News in brief from across Gujarat today

Ahmedabad, 2 April, 2012

-Fishermen of northern Saurasthra are told not to venture into sea, as the security agencies are holding a 48-hour Sagar Kavach suraksha operation.

-Diamond industry in Surat is on one-day symbolic strike today in support of agitating jewelers of Gujarat. Jewelers across Gujarat are observing shut down for last two weeks against excise and custom duty imposed by central government in Union budget. Meanwhile 15 jewelers have started fast-unto-death in Rajkot from today.

-Indian Coast Guards has caught more 14 Pakistani fishermen today. In last five days, there 34 Pakistani fishermen are held by Coast Guards and BSF off Gujarat coast.

-A Wagon-R petrol car caught fire at Shyamal cross road today morning when it was halting at signal. The cause of fire was shock circuit as per the primary observation of fire officer Shri Khadia.

-Surendranagar’s Dhrangadhra town is observing bandh today in support of striking jewelers.

-Shri Morari Bapu will host three-day-long Asmita Parva from 3 April onwards. The first day will witness Shri Sam Pitroda’s address.

-18 fishermen of Salaya 4 from Porbandar are missing with their Gujarat registered ship ‘Shivam’ on way to Somalia. The vessel was owned by Porbandar based Jitubhai Kharva. It left Mumbai with 2200 ton sugar on 14th of last month. Salaya’s Jaku Ibrahim Bhaya, Mohammad yusuf Kasamali Saiyad, Nazir Hussain Jusab Bhaya, Alialbar Jaku Bhaya, Amin Umar Raja, Anwar Jusab Sandhar, Abbas Jusab, Sultan Gani Bhaya, Ishak Hussain Raja, Adam Sulaiman Gajan, Ibrahim Osman Bhaya, Yasin Ibrahmi Saiyad, Sultan Hussainmia Bhukhari, Jusab Musa, Amin Junas Gajia, Hussain Mohammad Tahi, Mohsin Abbas, Muslim Ali Saiyad and Porbandar’s Nathalal Ranchho Dharamlal, Hiralal Lodhari, Ramesh Dhanji Lodhari and Devji Mepa were on board. Relatives of those missing with ship have informed the Indian Coast Guards in writing about this.

-A school bus killed 7-year-old school child on Relief road, just next to the Relief cinema in Ahmedabad at 7.30 am today. A boy Moinuddin was standing on road near footpath with his mother when a school bus ran over him. Locals broke the glasses of the bus. Police controlled the mobs and arrested a bus-driver Rajubhai Solanki.