News in brief from across Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The Golden Goldy hall of Karnavati Club will not be demolished. The High Court today rejected a plea seeking demolition of hall.

– The Gujarat government today said that Asutosh Pandya, serving as town planner in Urban development department in the state has been expelled from the service in response to complains regarding corrupt practices, causing financial loss to Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC) and irregularities in various town planning schemes in Ahmedabad.

– A meeting of Additional Chief Secretary of Home department, Director General of Police and the head of CID Crime was held today in Gandhinagar. it is believed that the meeting discussed the Bit coin case. In related development, CID Crime sleuths today took statement of former GPP MLA Nalin Kotadia’s wife in Dhari town of Amreli district. Former Dhari MLA Kotadia has gone undergound ever since CID Crime has summoned him for questioning in Bit coin extortion and kidnapping case. Kotadia had earlier through a letter asked time to appear before CID and promised to come on 11 May. However he has not kept his promise. CID Crime may issue third warrant and later may also issue arrest warrant, if Kotadia fails to appear.

– Former Gujarat MLA Sidharth Parmar has been designated as All India Congress Committee(AICC) observer to mobilize the Schedule Caste households in Madhya Pradesh.

– Ahmedabad City police commissioner office has handed over a complaint filed by a Muslim cleric to Special Operation Group(SOG). Maulvi has alleged that Yasin Bapu and his aides thrashed him for not issuing fatwas as per his directives.

– According to State Chief Secretary Dr. JN Singh, more than 900 class-1 and class-2 employees of Gujarat government are to be served show cause notice if they fail to file property details. Salaries of these employees are not released as they failed to respond to earlier notice. According to Singh, those who file details will get their pending salary.

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– 12 properties worth crores belonging to Managing Director of Gujarat Land Development Corporation(GLDC) KS Detroja are under scanner of Anti Corruption Bureau. The properties are in Ahmedabad, Dhrangadhra, Mahesana, Morbi etc places. Detroja is booked by Anti Corruption Bureau in GLDC corruption case. He is at present in judicial custody.

– A 40-year old person has been reportedly dead due to heat stroke in Arvalli district of North Gujarat.

– 33 citizens of Pakistan settled in Kutch are given Indian citizenship in open house. They were handed over the certificates of citizenship today.

– There were verbal arguments between BJP workers and police men securing the Somnath temple today during visit of party chief Amit Shah. A group of BJP workers refused to obey police men and continued to carry mobile phones inside the temple which is not permitted.

– The Government of Gujarat has formed 8 flying squads to inspect the ongoing Sujalam Sufalam water conservation movement. The squads will move across the sites of ongoing works and keep vigil to check corruption and irregularities. Ahead of monsoon, the water conservation movement aims to desilt the canals, lakes, rivers etc to harvest additional 1100 million cubic ft of rain water.

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