Tremors felt near Vijarakhi

Very mild earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale was felt near Vijarakhi village on Monday morning.

Seismology Department official explained that the epicentre of the earthquake was 15 km south-east of Jamnagar town near Vijarakhi village, the tremor was felt around 8:19 am and lasted a few seconds.

It is widely known that post rainy season, Vijarakhi village which is adjecent to Vijarakhi dam felt this kind of tremors.

Extra marital relationship claimed two lives

The body of a six-year-old girl was found floating in an abandoned well near the Sikka town. Incidentally, the abductor was a biological father of the girl and he killed himself, fearing the police action.

The incident was the result of an affair between the victim's mother Hira and a youth Jayesh Bhambhi. Hira already complained and Police registered a case of abduction. The body was identified as Sheetal. later after the police interrogation Hira also zoomed into the list and then she confessed of having had an extramarital affair with Jayesh Bhambhi, he was the father of the Sheetal.

When Hira's husband used to torture her for this relationship and the child, Bhambhi kidnapped Sheetal and killed her by drowning in the well.

In a dramatic turn to events, police raided Bhambhi's place, Bhambhi told police that he would come from the rear door, instead he ran towards a GCC company and jumped before a speeding truck and died on the spot.

Jamnagar Girl Gang Raped

In what could have been most brutal crime case, a 17-year-old Jamnagar girl was gangraped repeatedly by seven persons.


The girl was gang raped in Jamnagar, Rajkot and then in Mumbai for six days. A complaint was lodged with Ahmedabad crime branch, later the complaint was transferred to Jamnagar city B-division police station.


Six of the accused were already arrested by Sunday evening. Police is looking to arrest the seventh person.


The victim, a class IX student lives with her father in Jamnagar, who is a practicing doctor. She left from Jamnagar to meet her mother, a divorcee in Ahmedabad and was waiting for a bus at a local travels there.

One of the accused, Mehul Raval approached her and offered a ride till Ahmedabad in his car, instead of Ahmedabad he took her to a house in Jain housing society and he along with his five friends gangraped the victim, later she was taken to Rajkot and raped there again by these men.

As per complaint the victim was raped repeatedly from August 21 to August 26.

Strangely, Raval convinced her that he would marry her and took her to Mumbai by air. In Mumbai, she was again raped by Raval and a seventh person from Mumbai. The girl managed to escape from there and reached Ahmedabad. She narrated the whole incident to her mother and then took help of a relative to approach the crime branch.

Jamnagar police have arrested Mehul Raval, Nishant Punjabi, Dharmesh Patel, Viral Jethwa, Ajaysinh Jethwa, Kailash Khatri, the seventh person Michael, who lives in Mumbai is on the run.

Modak Competition: Ladu eating in Jamnagar

On Ganesh Chaturthi, Jamnagar Brahma Social Group organized a modak (Ladu) eating competition. Competition had seventy-two competitors, with 11 women and 11 boys below 12 years of age.

Organizer & secretary of the Jamnagar Brahma Social Group, Anand Dave said that these type of contests are rarely held in the state. Each particpiant were given 30 minutes time, simple rule was that the one who eats the most amount of ladoos, wins. This time Dal was also served for change of taste. each laddu wighed 75 gm. and was made of dry fruits and ghee, apart from wheat flour. The contest was held at Sankrit Pathshala of the Jamnagar city.

Vinu Mistry was winner after eating 13 Modaks. Second placed was secured by Aniruddha Rathod and Jagdish Bhatt with 12 Modaks each, third rank was taken by Manish Vijani with 11 modaks.

Mistry, Winner said that he normaly ate 15-16 modaks along with other food. as here it was just Dal so the number came down to 13.

Sneha Dave won in the Woman's category, she had 6 Modaks where as children's category was won by 10-year-old Hardik Khira, who ate 8 Modaks.

Swine Flu - G G Hospital Doctors tested negative

After a radiologist in Ahmedabad's Civil Hospital was tested positive for swine flu, medical fraternity called forth 30 doctors
and paramedics staff from across the state for a thorough check-up.

