News in brief from across Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Congress leader and AMC Councillor Shehzad Khan Pathan has been granted five-hour bail on January 29 so that he can attend a meeting of AMC. Pathan was arrested in Shah Alam CAA protest violence case in which several police men were injured.

– Hindi film actor Ranveer Singh is in Idar town of North Gujarat for shooting of his upcoming film Jayeshbhai Jordar. Singh plays role of a Gujarati guy in this film. In one of the sequences he was seen riding pillion on scooter on the road. Large number of people gathered to see the shooting.

– Sessions court in Ahmedabad has granted bail to Congress leader Hardik Patel who was arrested for evading trial in sedition case.

– Gujarat High Court has rejected a plea filed by former dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking a review of its direction to the CID to probe a 1996 case of drug planting in which he was arrested.

– Four people including a junior engineer today died a tragic death when the pile of soil near a shopping mall construction site in Kudasan area under Infocity police station of capital city Gandhinagar suddenly caved in. Police Inspector of Info City, S J Rajput said that the JE and three surveyors were doing their job near the dug out foundation portion at the construction site of Pramukh Anand Orbit Mall in Kudasan when the huge pile of sold kept their suddenly caved-in. ‘All the four have died,’ he said.Rajput said that detailed investigation was on and action against the site owner would be taken.

– Daman will be the capital of Union Territory of Diu, Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli.Union cabinet took this decision todat.

– Newly launched Tejas express between Mumbai and Ahmedabad delayed by over one hour from Mumbai. Delay was due to over head wire breakdown between Bhayandar and Mira Road. The train was stopped between Dahisar and Boriwali for around an hour. IRCTC will compensate passengers for the delay, as there’s provision for Tejas Express that passengers will get compensation for delay.

-A fisherman went missing and around a dozen were somehow rescued when their boat capsized in Arabian sea off Porbandar coast after catching fire in Gujarat today.Police said that the fishing boat originally from Diu named Harsiddhi caught fire and capsized.While other fishermen on board were rescued and brought ashore safely, one went missing.Search operations were on.

– A chemical loaded tanker today met with an accident in North Gujarat today which led to a fire that also burnt down two cars apart from it, police said.Police said that the incident took place in Thara area on the highway close to Bahuchar hospital. However no casualty happened in the incident. The speeding tanker lost control and overturned. It caught fire in which two of the cars in an auto garage on the roadside were also gutted. In another incident in North Gujarat, another car caught fire near Ranasar village in Sabarkantha but those sitting in it came out and no one was injured or killed.

– Ajay Patel has been reelected as Chairman and Shankar Chaudhary as Vice Chairman of Gujarat State Cooperative Bank unopposed.

-Four college students were injured after a car overturned on Ashram Road near Vadaj.

– Interpol has issued blue corner notice against Nithyananda on the request of Gujarat police. Blue Corner Notice issued seeking information on whereabouts of the subject. Nithyananda is shown an absconder in chargesheet filed by Ahmedabad police in child abuse case in his ashram.

– Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani today showcased 2.62 lakh post cards at State party headquarters that are written to the Centre to convey support to Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) under the leadership of party MLA Jethabhai Bharwad.

-Pugmarks of two lions have been found near a village some 20 kilometer away from Rajkot, with officials on Tuesday stating that the two lions are from Gir Forest and were spotted on Sunday in nearby Gondal area. “The pugmarks of two lions were found on Monday near Tramba village, some 20 kilometer from Rajkot city. Villagers claim to have spotted them in Gondal, some 40 kilometer from Rajkot, on Sunday. Lions are known to cover 20-25 kilometer overnight,” said Rajkot DFO PT Shiyani.

– In the past five years, over 9,300 non-prohibited bore or NPB guns, including revolvers, pistols and rifles, have been sold in Gujarat. More than one-fourth of these weapons were sold in Ahmedabad and Rajkot districts. Ahmedabad topped the list of districts with a total of 1,340 guns being sold in five years between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2019, states data tabled by the Gujarat government in the state legislature a as written replies to an unstarred question.

-12,779 birds were rescued and treated under ‘Karuna abhiyan’ during, before and after the kite flying festival this year. 989 birds were killed. Large number of birds suffer injuries due to kite string during kite flying festival. Gujarat government in partnership with voluntary organizations runs Karuna Abhiyan to save birds for last four years.

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