the biker accelerated, the purse's handle broke and she fell on the road. The biker and the pillion rider fled with her gold mangalsutra and chain worth a total Rs 1.5 lakh.MUMBAI: A bike-borne chain-snatcher dragged a 45-year-old homemaker for a few metres on an arterial road in Andheri as her handbag got caught in the vehicle's handle.As the biker accelerated, the purse's handle broke and she fell...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

Tamil Nadu Class 12 board exams begin on an easy note

COIMBATORE: A tinge of nervousness prevailed among students, parents and teachers as the Class 12 state board exams began on Thursday morning. Their prayers did not go unheard as French, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam question papers were apparently easy.While the students were relieved of the pressure at 10am when they got the question papers, parents and teachers had to wait till 1.15pm to take a sigh...

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

Branded PM Modi pichkaris selling like hotcakes in Rajkot before Holi

festival of colours, Holi, will be observed across the nation tomorrow, and markets are abuzz with demand for coloured powder and pichkaris or water guns.Rajkot City in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat is no exception to this demand. Here, however, the festival of Holi will be observed differently, thanks to the continuing popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Bazars in Rajkot are selling pichkaris...

Source : Newkerala | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Rajkot

73 protesting SFI cadres arrested in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: As many as 73 members of the Students Federation of India were arrested on Thursday morning when they staged a demonstration in front of the collectorate here to protest against the lack of facilities in government-run hostels across Tamil Nadu.Police said more than 90 students participated in the protest at around 11am, and 73 of them were arrested. "The students, who are detained at the...

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

Truck rams auto killing 2 students

At least two students died and eight others were injured when a speeding truck rammed an auto rickshaw ferrying school children near Badeshwar in Jamnagar on Wednesday morning. The victims were studying in Kendriya Vidyalaya at INS Valsura near Jamnagar.The deceased were identified as Pavan Mandali (13), a class sixth student and Aryan Chauhan (7), a class two student. The injured included Akshya Dagala,...

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

RMC slaps Rs 1crore fine on Reliance Jio

Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has imposed ad hoc penalty of Rs 1 crore on Reliance Jio Infocomm for laying cables of other companies in trenches without any authorization.According to RMC officials, the corporation had given permission to Reliance Jio to lay cables in 44km network in city. "However, it came to municipal commissioner Vijay Nehra's notice that the cables of other companies are also...

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

BJP councillor's husband attacked

husband of a BJP councillor in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) was allegedly attacked on Tuesday night by unidentified persons.Sources said Jagdish Rathod, 46, husband of BJP councillor from ward number 22, Damyanti Rathod was attacked by unidentified persons with pipes and other lethal weapons on Hari Dhava Road. Rathod is a resident of Copper Heights on Sadhu Vaswani Road.Rathod, a real estate...

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

Rajkot civic body seals 38 properties, auctions one

Coming down heavily on tax evaders and defaults, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Wednesday sealed as many as 38 properties in different parts of the city after their owners failed to pay their dues despite several notices.According to H K Kagthara, assistant commissioner of RMC, besides the sealing procedure, on Wednesday one shop was put on auction and fetched Rs 5.65 lakh. The properties...

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

HC quashes PIL against registration, imposes Rs 50k fine

high court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL challenging the notification issued in 2011 under the anywhere registration concept. Under this, registration was allowed in any one of the sub-registrar offices in the registration districtsub-district.A division bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath noted that the petition was filed with an "oblique motive" and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Rajashe kar, the...

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

CET applications can be edited online

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has given edit option to its candidates from March 6 to 10. During this five-day period, those appearing for CET-2015 can open their applications using their user ID and password and make corrections or add data.This is the final opportunity for candidates and further allotment processes will be based on the information provided in the online application, the...

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