Few doctors from Jamnagar's G G Hospital were also summoned and their throat swabs were tested.

Train Rammed into Trackor : 4 Dead

Atleast four persons were killed when a train rammed into a tractor at an unmanned level crossing in the Dwarka taluka near okha.

Okha-Bhavnagar train rammed into a tractor, carrying four persons, at an unmanned crossing between Dwarka and Okha railway station

All the four persons on the tractor died on the spot.

Swine Flue - First Case In Jamnagar

There are 3 suspected cases from Jamnagar where results are awaited.

In the last 2 days, there are five suspected cases reported at the G G Hospital in Jamnagar.

G G Hospital authorities said that two cases has negative results, in other three cases, the reports are still awaited.

The first confirmed case of swine flu in Saurashtra is reported from Bhavnagar.

Update: Jamnagar G G Hospital confirmed its first Swine Flu case, the patient is a student of Mumbai Arts Theater Group and flew to Jamnagar from Mumbai 2 days back.

Lakhota: Dutch Engineer Saved life

In a bizarre incident, a lady was saved by a dutchman passing by lakhota yesterday morning.

Young woman named Harsha jumped in lakhota due to unknown reasons, Reliance Engineer and a Dutch citizen who happened to pass by jumped in Lakhota lake and saved the girl.

Doctor Couple Drowned in Sasoi Dam

A day Picnic turned into fatal tragedy for a doctor couple here.

The couple and few doctors friends of G G Hospital were on a picnic at the dam on river Sarsoi, while taking a dip, Bindu (35), wife of Dhananjay Kumar (41), the Chief Medical Officer at G G government hospital here, lost balance and was swept away in deep waters.

Dhananjay tried to save his wife but he too got drowned, Their bodies were fished out by the fire department divers in the evening.

Fake Note racket busted by Shopkeepers

A Shopkeepers' awareness helped unearth giant fake currency racket in Jamnagar. A racket with Pakistani connection was unearthed few days ago.

Shopkeepers will help local police by installing of machines to identify fake notes and hire employees that can check the authenticity of notes coming to their counters. Once found they can inform police , in effect, the shopkeepers will now call the police, rather than the customer the next time they come across a fake note.

The 800-member association has now asked all members to prominently display an RBI guideline in their premises as well.

It is well noted that recent 1000 rs fake notes can not be be detected by machines, it can only be detected by bare hands.

Jamnagar - Before and After Rain

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Rain , Agriculture , Shravan and more

In last 56 hrs Jamnagar recorded around 340mm of rainfall. Local government has alerted the authorities because of water logging caused by incessant rain.

Jamnagar district agriculture department claims that the district has completed 94% of sowing, more rain could wipe-off the plantation.

Along with the rain comes the Shravan month of devotion and celebration. thousands of pilgrims, including those from non-resident Gujarati community, have started flocking to various temples of Saurashtra, Somnath and Dwarka being the main attractions.

Jamnagar district collectorate of Dwarka and management board of Jagat Mandir in Dwarka have begun preparations for the Janmashthami celebrations. Devotees have already started thronging the town to attend the celebrations. In a recently convened meeting attended by Rajya Sabha MP and Dwarkadhish Devasthan Samiti chief Parimal Nathwani and collector VP Patel, preparations for the big day's events were discussed.

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60 KG used bullet shells found

Three bags containing used bullet shells, weighing over 60 kg were found by some villagers of Dodiya vilage.

Police saied that samples were sent to forensic lab for testing. There are many metal scrap dealers in Jamnagar and the bags may be of some such dealers.

It is to note that Indian defence has huge presence in Jamnagar area and such incidents are frequent, some also notice the foul play that could have happened and these shells could cross borders.

Thes bags were lying on the outskirts of Dodiya village, about 25 km from Jamnagar.

