Jetpur: The stray cattle menace in the state has claimed yet another innocent life, as a 9-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries from a stray animal attack in Jetpur after being in hospital for 6 days. The incident occurred six days ago when the 9-year-old boy was attacked by stray cattle while playing outside his house with his friend. The boy suffered grievous injuries on his body as well as head. He was taken to the hospital and was later referred to the government hospital in Junagadh. L...Read More

Jetpur: An altercation occurred at a cinema hall in the city when a Hindu man was allegedly beaten up by a group of Muslim youths after he had asked them to stand up for the National anthem. The incident has sparked anger among Hindu organizations and locals. The incident took place at Balaji Cineplex on Wednesday night when a Hindu man requested Muslim youths to stand up as a mark of respect for the National anthem. However, instead of complying, around 5 to 6 Muslim youths assaulted the Hin...Read More

Rajkot: An incident has come to light in Jetpur here involving a Hindu youth who allegedly expressed willingness to convert to Islam for a Muslim girl from Bangladesh with whom, he has been in contact through Instagram. The matter has been reported to the Jetpur police station. According to the information, Ashish Goswami, a 22-year-old Hindu Bawaji residing in Jetpur, came into contact with a Muslim girl from Bangladesh through Instagram. Ashish's father has alleged that his son has been bra...Read More

Rajkot: Rajkot - Jetpur highway six-lane development work has been delayed for another reason. The local office conducted a survey of illegal constructions and identified over 450 of them for demolition so that the project can be started. However, some individuals have presented proof of their ownership of the land identified for demolition by the NHAI. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)  started re-identifying illegal constructions that need to be demolished for the transformat...Read More

Jetpur: The Labour and child department, along with other government bodies, rescued six child labourers from two factories in Jetpur during a raid. The Labour and Child Department received information that several factories in the Dhareshwar area of Jetpur had employed migrant child labourers for sari finishing work. Acting on this information, the Child Labour Department, along with the District Social Safety, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit Rajkot Rural, Childline, Pujit Rupani Trust, Joint Di...Read More

Rajkot: 29 child laborers who were kept for labor, away from their home state were released after a raid by Jetpur city Police on a tip-off by a voluntary organization. Three different industrial units were raided in Navagadh where children from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were brought in for labor work. A voluntary organization had received a tip-off that the children were being kept here for the last six months in poor condition by force and they were not even paid for their work. They were on...Read More

Jetpur: The work of establishing a caustic recovery, reuse, and purification plant at Jetpur in Rajkot district at a cost of Rs 150 crore is about to be completed. Jetpur town in Rajkot district, famous for the colorful cotton sari industry, faced the issue of polluted and chemical mixed water released from the dyeing units. As per the orders of the National Green Tribunal and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), the release of chemical mixed water from all the dyeing units of the dying ...Read More

Jetpur: Members of the Jetpur Dyeing and Printing Association and Chamber of Commerce gathered at the mamlatdar office to submit a memorandum seeking strict punishment under the Indian Penal Code for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Jetpur city’s former president accused of blackmailing and extorting money from a proprietor of textile and cotton printing unit of Jetpur. A police complaint was filed against a so called AAP city president, Bhavesh M Ginoya, for filing applications in the GPCB and PG...Read More

Rajkot: The police have detained six members from the minority community for pasting photographs of former BJP spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, in Teenbatti Chowk and Stand Chowk areas of Jetpur city seeking her arrest. Those who have been detained are Hussain Miya Rasul Miya Hashmi, Mukhtar Hussainbhai Musani, Nawaz Hussain Wadiwala, Farid Kasambhai Kapadvanji, Irfanbhai Ambubhai Musani, and Faruk Abdulbhai Musani. All six are residents of Jetpur. Of all those who have been detained for sticki...Read More

Jetpur: The former chief of the Jetpur city unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been arrested by cops after a complaint was filed against him for trying to extort money from a local businessman. Bhavesh Ginoya, the Jetpur city AAP chief, had filed an application with the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and PGVCL alleging that a Sari-making factory, which was closed down by the GPCB in 2018, was still functioning secretly. Bhavesh had demanded Rs 20 lakh from the proprietor of the...Read More