News in pictures and short news from across Gujarat

Diwali shopping has been now in second gear in wall city Ahmedabad

Kagdis in Ahmedabad binding account books of Hindu businessmen for upcoming Diwali and Gujarati new year festivals during which Gujarati businessmen and traders worship account books for new year. The ceremony is called Chopda Pujan in Gujarati

Film starts of upcoming Hindi movie Happy New Year including Dipika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan were on a visit to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar to promote their film.

Other short news:

-3 youths from north Gujarat drown in Harnav river in Polo forest. They jumped into the water to take bath near Satimata mandir. Polo forest has been a popular picnic place for most of the people in north Gujarat and Ahmedabad.

-Ahmedabad police recovered a huge stock of Indian made foreign liquor from a white car that belongs to Patan taluka panchayat president.