Pirated DVD, Vegetable prices etc.

Police in Jamnagar suddenly wake up to discover huge stash of pirated DVD sold at every corner in the city, in past 2 days Jamnagar police recovered pirated copies of copyright material amounting to around a million rupee, police arrested 14 person and raised 14 places in city, most noticeable places includes Lakhota lake, Jayshree cinema, S.T. Road etc.

Last Saturday, vegetable shop owners around the main vegetable market stopped business at the subhash market, causing sharp increase in the vegetable prices. In this tussle of JMC and vegetable businessmen, citizens are paying price (actually high price), earlier last month JMC suggested to move the vegetable market to Hapa marketing yard. Vegetable shop owners are arguing that cost to transportation vegetables to the city from Hapa is unreasonable.

Forgery : 8 Lakh withdrawn from Company Account

A police complaint file against a company accountant details forgery of amount more then Rs 8Lakh,

The incident occurred in GIDC phase II near Dared, when company accountant deposited the cheques to his personal account, that were intended for govt sales tax and excise duty submission.

Ram Navami Celebrations in Jamnagar

Come 12th April and Jamnagar will be celebrating Ram Navami, Jamnagar's Mahadev Har Mitra Mandal will be organising floats, food and fun filled celebration across the town.

"Ram Savari" will start from Bala Hanumam temple on Tuesday afternoon and will route through Havai-Chowk, Mandavi Tower, Bardhan Chowk, Chandi Bazaar, Dipak Talkies, Bedi Gate etc. organisers have places refreshment counters at various locations.

Cheti Chand 2011 - Celebrations in Jamnagar

Jamnagar Sindhi Samaj will celebrate Cheti Chand 2011 festival today in Jamnagar, there are many events scheduled for this occasion, a mass thread ceremony will be followed by a religious yatra near Jhulelal temple located near old railway station. Jamnagar Sindhi community will take a day off from their business and work,

Kutchhi Lohana society will celebrate the festival with Dariyalal Jayanti, and traditional aarti celebration is organised at Lohana Samaj Wadi near pancheshwar tower.

WorldCup2011 - Jamnagar Celebrations

Read more on http://www.halar.org/post/2011/04/04/Jamnagar-World-Cup-Celebrations.aspx

Jamnagar Lakhota Lake - 50 Turtles dead

Around 50 turtles were found dead in Lakhota lake early yesterday, preliminary investigations suggestion this could be due to input of acidic sewage or industry water that is pumped in the lake.
A specific area of lake is affected by this acidic water surge, and it seems only turtles were killed, more investigation is carried out by forest department and department of fisheries.

25 ft Holika Dahan - Jamnagar

Jamnagar's Bhoi community had created a record 25 ft Holika statue, weighing almost a thousand kilo.

Though Jamnagar is famous for numerous Holi ritual bonfires, this year the number of bonfire is around 200 in the city. In India there is ban on burning effigies, but special permission is given for Holika Dahan since 1961.

MP Bribe case - new twist

New twist in MP bribe case against Cairn India read more on http://www.halar.org/post/2011/03/18/MP-Bribe-case-Cairns-complaints-oil-minister.aspx

Locals fight with Industries using PIL, RTI

Saurashtra locals are fighting industrialisation of their lands and coastal areas using new weapons of laws, read more on http://www.halar.org/

Krishnaben Khakhrawala in Dwarka

SONY TV's famous TV serial "Krishnaben Khakhrawala" is currently shooting in Dwarka, in collaboration with Gujarat Tourism and Vibrant Gujarat efforts,.
However the shooting was disrupted yesterday on 15th March when priests and local had protested the shooting as a junior artist had entered the temple with shoes, Krishnaben intervened and resolved the matter,