Hall of Shame for JMC

JMC recently decided to increase the city limits to 101 KM from existing 68 KM, JMC thought of adding few nearby small villages around Jamnagar to increase the area , ofcourse this is backed by lobby of builders who wanted to grab lucrative land and get costly benefits from it..

However JMC hit a little snag when around 6,000 villagers gathered near Lal Bunglow to oppose the move.
Sarpanch's from villages like Dhuvav, Vibhapar, nawa-Nagna, Juna-Nagna, Khimaliya, Theba, Dared, Khimrana, Khijadiya, KanSumra, Naghedi, Morkanda, Dhinchda, hapa, Gordhanpar and chela came together and submitted letter to RDC.

Crank caller arrested from train.

Rajkot City picked up the son of a Jamnagar police constable, who traveling in a train, for allegedly making hoax call for bombs.

A factory owner from Patan, received a call on his cell phone on Tuesday night. The caller asked: 'What happened about the bombs that were planted in Rajkot?' and the phone got disconnected. This information made Rajkot police start a search operation just to find that it was a hoax call.

Police traced the caller as Rahul Dahiya, a medical student. The calls were traced to a train going towards Ranchi. Railway police, who were alerted, picked up Dahiya near Agra.

Donated eyes left untended for 22 days

This incident added an insult to injury for G.G. (Irwin) Hospital, just 11 days after the hospital got name in TV for a perfect wrong reason, branding and parading an HIV+ woman.

Strange things comes to picture as the mystery unfolds, Kutchhi Visha Oshwal Jain Mahajan in Bhuj regularly donates eyes to GG Hospital and many other in Saurashtra-Kutch for medical reasons, these eyes normally reach through domestic courier. This time the hospital staff did not came to collect the parcels.

A local courier operator who has been transporting these consignments regularly says that the consignment was sent on June 6. But, no one from the ophthalmology department of GG hospital came to take delivery of the parcels.

Later the delivery man delivered the nine parcels at 6 pm on Tuesday at the registration counter of the GG Hospital.

As expected, hospital Superintendent of GG hospital Dr BD Gupta puts blame on the organization that sends the eyes, saying that they did not communicate properly and the deliveryman who should have taken receipt.

Gujarat Budget 2009 - Highlights

The Budget Estimates for the year 2008-09 show grant-in-aid expenditure of Rs. 2383 crore as revenue expenditure since the expenditure is to be incurred on capital works. If this expenditure is classified as capital expenditure, the Revenue surplus will increase from Rs. 52.39 crore to Rs. 2435.39 crore. Due to prudent fiscal control on unproductive expenditure and intensive efforts to increase revenue receipts, the State Government has been generating Revenue Surplus since last two years.

Provision of Rs. 19030.00 crore has been made for Plan expenditure which includes provision of Rs. 8272.42 crore for Social Services. Allocation on Social services is 42.93% of the total provision. Government has, therefore, given top priority to services like Drinking water, Primary Education, Housing, Health Care and Nutrition which constitute Social Services.

The State has achieved average annual growth of 10.4% in last five years even after facing natural disasters like scarcity, earthquake and flood. The State is expected to register GSDP growth of 11.3% in the coming years. Considering assistance due to externally aided project for earthquake relief works, provision of Rs. 262.59 crore has been made for Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority.

Provision of Rs. 612 crore has been made towards emergency relief and restoration works to deal with any natural calamity.

Provision of Rs. 261 crore has been made towards 'Nirmal Gujarat Campaign' in view of the encouraging results of the scheme seen during the current year.

The allocation to Education Department has been increased by 26% over the current year to Rs. 1349 crore.

Provision of Rs. 43 crore has been made for creation of drinking water facilities and providing electric connections to Primary Schools. Provision of Rs. 85 crore has been made for providing computers in the schools.

Under Vanbandhu and Sagarkhedu Schemes, it is proposed to open 203 new Secondary, 222 new Higher Secondary Schools and 10 new Colleges. 83000 Vidhyasahayaks were recruited under Vidhyasahayak Scheme. It is proposed to make 11000 new recruitments under this scheme.

