News in brief from across Gujarat (updated)

Ahmedabad, 18 July 2013

-Chief Minister Narendra Modi today attended BJP central parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi and also visited Shri Lal Krishna Advani and Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s residences to meet them.

-After meeting party workers in Ahmedabad and Surat Shri Gurudas Kamat, incharge of Gujarat Congress today met party workers in Vadodara. He will be in Rajkot by July 30. He said his purpose is to find out why the Congress failed to win the Gujarat assembly poll held in December last year and take remedial measures to see that it does well in Gujarat, which has 26 Lok Sabha seats.

-Gujarat High Court Justice A J Desai today recused self from hearing suspended cop NK Amin’s bail plea in Ishrat Jahan encounter case and said, “Not before me”.

-The Gujarat High Court today rejected a plea challenging post-retirement appointment in Chief Minister’s office.

-24 bottles of beer are recovered from Sabarkantha district’s Isri police station. IG squad has arrested Police sub inspector. Two cops are at large.

-Police arrested four persons in Surat who had attacked four BRTS buses after minor accident involving one bus. Bus drivers ended their strike couple of days back after police gave assurance of safety and proper actions.

-Heavy rain in Dwarka, Khambhalia, Bhatia belt of Jamnagar district today adversely affected highway traffic on Jamnagar-Dwarka road for some time.

Nina Nayak, Member of NCPCR in interaction with media in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Mayor of Ahmedabad addressing Indo-American chamber breakfast event at hotel Inder Residency today morning.