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Minor, her alleged lover forced to dip hands in hot oil
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], May 25 (ANI): In a bizzare incident here, a 17-year old girl and a man were forced to dip her hands in hot oil to prove that they were not having an affair.
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NHRC sends notice to Gujarat govt after Dalit beaten to death
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report claiming that a 40-year-old Dalit rag picker in Rajkot district's Shapar village has been flogged to death over collecting scraps in a village.
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Here's a chance to help your city win 'most loved' title
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Panaji, Pune and Rajkot are the 2018 India entrants to World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) global 'We Love Cities' campaign, inviting citizens to vote for their 'most loved city', selected on the basis of their progressive actions and plans in creating climate-friend
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Gujarat govt launches 'save the water' project
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India] May 02(ANI): The Gujarat government initiated a month-long state-wide water conservation campaign, on the occasion of the state's Foundation Day.
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4.6 magnitude earthquake rattles Gujarat's Hanjiyasar
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale hit Rajkot's Hanjiyasar village on Thursday morning.
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IFS probationer manhandled in Rajkot
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): An Indian Forest Service (IFS) probationer was allegedly beaten up by unknown persons in Gujarat's Rajkot, while he was on an official tour to West India.
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CPI(M) criticises Alphons' Aadhaar remark
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday attacked the Central Government over Union Minister K.J. Alphons' remarks on the validity of Aadhaar.
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Three Indian 'Smart Cities' selected among finalists for WWF's One Planet
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.9 (ANI): Three Indian cities - Panaji, Pune and Rajkot have been selected as national finalists in the 2017-2018 edition of WWF's One Planet City Challenge (OPCC). These are amongst the 40 finalists out of the 118 cities across 23 countries that participated in the glo
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Ranji players' fees due for season 2016-17: NCA
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], March 6 (ANI): National Cricket Academy (NCA) chairman Niranjan Shah on Tuesday said that the match fees to the Ranji players is still pending for year 2016-17.
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Rajkot school gets sanitary napkin vending machine
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India] Feb 18 (ANI): Playing the role of a 'Pad-man' to female students, Rajkot GST and Central Excise office has decided to gift a sanitary vending machine and an incinerator to Sarojini Naidu Girls High School.
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Unadkat 'elated' being costliest Indian at IPL auction
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat, who became the costliest Indian player at Rs 11.50 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction 2018 on Sunday, said that it was a moment of elation.
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Three dead in Rajkot fire
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Three girls died and few others were injured after a fire broke out at a Rashtriya Shivir in Rajkot's Pransla village on Saturday.
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