News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad:

–Many parts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Junagadh, Ambaji, Palanpur, Surendranagar, Savarkundla, Liliya etc experienced rains today. After the first night of Navratri, it seems the third will also be spoiled by rain today.

–Thailand will be the partner country for Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017. Mumbai based High Commissioner of Thailand in India today called on the Gujarat Chief Minister in Gandhinagar and discussed possible partnership between Gujarat and Thailand in various sectors of mutual interest.

–The notification issued by Gujarat government pertaining to 10% reservation quota for economically backward class(EBC) in education and govt jobs lapsed today. The government will now go ahead with scheduled 60,000 recruitment this year without EBC. Such situation has occurred due to Supreme Court order.

–A boat from Pakistan which was caught in Indian sea waters by Coast Guard yesterday with 9 fishermen, fish and VHF sets etc aboard was brought to Porbandar port in Gujarat. The Pakistanis were handed over to police.

–Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held meeting with ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)’s national president Amit Shah at Shah’s residence in Thaltej area of Ahmedabad. Shah is in Gujarat for two days. He visited his Kuldevi’s mandir in Mansa town of north Gujarat with family yesterday on the occasion of Navratri.

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