dogs had tried to dug it up and eaten some portion of it. Her head had surfaced from the ground underneath, which was seen by some passerby who alerted the police," an official from Gadhada...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

2-month-old lion cub treated for blisters, released into forest

two-month-old lion cub that had developed blisters on its body was treated by forest officials on Thursday night in Goba village of Savarkundla forest division in Amreli district.The cub was first spotted by a villager, who informed the forest officials. However, it took forest officials couple of days to track down the cub. They found three cubs with two lioness in the farm of Dilu Khuman in Goba...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Two docs booked for botched-up surgeries

doctors and three staff members of Sadhu Vasvani Hospital in Junction Plot area of Rajkot were booked on Thursday night for alleged negligence in which seven persons had lost their vision in a free cataract removal operation camp at the hospital two years ago."Complainant Razak Ibrahim (43), a resident of Ekta Society on Jamngar Road and who is an autorickshaw driver, accused Dr Hetal Bakhai, Dr Madhvi...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Robbers thrash, loot family at gunpoint

Five unidentified men robbed a family of four of gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 3.68 lakh at their residence in Bombay Housing Society on Sadhu Vasvani Road in Rajkot on Friday morning.According to a complaint lodged by Paresh Mali (47), a teacher at government primary school Narankagam in Padadhari taluka of Rajkot district, five unidentified men, who had worn coats and track pants, knocked at the...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Auditor caught accepting bribe

special auditor with Rajkot District Milk Co-operative Society was caught in Anti Corruption Bureau's (ACB) net while accepting Rs 30,000 as a bribe in a village of Bhuj taluka on Friday.According to ACB officials, accused Shaukat Hussein Halari (60), a resident of Rajkot, demanded money from the complainant who is Sumasar Milk Co-operative Society president at Sumarsar village in Bhuj. Halari told...

Source : Times Of India | 121 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

African namaqua dove sighted for first time in India

Rajkot-based bird-watchers have sighted a rare African bird — namaqua dove (Oena capensis) — in Khijadia Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar city.The namaqua dove is native of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar and is smaller in size than common doves seen in India, but little bigger than white eared bulbul found here. These birds migrate from north to south in winter, but has never been sighted in India.Akshay...

Source : Times Of India | 122 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Lions prey on cow in Gir-Somnath village

Nearly 10 lions trespassed the Rampar village of Talala taluka in Gir-Somnath district on Tuesday and preyed on a cow triggering panic among villagers.According to villagers, it was a pride of lion which included a few cubs that were seen moving around in the village during the night.They had first entered the mango orchard which is 3km from Rampara village. Eyewitnesses said that a couple of wild...

Source : Times Of India | 123 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Man held for Rs 1.5L ATM fraud

fraudster specialized in duping those senior citizens visiting the ATM kiosks was nabbed on Wednesday evening.According to police, the accused, Dipaksingh Sahegar (28), a native of UP, who lived in Sangita Park near Morbi Road Octroi post in Rajkot, had duped three senior citizens and one disabled person of Rs 1.5 lakh in the past four months."We had procured CCTV footages of the ATM kiosks where Sahegar...

Source : Times Of India | 123 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

City to ring in New Year with classical music fest

Rajkot will host a classical music concert for the second year in a row on the lines of Ahmedabad's 'Saptak' event with the help of Saptak organizers. Music maestros, ustads and pandits of Indian classical music will perform in the city's Hemu Gadhvi Hall from January 1 to January 7 in 'Sapta-Sangeet Mahotsav'.Not for profit organization 'Neo Rajkot Foundation' has organized this event. The first time...

Source : Times Of India | 123 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot