News in short from across the state,Saturday,December 3

Ahmedabad, 3 December, 2011

-Rajkot to get city bus service by 25th of December. The service will be operated by VITCOS, a company which also operates local bus service in Junagadh, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar. The service will cover entire Rajkot under 50 different routes according to Rajkot Mayor.

-Cricket teams of India and West Indies arrived in Ahmedabad today evening. The match is scheduled to be played on 5 December.

-Gujarat Congress today organized a grand convention and open jeep rally in central Gujarat’s Nadiad town. Gujarat Congress President Shri Arjnu Modhwadia, senior leader Shankersinh Vaghela and central minister Dinsha Patel were among those present in this programme.

-Gujarat BJP’s parliamentary party meeting will be held on Sunday in Gandhinagar to discuss selection of office bearers in five BJP ruled Municipal Corporations. Term of existing office bearers including Deputy Mayors is going to complete in this December.

-By-election of four seats of Amreli district’s Chalala Municipality has been canceled on the order of Gujarat High Court.

-Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has declared picketing programems in market yards across the state on 5 December against poor prices of Cotton, paddy and other corps.

-A liquor party was raided by Kalol police near Ahmedabad. The party was going on in a plot of Arjun farm near Rancharada. One private firm had organized the party for its employees according to initial detail available. Both men and women were detained by police with four boxes of liquor. Police raided the party after receiving a message of rav party.

-To girls of Gujarat are among 24 children who will be honored by the Prime Minister of India on the even of 26th January. Ahmedaba Mittal Patadia will be honored as brave child for her act of trapping the looters while Surendranagar’s Divya Chauhan had rescued two children from a dog with rabies.