News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad

– About a month long Gujarat Assembly budget session will start this Monday.

– UPSC mains: 47 students from Ahmedabad based Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration(SPIPA) have been successful from Gujarat. Of them 14 are from general category(non-reserved students), 7 of them are from Patidar community. Interviews will start in the second week of March, after which final results will be declared.

– AMC starts erecting jaali over rallying of two river bridges to prevent/minimize suicides. The work will be over by March this year

– Surat Municipal Corporation: Congress Councillor today threw ink on BJP Councillor who had called Rahul Gandhi anti-national over his JNU stand.

– Nakhatrana, Gondal, Vadodara are some of the places where protest programmes were held today against Rahul Gandhi for his stand over JNU incident.

– PAAS leader Hardik Patel was given medical treatment in Surat Civil hospital’s prisoners ward.He has started taking fruit juice.

– Newly elected BJP president Vijaybhai Rupani today visited Ram Katha venue of Shri Morari Bapu and sought blessings from him and another kathakar Shri Ramesh Oza.

– Newly elected BJP president Vijay Rupani will be in his hometown Rajkot tomorrow where he will be extended grand reception by party workers and citizens.

– Morbi city Congress president was caught drunk by police on driver seat of his car by police. City Congress president Mahesh Rajyaguru had earlier conducted Janata raids against menace of liquor.

– The city of Surat will celebrate Tapi Utsav during 26-29 February. Art workshops, music, dance theater, short films are some of the highlights of this utsav.

– Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel paid visit to new bridge being constructed over river Narmada in Bharuch.

-DeshGujarat