News in brief from across Gujarat on Friday, January 6th

French artists performing at ongoing Saptak classical music festival in Amdavad

Ahmedabad, 6 January 2012

-Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi today reached Amreli two hours late due to foggy atmosphere in which his helicopter journey couldn’t begin on time in Gandhinagar as per the schedule. Modi was in Amreli for one-day Sadbhavana mission fast.

-Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 1111 crore development works for Amreli in his Sadbhavana fast speech in the district.

-11 vehicles faced accident due to fog in Saurashtra’s Jamnagar district. 3 persons died in one of the accidents near Dhrol taluka’s Lalpur village.

-6 poachers involved in hunting of flamingo birds for party on 31st of December held from Dhangadhra.

-Vice President of India Hamid Ansari will be on three-day Gujarat visit from tomorrow. He will arrive at Ahmedabad airport in Indian Air Force plane. He will meet the Chief Minister at Gandhinagar Raj Bhavana. He will attend a function of National Law University’s new building with Supreme Court Justice Anil Dave. He will attend a book launch programme in Amdavad. The book is about Sea and Gujarat. Ansari will spend two days in Gir forest and will leave Gujarat from Rajkot airport.

-Surat’s Amit Kapasi murder case: 8 held including a doctor. There was Rs 15 lakh supari to kill Kapasi.

-Six members of Amdavad’s Odhav area based notorious Fracture gang created havoc in Adinath nagar market yesterday late in the evening with swords, sticks, and dhokas in three vehicles. They forced closure of the market and injured some traders. They also damaged some vehicles. Traders observe strike protesting the attack. Two police constables also reportedly beaten by the gang. One gang member Suresh Anantray Goswamy has been held by police with sword.

-Ishrat Jahan encounter case: CBI team arrives in Amdavad, takes charge of the SIT office.

-A father son duo held in central Gujarat’s Anand town with crocodile kept in their house. They were produced in court and got conditional bail.