News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 2 September 2014

-Veraval: Five persons including father-son drown in Devka river during Ganesh Visarjan.

-Jamnagar’s Khambhalia belt today received heavy rain. Four persons suffered burn injury due to lightening.

-Weather department has predicted heavy rain in next 24 hours mainly in north Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch and south Gujarat.The department says: UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MORNING’S CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER SOUTH RAJASTHAN & ADJOINING GUJARAT REGION, A LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS FORMED OVER SAURASHTRA-KUTCH & ADJOINING NORTH EAST ARABIAN SEA WITH ASSOCIATED UPPER AIR CYCLONIC CIRCULATION EXTENDING UP TO MID TROPOSPHERIC LEVEL. MORNING’S LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH MADHYA PRADESH & ADJOINING VIDRABHA NOW LIES OVER NORTH EAST MADHYA PRADESH & NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH ASSOCIATED UPPER AIR CYCLONIC CIRCULATION EXTENDING UP TO 7.6 KM ASL. AN OFF-SHORE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM SOUTH GUJARAT COAST TO LAKSHADWEEP AREA.

-Bhadar dam’s new level is 20 ft with new increase of 1.25 ft in water level following recent good rain. However level of water in Ajji and Nyari dams is worrisome.

-Mumbai based Riddhi Siddhi bulion fame Rakesh Kothari has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate in Afroz Fatta/Madan Jain/Bilal Harun hawala case. Kothari was presented in the court today in Ahmeabad. ED demanded 10 days remand. Court reserved order till 4 September.

-Congress candidate of Vadodara Narendra Ravat has threatened to boycott Vadodara Lok Sabha election due to communal violence during Ganesh Utsav. To this city BJP president said Congress candidate has no other option but to boycott the election as he is going to lose the poll.

-Another 7 Councillors of Congress party in Radhanpur municipality today joined BJP. Earlier 12 other Councillors had joined BJP.

-Court will hear DG Vanzara’s bail plea now on 26 September.