News in brief from across Gujarat


Ahmedabad, 13 May 2013

-Shankarbhai Patel becomes President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry(GCCI)

-Gujarat BJP Mahila Morcha’s new state executive body will meet at Gandhinagar Town hall on Sunday in presence of Smriti Irani, Vijaya Rahatkar and more than 400 women from across Gujarat.

-Haryana minister Randip Surjewala will address a press conference at Gujarat Congress headquarters on 15 July at 4.00 pm.

-Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Orissa on 16th of this month. He may meet Puree seer Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati and Gajapati king Dibyasingha Deb during the visit.

-The city of Ahmedabad today received heavy rain. Three under bridges; Akhbarnagar, Parimal and MIthakhali were closed for traffic in the evening. Some roads witnessed traffic jam and water logging for some hours.

-Parts of Kutch district today received over 6 inch rain. This is important, because Kutch was so far left behind other districts in terms of total rain received.