Indian Air Force's single engine microlight expedition Round the World will kick off ,

This expedition will be flagged off by the Air Chief Marshal, F H Major, from the Hindon air base at 8 in the morning.

Wg Cdr Rahul Monga and Wg Cdr Anil Kumar will log a total of 40,806 kilometres in an attempt to beat the existing world record and create a new one in circumnavigating the world in a single engine aircraft.

The expedition will head off eastwards on June 1 and will make the first stop at Allahabad. After a few hours of rest, it will take off again towards Bagdogra. From there the duo will head out to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Russia United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Oman and will finally return to India from the Western region into Jamnagar and to Delhi via Udaipur.
If all goes well, the expedition plans to end in Delhi on August 4.

The expedition, which has been in the planning stage for over a year with the Directorate of Air Adventure cell working at it, had to be put off at the last moment last year in order to allow it to commemorate the platinum jubilee of the Indian Air Force.

Jamnagar - Reliance's Mango Throughout year

Reliance greens, the green belt for Orchard mango farming in Jamnagar refinery is soread across 500 acres.

Even during winters last year, mangoes were produced successfully in the orchard, but the production was not enough to be marketed.

this year however Reliance employed horticulture experts who are now conducting research to produce sufficient quantity of mangoes during winters,

Nathwani said that the mangoes produced in Reliance orchard would be available in the country through Reliance fresh outlets, its retail chain stores, and would also be exported to Europe, United States of America and Japan, its to be noted that Harrods has already ordered 300 Tons of Mangoes from Reliance, around 450 tonnes of mangoes were produced in orchard this year. The researchers are also working on increasing the quality and quantity of the fruit.

Jamnagar - Ashapura Minechem gets approval for EOU

Jamnagar based Ashapura Minechem Ltd has announced that on applications made to the Development Commissioner, Kandla SEZ, Gandhidham, Kutch, the Company has received approvals vide their permission dtd. May 21, 2007 and dtd. May 17, 2007 to set up 100% Export Oriented Units (2 nos.) for Processed Bauxite at Jamnagar.

The said permissions are valid upto May 20, 2012 and May 16, 2012 respectively.

The grant of EOU status and operation of the said Units is likely to have a materially positive impact on the profitability of the Company.

Jamnagar - Human Bones found in Lakhota Lake

Large number of human bones, unearthed near Lakhota lake in Jamnagar city. Police investigation revealed that bones were dumped following medical research, however the local medical college denied throwing research waste in the open.

But panic set in among residents of Jamnagar when a large number of human bones were unearthed during a cleanliness drive conducted by the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation on Lakhota lake front on Friday.

MP Shah College, the only medical college in Jamnagar district, identifying the bones as used for study purpose,but denied throwing them out in the open.

DRI Examined RIL Jamnagar premise

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Officials reached Jamnagar unit RIL on Monday to "examine" some accounts,

 

"It is a fact DRI officials are at the refinery. It is also a fact that they are examining some books of accounts. But it is too premature for me to say in what context the books are being examined," the spokesperson said here.

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Jamnagar - Traffic Policeman killed in a road Mishap

Traffic Policeman killed in a road Mishap

Jayvirsinh Jhala, An A.S.I. in Jamnagar traffic branch was crushed to death yesterday by a Coal Truck from N.R.E. Coke Ltd. a local Coal mining co. A FIR is filed against the driver and investigation is underway

Jamnagar - L&T to builds world's largest FCC Regenerators & Combustors

L&T builds one of the world's largest FCC Regenerators & Combustors

Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has announced that the Company's Heavy Engineering Division-Hazira Works, has successfully built one of the world's largest FCC Regenerators & Combustors for Reliance Petroleum Ltd's (RPL) export oriented refinery coming up at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

The equipment is considered to be the heart of the RPL's refinery, which is billed as the fifth largest in the world. The Company had previously built a similar FCC regenerator and combustor for Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) refinery in Jamnagar in the year 1998.With the completion of the current project, the Company has successfully constructed the most critical components of Reliance's Jamnagar Complex, which is the world's single largest refinery complex in the world. The project is a testimony to the Company's ability and the faith reposed in it by RIL.The project, completed 6 weeks ahead of schedule, is a repeat order placed on the Company by Reliance for the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP). The contract was won by the Company under global competition.The Company received the order for this equipment in November 2005 and the delivery date was July 2007. The Company manufactured this equipment in a record time and is delivering it 6 weeks ahead of schedule.The main features of this equipment are a 16.3 metre diameter, an overall length of 40 metres and weight of 1320 MT. The material of construction for equipment is carbon-manganese steel with more than 170 MT of stainless steel internals.The process licensor for this equipment is UOP-USA, Mechanical Design (including the critical finite element analysis), detailed engineering and fabrication were done by the Company's Hazira Works. Transportation to this mammoth equipment will also be carried out by the Company.The flag-off ceremony took place at the Company on May 21, 2007 and the equipment will sail to Jamnagar and will reach JERP by end May 2007.The seamless execution of the project once again proves the Company's capability in fabricating such large equipment utilizing hi-tech fabrication techniques. The Company improved its own track record by delivering the equipment ahead of schedule and is now geared to fabricate more challenging and critical equipment for refineries around the world.Incidentally, the Company's Hazira Works is in the final stage of its capacity expansion project with which the shop capacity is doubled including a super-heavy bay which can handle 2000 MT plus weight equipment.

More Bride - Fleeing in Jamnagar

More Bride - Fleeing in Jamnagar

Seems that Jamnagari brides are bit confused about choices and are making decision at 11th Hour,

recently a patel girl escaped a night before marriage in bhavnagar district, and now a similiar incident is followed in Jamnagar as well,

Jamnagar's Sindhi girl escaped with a Khoja boy, just a night before the marriage.
it seems that Jamnagar girls needs more time on deciding "I, do".

Jamnagar - Protest in support to Datar victims

Junagadh came out in strength to support the bandh to support the victims of brutal Datar Hill incident.

By late evening, the protests spread to Jamnagar and Rajkot.

In junagadh, Congress and BJP joined hand in hand to protest against in-capability of police and demanded that the arrest should me made at earliest

Jamnagar - Nobat Celebrates 50 Years

Jamnagar's own Nobat an afternoon paper is in the 50th year of its publication.

Ratilal Madhwani started this paper in 1957 as a weekly in Rajkot, it graduated as a daily in 1964.

Ratilal had already shifted to Jamnagar in 1962 and so the weekly Nobat.

Nobat is an integral part of Jamnagar life, its present editor and son of the founder editor Pradip Madhwani said that a function would be held on June 7 in the city to mark the event. Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be the Chief guest and renowned Ramkathakar Morari Bapu is like to preside over the June 7 celebrations, he said. Though it is a noon paper, Nobat has played a pivotal role in the public life of Jamnagar.