RAJKOT: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials have issued a warning of heavy rainfall during the next 48 hours in the Saurashtra region and it has advised fishermen across the Saurashtra coast not to venture out into the sea during this time.The heavy rains lashed most part of the region since Wednesday night and Thursday. The incessant rainfall continued to occur in many parts of the...

Source : Times Of India | 7 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Leopard electrocuted in Amreli

RAJKOT: A leopard got electrocuted in Virpur Gadiya village in Khambha taluka of Amreli district on Wednesday afternoon.Forest officials said that the wild cat might have jumped at a prey on the pole and got electrocuted accidentally. Sources said that leopards often die of electrocution while attacking birds sitting on live wires.Locals spotted the wild cat hanging on the live electric pole and informed...

Source : Times Of India | 19 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Saurashtra region receives 42% of annual rainfall

RAJKOT: With the fresh rain spell across the Saurashtra region in last three days, Saurashtra region has now received 42 percent rainfall as against its average rainfall till Wednesday.Meanwhile, the moderate rains continue to lash parts of Saurashtra on Wednesday amid amid the hovering clouds over the region.According to district flood control room officials, the maximum rainfall occurred in Amreli...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Heavy rains lash Saurashtra coast

RAJKOT: Heavy rains lashed Saurashtra coast from Bhavnagar to Gir-Somnath districts on Tuesday afternoon even as Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast heavy rainfall in the region in the next 48 hours until Thursday evening.Bhavnagar received 112mm of rainfall. It was followed by Talaja which got 65mm, Mahuva 69mm, Palitana 45mm and Ghogha 32mm of rainfall, district flood control room officials...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Despite SC nod, Morbi gasps in post-Modi Gujarat

RAJKOT: Five weeks after Gujarat high court allowed ceramic factories in Morbi to set up coalfired gasifiers subject to approvals from Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), and the Supreme Court too endorsing the decision last week, petty politics is still holding the Rs 10,000 crore industry to ransom.Not a single unit out of the 125 who applied to GPCB seeking consent to establish third generation...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Open gutter claims athletics coach's life

RAJKOT: An open rain water drain claimed the life of a 70-year-old athletic coach in the city early on Monday morning.Babubhai Makwana, a known name in the sports circle of Rajkot, was going on his cycle on the walkway beneath the Mahila College underbridge on Kalawad Road at around 6.30am. When he drove over the drainage line, he suddenly lost balance as the iron grills covering the drain were reportedly...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Across the river, pigs to live life king size

HOWRAH: Talk of a pig's life Howrah pigs are being upgraded from filthy sties into gated communities with super-size mosquito nets, 'unbreakable' fences and 24x7 CCTV coverage. That's much more than the average Howrah resident gets from the municipality.The twin city's 'pig township' may well turn into a matter of envy for big brother Kolkata where pigs are being abandoned in a garbage dump to prevent...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Kalwa, Mumbra railway stns to get free Wi-Fi

Commuters from Kalwa and Mumbra stations have a reason to cheer, as they can access free Wi-Fi on these two stations from Tuesday onwards. With free Wi-Fi facility, these two stations will become the first in the country to get free WiFi access for commuters and general public. Minister Jitendra Awhad announced the same on Monday in Thane and said commuters could use the facility from Tuesday. He said...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Cops record statements against ‘pervert’ Kalwa professor

The Kalwa police have recorded statements of 15 girl students in the sexual harassment case filed against Dr Shailesh Natarajan of the Thane Municipal Corporation-run Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Kalwa. A case was filed against Dr Natarajan and he was arrested for misusing his position and indulging in indecent behaviour with female students. He is currently out on bail.Investigating officer M C Karkar...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

North Bihar's top Maoist held with girl shooter

Belonging to Runnisaidpur area in Sitamarhi district, Azad had reached Aurai area to attend a meeting of the Maoists to discuss strategies about collecting levy from a brick-kiln owner.MUZAFFARPUR: The head of a Maoist guerrilla squad holding number 2 position in the CPI (Maoist) in north Bihar, Sanjay Patel alias Sanjay Azad, was arrested along with a young girl, Beauty, a sharpshooter of the same...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot