The accused told the cops that they were heavily drunk when they had committed the crime
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Gujarat: Five starving men breaks into closed eatery to kill hunger, steals nothing
The five men left as neatly as they entered after cooking rice and potato curry in the kitchen, eating it and without stealing a single item, said cops.
Gas balloons burst in Rajkot market on Christmas Eve, 4 injured
Yesterday on the Christmas evening, four people were left injured after gas balloons exploded in a market in Rajkot, Gujarat. The incident was caught on camera where a lady can be seen selling decorative balloons when one suddenly caught fire, causing panic within the area. A man who stood nearby[Read More…]
Jet Airways serves non-veg meal to vegetarian passenger; pays Rs 65K fine
A vegetarian passenger claiming to be ‘pure janeu-dhari Brahmin’, was traveling from Jet Airways and was reportedly served non-vegetarian food, following to which a consumer court directed the airlines to compensate the passenger with Rs 65,000. The passenger Bhanuprasad Jani of Rajkot affirmed that he had ordered vegetarian food, despite[Read More…]
Illegal arms factory busted in Gujarat’s Rajkot, four held
Four people were arrested for allegedly manufacturing firearms illegally at a factory in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, a police official said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a Special Operation Group (SOG) of the Rajkot Police raided the factory, located in Kothariya Road area, last night and seized some pistols and[Read More…]
MLA Kuvarji Bavaliya resigns Congress, set to join BJP
Kuvarji Bavaliya, a senior Gujrat Congress leader and Jasdan MLA resigned from the Congress party on Tuesday, July 3. As per media reports, he was apparently unhappy with the party because of which he have his resignation this morning. Recently when Congress had held a meeting to appoint presidents of[Read More…]
Gujarat sees enthusiastic voting amid rising complaints against EVMs
Over 30 per cent ballotting was registered till afternoon in Gujarat’s first phase Assembly elections, as enthusiastic voters queued up in large numbers amid rising complaints of malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The Election Commission also received complaints of EVMs being connected to Bluetooth or WiFi from Porbandar. By noon,[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: EVM, VVPAT glitches mark 10% polling
Visible enthusiasm among voters marked the first phase of Gujarat election on Saturday as large queues lined up outside 24,689 polling booths. The Election Commission said it received several complaints against malfunctioning EVMs and VVPATs, while the Model Code of Conduct was also violated at a few places. In the[Read More…]
Rajkot: Gold jewellery looted from Muthoot Finance branch
Five kg of gold jewellery worth around ₹90 lakh was allegedly looted by three unidentified persons from a branch of Muthoot Fincorp, a gold finance company at Dhoraji town in Rajkot, said police. “Three unidentified persons entered a branch of Muthoot Fincorp at Dhoraji and looted 4.8 kg gold jewellery[Read More…]