News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 12 March 2013

-Pakistan Marine Security Agency has kidnapped 17 boats and 100 fishermen of Gujarat(the figure is not exect). The question once again is what our Coast Guards were doing when Pakistan dared to do this?

-Former Cricketer K.Shrikanth today called on Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar.

-BJP is now in power in most all barring on Danta taluka panchayat in Banaskantha district. There was a clash between BJP and Congress workers in Danta in connection with local taluka panchayat.

-Complaint has been registered after intervention by court in Rs 550 crore medical instruments purchase scam in Gotri medical college of Vadodara.

-Ashish Patel, partner of Ahmedabad based Radhe builders has been held under PASA in connection with Ahmedabad land case. He has been sent to Surat jail.

-A rally of Maldhari community was stopped by police in Ahmedabad’s Bapunagar area. The rally was to reach Mirzapur, a Muslim dominated area of wall city Ahmedabad where illegal slaughter houses are operated. Police stopped the rally and detained around two dozen persons because the rally had not received permission from police.

-After derailing of Firozpur Janata Express near Surat, the rail traffic on Ahmedabad-Surat route was disrupted today for couple of hours.

-Congress party’s Rajubhai Joshi may join BJP with four other elected Congress members of Banaskantha district panchayat. Rajubhai Joshi has filed form to become President of Banaskantha district panchayt disregarding his party’s wish. It is possible that BJP may capture Banaskantha district panchayat through Congress members changing over the party.