Charansinh Gohil’s wife, daughter and brother-in-law died in an accident in Dhasa
Rajkot: In a tragic incident, Rajkot deputy collector Charansinh Gohil, while discharging election duties as a protocol officer, was bereaved on Sunday when his wife, daughter and brother in law died in a gruesome road accident near Mandva on Bhavnagar-Rajkot road.
According to police, Gohil’s wife Chetna (32), daughter Garima (5) and his brother in law Dhananjay Chudasama (22) died on the spot in Dhasa of Botad district after the car they were travelling in collided with a mini truck on an over bridge.
Dhasa police station inspector A D Valani said, “Gohil’s wife had come to Palitana to attend a social function and were returning hom along with Chudsasama, who was going to drop them in Rajkot.”
Matdaan: before Kanyadaan: Nidhi Gelani (Surat), Ankita Dabhi (Vadodara), Ashish Joshi (Jamnagar) and Sonak Rana (Vadodara)
Rajkot: A 22-year-old groom of Bhavnagar breached wedding protocols literally to exercise his franchise rights as a citizen. “Generally, as per tradition, grooms aren’t allowed to go outside a day before marriage. But this was a voting day and when Kamlesh expressed his desire to vote, we all accompanied him and performed our duty as a citizen,” said Jay, a cousin of groom Kamlesh Parmar (22) who kept his pre-wedding rituals in abeyance on Sunday.
Kamlesh, dressed up in wedding finery reached the Bol Talav polling booth of ward number nine along with other baraatis and didn’t let wedding or guests disrupt his date with the poll. Till date, Kamlesh claims he has never missed voting in any election.
Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi
RAJKOT: Junagadh district court on Saturday convicted Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi and his three sons in a 2008 case pertaining to trespassing and assault and also sentenced them to one year of imprisonment. However, on the request of the accused, the JMFC (Judicial magistrate first class) court of Mendarda suspended execution of the sentence to allow the accused to challenge the order in a higher forum.
According to case details, Joshi and his sons Bharat, Manoj and Jenti have been convicted under IPC sections 452 (trespassing), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt), 323 and 114, respectively, for an incident that took place at Amrapur village of Mendarda taluka on November 4, 2008 when the Joshis had assaulted one Mugar Mahmed Juneja for political rivalry.
Members of Rajkot’s eunuch community created a huge ruckus at Malviya Nagar police station on Saturday disrupting police work
RAJKOT: Members of Rajkot’s eunuch community created a ruckus at Malviya Nagar police station on Saturday while protesting cop protection of Payal Rathva, a transgender artist, who they alleged had levelled allegations against the community.
Earlier, TOI had reported about Rathva being forcefully disrobed on a public road on Monday by the eunuchs and a video was also recorded which soon went viral on social media. Acting on the report, Malviya Nagar police called Rathva to come to record her statement in the police station on Saturday.
Parshottam Sidpara’s yearly turnover has reached Rs 2 crore
Rajkot: At a time when the country is still debating on how to double farmers income by 2022, this Junagadh farmer has made a killing.
By supplying organic farm produce to nearly 5,000 customers across the country and eleven outside India simply through couriers, Parshottam Sidpara’s yearly turnover has reached Rs 2 crore. And that too without any marketing or online presence.
Sidpara, who owns a farm in Jamka Gir village of Junagadh’s Mendarda taluka is into cow-based organic farming for the last 17 years.
“I have customers in metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad as well as those in America, UK, Norway, Dubai, Ethiopia, Germany among others,” said Sidpara, adding that his business has grown through word-of-mouth.