Rajkot

Tight security for India, England ODI in Rajkot

Rajkot, Nov. 9 : Nearly 1500 security personnel will be deployed for the first one-day international between India and England at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground here on November 14.

The security includes two superintendants of police and 60 State Reserve Police (SRP), Rajkot Police Commissioner Sudhir Sinha said.

He said spectators would be allowed water bottles and food packets only after passing through the scanner.

Sinha said that in view of threats from terror outfits to some players of the Indian team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been asked to use the General Electric security system at the entry gate.

Gujarat auto industry gets a boost with arrival of Nano

TATA NanoRajkot, Oct 24 : Tata motors'' decision to make low cost Nano car in Gujarat has kindled hopes of a lucrative business among the auto-parts making small-scale industrial units in Rajkot.

Rajkot has established itself as a hub for the auto parts ancillary units and, supplies auto parts to automobile manufacturers including Tata, Mitsubishi and Mahindra and Mahindra.

Rajkot’s little Princess teaches Dandiya

Rajkot, Sep. 12 : A six-year-old girl in Rajkot is attracting public attention for teaching traditional Dandia dance form to various people some of them even of her parents’ age.

Bulbul has been widely appreciated for her talent here.

With the 10-day Navratri festivities around, Bulbul is busy training people in Dandia Raas and Garba dances, as a huge number of Gujratis perform them in open space in big gatherings during these days.

At first sight, Bulbul looks just another child standing barely three feet high. But the moment she steps on to the stage or in the dance court, she turns into a perfect dance tutor.

After serial blasts, pressure mounts on intelligence agencies to beef up network

Veraval/ Rajkot, July 30 : Pressure is mounting on security authorities to beef up intelligence apparatus to counter serial bomb blasts like those recently took place in Bangalore and Ahmedabad claiming more than 50 lives.

Security is being tightened across the nation after security personnel recovered 18 live bombs from Surat and defused them.

Meanwhile, the Saurashtra region of the state has been put on red alert that houses the famous Somnath temple.

Police authorities have deployed additional forces at the temple. Officials said that they have deployed additional companies in addition to the routine police staff.

Six die in Rajkot gas leak

RajkotRajkot, June 7 : At least six labourers were killed after inhaling a poisonous gas which leaked fro

BJP stages protest against rising inflation

BJP stages protest against rising inflationRajkot, May 19 : In

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