News in brief from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The strike in all market yards across Gujarat over GST has ended. For last 13 days, 22 yards across Saurashtra region were on strike over Goods and Service Tax(GST) implemented since July 1. The yards will reopen on Monday.

-Scamster Raman Kapoor has been sent to 7-day police remand by court in Goodluck villa fraud case.

 

– A Gujarat fisherman from Paldi village of Una taluka in coastal Saurashtra has been dead on July 5 in Pakistan jail.

 

– 77 fishermen released from Pakistani jail today reached coastal railway station Veraval in Gujarat.

– Emergency ambulance service ‘108’ staff is on strike again, this time in Surat, Navsari and Mahesana over the issues including pay.

– BJP national president Amit Shah will be in Gujarat on Saturday with NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. A meeting of BJP MLAs in presence of Shah will be held at 5.00 pm on that day.

– PAAS leader Hardik Patel has asked BJP and Congress to clear their stand on OBC quota to Patidar community by July 29. He said a meeting of around 20,000 Patidars will be held on July 29 in Ahmedabad, while anniversary of year 2015 GMDC ground rally will be marked on August 26 at Patan in North Gujarat.

– 25th edition of National Children Science Congress has kicked off today in Gandhinagar.

 

– District administrations as well as civic bodies are geared up in the backdrop of heavy to very heavy rain forecast by IMD. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) control room has this year got an added facility of network of over 225 CCTV cameras to observe the water logging situation in the city.

– Kheda district BJP general secretary Dipakbhai Patel died of cardiac arrest last night.

– Sharvil Pankaj Patel has been appointed Managing Director of Cadila Healthcare which is better known as Zydus Cadila. Shri Pankaj Patel has step down from the post of Managing Director for his son. Pankajbhai will continue to serve as Chairman of the group.

– Shiv Sena workers in the course of their protest against China damaged the hoardings of Chinese mobile handset maker firm Oppo and Vivo in Bhuj.

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