News in brief from across Gujarat (Further updated)

Gandhinagar:

– Vastral police in Ahmedabad has booked one Dipak Patel for his facebook post which may desturb peace in the State and create terror among the people. Patel had published this post after detention of Hardik Patel and Alpesh Kathiriya by Ahmedabad police crime branch.

– Panam dam in Panchmahal district of Central Gujarat is nearly 80% full thanks to heavy inflow from upstream areas. The level of water was 125.65 meter against danger level of 127.41 meter in the evening on Tuesday.

– AMC has declared 10% discount in BRTS journey for common passengers and 40% dicount for students on usage of Janmitra card.

– Three Congress MLAs met minister of state, home, Pradipsinh Jadeja, over alleged encounter case of Sajid Hanif Shaikh alias Rabadi – who was killed by cops in Lunawada town in Mahisagar district on Saturday.

– A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday denied bail to a 19-year-old man who is accused in the mob lynching incident at Vadaj, where a woman beggar was killed on June 26, ostensibly on the suspicion that she was about to kidnap children.

– Hundreds of Goddess Dashama idols were seen lying strewn on Tapi river shores on Tuesday morning in Surat. The situation was same at Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. This has become a regular feature for the last few years.

– Gujarat government hasy decided to halt the process of finalizing the agriculture land records of over 6,000 villages in the state following charges of irregularities and errors in the land mapping work.

– Pakistan Marine Security Agency abducted 24 #Gujarat fishermen and seized their four boats from the sea near Jakhau in Kutch late on Monday night. Porbandar Boat Association president Bharat Modi said that the fishermen were abducted from near the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL).

– A person capturing video of his conversation with police was booked under Information Technology(IT) act by Police. Accused youth was visiting ‘E’ division traffic police station to make representation regarding his towed vehicle. He was capturing conversation with police in his video. He faced complaint by police under IT act in Gaekwad Haveli police station.

– Gujarat’s Council of Ministers at its meeting in presence of Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel here today passed a resolution to condole the demise of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on August 16 last. They observed two minutes silence to mourn the departed soul and prayed for eternal peace. The Council of Ministers, says the condolence message, expresses deep sorrow and grief
at the demises of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s sad demise at the age of 93 following protracted illness at AIIMS in New Delhi on August 16, 2018.

– A Rajkot court had sent Magan Zalavadiya, the Saurashtra zone warehousing manager of GUJCOT to police custody for 10 days in connection with a case filed against him and 7 others for selling GUJCOT jute bags without following due procedure.

– The city of Vadodara, parts of Central Gujarat including Bharuch today received moderate to heavy rains. Low lying areas of Vadodara city witnessed water logging.

– The city of Ahmedabad received light to moderate rain throughout the day on Tuesday.

– Gujarat ATS(Anti Terrorist Squad) had recovered heroine supplied to India via sea route through Gujarat worth Rs. 15 crore. However this was just a fraction of total heroine arrived. Accused told police that other stock was transported to Unjha agriculture market in North Gujarat from where it was transported to Northern Indian states of Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. In further inquiry, Gujarat ATS has identified main accused as Simarnjeet Singh Sandhu of Amritsar and Manjur Ahmed Meer and Nazeer Ahmed of Jammu & Kashmir. This is case of serious nature because money earned from selling of heroine was used for terror activities in Jammu & Kashmir. Heroine was supplied from Pakistan to Salaya port of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. Police has found during investigation that as much as 99 kg heroine was supplied to North India while 300 kg heroine was delivered to truckers in Unjha in North Gujarat. Accused arrested so far are Aziz Abdul Bhagad and Rafiq Adam Sumra.

– Surat Crime Branch has arrested two for torching bus and vandalising government property in year 2016 Patidar riot. They are Jignesh alias Jigo Patidar Vaghasiya and Mahendra Balda. They were booked by Sarthana police station. In another development, PAAS leader and Hardik aide Alpesh Kathiriya who is top aide of Hardik Patel has been sent on four days remand in year 2015 sedition case.

– A large tent outside Hardik Patel’s lavish house in Greenwoods area off SG Highway was removed last evening. 135 ft tent and stages were removed by tent-company as the land owner denied permission. Hardik has now decided to hold fast agitation within his house which is as big as a party plot.

– Fire broke out in Bank of India building on Relief road was controlled by fire brigade staff early in the morning today.

– Passports of five Nigerian youths are seized and they are released on bail in Vadodara. The youths are students of Parul University. They were booked for abusing a woman in Akshar Society of Waghodia area.

– 6 generators that are kept stand by for emergency needs during power cut are stolen from Sola civil hospital on SG highway in Ahmedabad.

– In an alarming incident, Honor company’s mobile handset blasted in pocket in Vastral area of East Ahmedabad. A youth injured due to this incident has been admitted to city’s AMC run LG hospital. Victim youth was riding bike when blast occurred in pocket of his pent. He had purchased Honor company’s mobile handset four months ago online.

– The level of water in Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has crossed 115 mark with 30,000 cu sec inflow from upstream area of Madhya Pradesh thanks to good rainfall there. The level of water as on Tuesday morning is 115.05 meter. Total live storage has been 500.56 MCM. This provides water security to Gujarat for drinking purpose for entire year. Some controlled irrigation may also be possible with this much of storage. However desired level for good irrigation supply would be 121 plus. 5 meter rise in level of water has been witnessed in just last 4 days.

– According to a report, former president of India Dr. Pranab Mukherjee will take six lecture in Public Policy course at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad starting from the month of September this year.

– Dardi Seva Samiti in Surat has threatened dharna programme outside Health minister Kumar Kanani’s residence over the issue of non – functional CT scan machine in Civil hospital. આરોગ્યમંત્રીના ઘરના ઘેરાવનો કાર્યક્રમ

– 80 more buses of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service(AMTS) on 14 routes will use a dedicated corridor for Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) from today onwards. This will further reduce the traffic burden on general mixed lane.

– A mob of 100 including Surat Congress leader Ashok Jirawala and Congress councillor Dinesh Kachhcadiya are now accused in Varachha – Yogi Chowk riot case. Miscreants had torched a BRTS bus and damaged properties following detention of Hardik Patel and Alpesh Kathiriya in Ahmedabad. The complaint indicates that those who were into rioting in Varachha in connection with Hardik and Alpesh’s detention were hardly few Congress workers and not common Patel community people in general.

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