News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 4 October 2013

-As per an order by the Gujarat High Court, loud speakers at Navratri venues are allowed only upto 12.00 in night.

-CBI has arrested Excise commissioner Tahir Ali Akbar Ali in corruption case. Rs. 1 lakh cash has been recovered from Ali’s office.

-Instead of ASP Mahendra Bagadia, now Dang SP has been handed over the charge of Valsad district police, in a fresh decision.

-Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has slapped Rs. 5 lakh fine to Surat based Prime Cooperative bank.

-Recent flood in Surat caused Rs. 700 crore loss to city. The district collector has handed over a report in this connection to the state government.

-Ahmedabad based Shukan group today faced Service tax department raid. According to sources Rs.15 crore tax evasion has been found. Sukan Group has deposited Rs. 2 crore at this point.

-8 villages in Maliya Hatina belt’s Amarapur area were put on alert following break down in one gate of Vrajmi dam.

-IPS Singhal will get his laptop and cash back from the CBI as per a fresh order.

-Sessions court has rejected gangster Abdul Wahab’s plea to allow hom to go to Mecca for Hajj. The Crime Branch of Ahmedabad police expressed an opinion before court that Wahab was facing several cases and he could escape if allowed to go on Hajj.

-1194 students of Gujarat University who were caught for cheating in exam last year will not be able to appear in exam for next one year. This decision was taken by university today.

-Ishrat Jahan encounter: IPS P.P.Pandey to be questioned in prison by CBI. The court today granted permission in this regard.

-Jashu Gagan Shiyal encounter case: On Satish Verma’s plea, the Supreme Court of India asks 9 persons including Gujarat Chief Secretary, Porbandar Collector, witnesses, DGP to appear in court on 18 September.

-BJP youth wing workers today protested appointment of new vice chancellor of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University Dr. RL Godara in Patan. Godara who is from Rajasthan state is appointed by Gujarat Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal who is also from Rajasthan. Recently Godara offered garland to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue with Congress leaders. BJP had sought Vice Chancellor’s apology for this act. BJP workers locked the university in protest.

-Congress vice president Shri Rahul Gandhi was on one-day Rajkot visit today. He held series of meetings with the district level representatives of party from north Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch regions. Rahul also addressed extended meeting of party’s state executive. Political adviser of Congress president Sonia Gandhi today arrived at Rajkot to join the extended meeting of state executive.

-Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi today in a tween welcomed announcement of polls in five states. He said elections are a celebration of our democracy. We look forward to a healthy and spirited election. Polling in Delhi is to be held on 4 December, MP 25 November, Rajasthan 1st December, Chhattisgarh 11th November and 19th November and Mizoram 4th December.

-Parents of Dipesh and Abhishek – two school children who were found dead behind Asaram Ashram in Ahmedabad – will sit on two-day fast on 7-8 October at Ahmedabad’s Income Tax cross roads to seek justice.