It is proposed to create new Technological University having I.I.T. level courses from 2008.

To improve employment of youth, it is proposed to start English language training classes under SCOPE programme.

It is proposed to provide Rs. 824.75 crore, an increase of 45.92% over the current year's provision, to Health and Family Welfare Department.

Provision of Rs. 12 crore has been made for free 108 Emergency Services for expanding its network in the State. The 108 Emergency Services has been able to save precious lives in its short span of service. A comprehensive plan has been made to cope with deadly diseases like Sicklecell anemia and Laptospirosis occuring specifically in tribal communities of South Gujarat.

It is proposed to start Tele-Medicine services by application of latest technology in Health Care.

The Government has made a provision of Rs. 20 crore to establish an I.I.M. like premier institute on 50 acres of land with collaboration of Public Health Foundation of India.

It is proposed to start Physiotherapy College in tribal area of the State under Vanbandhu Scheme.

Provision of Rs. 30 crore has been made for upgrading quality of medicine produced by Government Ayurvedic Pharmacy. Provision of Rs. 67.44 crore has been made to upgrade Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres and Sub-centres.

Provision of Rs. 340 crore has been estimated by increasing 72.41% over current year provision for Women and Child Development. Provision of Rs. 94 crore has been made to develop economic activities among 15 lakh women and make them self-reliant through Sakhi Mandal programme.

It is proposed to provide assistance for kits worth Rs.3000 in addition to widow pension to 10000 widows between 18 to 40 age group. It is proposed to start Bal Gokulam University (Children University) for development of children which is the first of its kind in the country.

Provision of Rs. 127.76 crore has been made under Balbhog Scheme for prevention of mal-nutrition in children below six years. The scheme will be beneficial to girls and pregnant mothers too. Provision of Rs. 10 crore has been made for renovation of 5000 existing Anganwadi Buildings.

Mobile Anganwadi Centres will be started in urban slums for migrant labourers. A provision of Rs. 1.10 crore has been made for Mata Yashoda Award under Angalwadi. A provision of Rs. 40 crore has been made for increase in monthly honorarium of Rs. 500 and Rs. 250 to Anganwadi workers and Tedagars respectively.

Provision of Rs. 1469.25 crore has been made under Water Supply Division, an increase of 20.43% over the current year. It is proposed to provide Rs. 265 crore under various schemes of Water Supply for tribal areas. Provision of Rs. 115 crore has been made for internal distribution of drinking system with people's contribution.

A provision of Rs. 255 crore has been made with 21.43% rise over current year provision under the head of Tribal Development. Provision of Rs. 296 crore is made under Gujarat Pattern to provide various infrastructure facilities to tribal people. Provision of Rs. 11.40 crore has been made to start Class-VIII in 55 Ashram Nivasi Shallas of tribal areas. It is proposed to start Class-XI and Class-XII in 11 Adarsh Nivasi Shallas of Tribal area.

Provision of Rs. 10 crore has been made for 2 Talukas to provide balanced diet to Scheduled Tribe students under Purak Poshan Scheme. It is proposed to start dry hostels for 15 Secondary Schools and 5 new hostels for colleges in tribal areas.

Provision of Rs. 566.50 crore has been made with rise of 25.89% over current year provision under Social Welfare Division. Out of the estimated five year plan of Rs. 15000 crore for Vanbandhu

Kalyan Yojana, provision of Rs. 2933 crore has been made under Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana for the year 2008-09 against Rs. 2335 Crore in the current year.

Loan to MBBS doctor has been raised to Rs. 2.50 lacs from Rs. 2 lacs and annual limit is raised from Rs.50,000 to Rs. 24,000. Provision has been made to provide assistance of Rs. 40,000 for Housebuilding construction to 1250 women belonging to Schedule caste including 250 women belonging to most backward class under Dr. Ambedkar Aawas Scheme.

