RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: Eight blue bulls (nilgais) that had fallen into a farm well were rescued by wildlife trackers and foresters inThe group of nilgais plunged one after another into an abandoned well that was full of sludge to escape a pride of lions that was chasing them in the night. The lions had also killed one nilgai."The nilgais did not see the well that was just behind to the wall that they had...

Source : Times Of India | 107 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

CM to sponsor pilgrimage of 4,000 elderly

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will sponsor pilgrim of over 4,000 elderly people to Somnath temple in Gir-Somnath district. This he will do in his personal capacity. The first batch of senior citizens in 10 buses left for Somnath from the city on Monday. They will visit Somnath, Junagadh, Parab and Virpur before returning to the city. This process will continue for next one week, a statement issued by...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Jain lady monk killed in accident

jain lady monk was killed after her wheelchair was hit by a speeding car on a road near Vallabhipur village in Bhavnagar district on Monday morning."The sadhwi was going from Vallabhipur to Apodarapuram on a wheelchair being pulled by Bhagwan Vaghela. The accident occurred at around 4 am.The sadhwi was killed on the spot due to the impact of the collision," said an official from Vallabhipur police...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Outsourcing order kept in abeyance, trackers relent

Lion trackers, who threatened an indefinite strike to protest the forest department's order to outsource manpower for wildlife conservation, drew the first blood on Monday with the department keeping the controversial decision in abeyance.In the afternoon, over 200 trackers from five districts converged at Junagadh chief conservator of forests (CCF) office to lodge their protest against the May 31...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

15 hurt as two groups of family clash in Gondal

many as 15 persons were injured following clash between two groups of the same family in Kumbarvada area of Gondal town on Sunday late night.Police said that both the groups have refused to lodge complaint against each other saying that they have reached a compromise after the violence that had left many injured.According to police, two groups of a family had come to blows over a petty issue. They...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Sasan village cleared of plastic, garbage

Hundreds of villages in Sasan, who have resolved to ban plastic, embarked on a massive clean-up drive in the village and surrounding forest area on the occasion of World Environment Day on Monday.Twelve roads in the village including the main market were cleared of plastic and other garbage. "Around six to seven tractors full of plastic andwas collected and disposed off. We also covered the forest...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Hawkers block road over shifting notice, 25 detained

Over two dozens vegetable and fruit, vendors, mostly women, from Panchayatnagar hawkers' zone were detained on Monday after they blocked road near Rajkot Municipal Commissioner's (RMC) office in the city against the civic body's decision to shift them. The hawkers' zone in Pancahaytnagar was set up two years ago. The hawkers had also made representation to the civic authorities who refused to roll...

Source : Times Of India | 108 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Pre-monsoon rain kills 10 in Gujarat

RAJKOT/VADODARA/SURAT: At least 10 people died, nine of them after being struck by lightning, asThe rains and gust left a trail of destruction in Devgadh Baria, Dhanpur and Jhalod districts of Dahod where five bovines also died either by lightning or trees falling on them. In Dungri village of Jhalod, a girl identified ascollapsed due to gust. The victims were referred to Junagadh civil hospital for...

Source : Times Of India | 111 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Over Rs. 3 crores in fake currency recovered in Rajkot

Rajkot (Gujarat) , Mar.4 : Police in Rajkot arrested six people on Saturday allegedly involved in fake note racket.Ketan Dhave, who the police claimed was the mastermind behind the scandal, lived in a rented apartment here.Dhave used to print fake 2000 rupees notes with the help of printing machine which he installed in his flat.All...

Source : Newkerala | 122 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

GISF jawan ends life at Rajkot RTO

Rajkot: A 30-year-old jawan of the Gujarat Industrial Security Force (GISF), posted at the regional transport office (RTO) in Rajkot, committed suicide on Monday after he came to know about his ex-wife's second marriage.The deceased, Ishwar Delvadiya, a native of Jhambu village in Limbdi taluka of Surendranagar, had hanged self on a water pipe near a water tank adjacent to the RTO office compound....

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