News in brief from across Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Five suspected hunters are held from Jasadhar range. They were from outside Gujarat and they were in possession of parts of wild life. They were produced in Una court and taken on three days remand.

– Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu today paid a brief visit to Gujarat. He arrived at Jamnagar air force airport and left for Dwarka where he performed puja with his family members at Dwarkadhish mandir. He also visited nearby Nageshwar jyotirlinga mandir.

– Continuously on second day Pakistani fishing boats were captured from Harami Nala area of Kutch border with Pakistan. Two more boats were captured today after capture of five boats and one Pakistani man yesterday.

– Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) run Parimal Gardn will reopen on August 9 after completion of its redevelopment at a cost of Rs. 12 crore which went on for months.

– IMD had released forecast of heavy to very heavy rains across Gujarat on 8-9-10 August.

– Two senior Gujarat Congress leader Naresh Rawal and Rajubhai Parmar today called on Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel after leaving the State Congress. Both leaders are going to join ruling BJP on 17 August at State BJP headquarters.

– MoS Home, Harsh Sanghavi inaugurated Utran Police Station in Surat. This will be 32nd police station in the city. It has been carved out from Amroli Police station areas.

– Elected members of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today visited Chandola lake and discussed the plan for its redevelopment and creation of lake front.

– Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi today morning paid surprise visit to Matar based Mamlatdar office in Central Gujarat and revealed shocking details of land scams by Muslims in this area by doing all kinds of wrong practices. He said the Revenue department will appeal Home department to appoint a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to for probe into ‘Land Jihad’ in Matar taluka areas. Trivedi added that the source of hundreds of crores of Rupees for Land Jihad will also be probed into. He said those in administration involved in such activities will also be not spared. Trivedi said one retired Muslim officer was working here in the past and most of irregularities are found to have happened during his tenure.

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