It is proposed to provide assistance of Rs. 40,000 for construction of house to 1000 widows engaged in sanitary works. It is proposed to start construct 2 new Government Kumar Hostels at Ahmedabad and Surat and one Girls hostel at Gandhinagar. It is proposed to start 4 new hostels at Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Vallabh Vidhyanagar for Post Graduate Students belonging to Schedule Caste.

It is proposed to start 15 new hostels with boarding and lodging facilities under Sagarkhedu Scheme.

Provision has been made to provide assistance of Rs. 2000 to Girls students studying in 8th standard and belonging to Economically Backward classes for purchasing of cycle.

Provision of Rs. 115 crore has been made in Year 2008-09 against the provision of Rs. 75 crore in the current year to ensure Government's determination of full support to Social security sector. Provision has been made to provide assistance of Rs. 40,000 for construction of house to 500 handicapped widow women. Provision of Rs. 347 crore has been made by increasing 62.35% over the current year provision under Forest and Environment Department. It includes Rs. 170.10 crore allocated under Tribal Area Sub Plan Scheme. Works in tribal area is given highest priority by planning to provide Rs.

203.39 lacs man-days employment in forestry sector.

Provision of Rs. 12 crore has been made to conserve Lion. Provision of Rs. 941.85 crore has been made by increasing 29.38% over current year provision under Agriculture and Co-operation Department. It is proposed to provide Rs. 337.98 crore to promote latest scientific agricultural approach for reduction of production-cost. Agriculturist living below poverty line will be given Farmer's Kit. It is proposed to provide Rs. 59.70 crore for distribution of such kits. Provision of Rs. 148.23 crore has been made under Agriculture Crop Insurance.

Provision of Rs. 40 crore has been made to strengthen the District Central Co-operative Banks and State Co-operative banks. Provision of Rs. 10 crore has been made towards activities related to animal husbandry services and information and broadcasting. Provision of Rs. 10.90 crore has been made to strengthen the Agriculture Produce Market Cooperatives.

Provision of Rs. 249.25 crore has been made against the provision of Rs.177.20 Crore in the current year for various schemes under Soil and Water Conservation.

Provision of Rs. 384.36 crore has been made with objective to improve the economic status of families living below poverty in rural areas. A provision of Rs. 55 crore together with Rs. 26 crore under Nirmal Gujarat scheme has been made under Rural Sanitation Scheme. Provision of Rs. 63.50 crore has been made under National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme.

Provision of Rs. 60 crore has been made under India Awas Yojna. Provision of Rs. 54.44 crore has been made towards various programmes of Watershed Area Development by Rural Development Division.

Provision of Rs. 10.14 crore has been made under "Aam Aadmi Vima Yojna" to cover landless househols in the unorganized sector. Provision of Rs. 2111 crore with a rise of 24.37% over current year provision has been made under Urban Development and Urban Housing Department.

Provision of Rs. 755 crore has been made under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Reform Mission.

Provision of Rs. 185 crore has been made under Vajpai Nagar Vikas Yojna for Infrastructural facilities of Nagarpalikas. Provision of Rs. 150 crore has been made for Solid Waste Disposal System in Urban Areas.

Provision of Rs. 40 crore has been made towards Sahbhagi (Participatary) Irrigation System.

It is proposed to provide Rs. 25 crore to renovate Kharicat Canal and to beautify the surrounding areas.

It is proposed to allocate Rs. 3255 crore under Sardar Sarovar Yojna for next year.

Provision of Rs. 162 crore has been made to undertake works related to control of Salinity ingress under Sagarkhedu Yojna. Provision of Rs. 681 crore has been made with rise of 25.30% over the current year for Panchayats and Rural Housing Department. Provision of Rs. 40 crore has been made under E-gram Vishwa-Gram campaign.

Provision of Rs. 90 crore has been made under Sardar Patel Aawas Yojna.

Provision of Rs. 60 crore has been made for developmental works in 30 most backward talukas by allocating 2 crore to each taluka in the Year 2008-09 against Rs 1 crore to each taluka in the current year.

Provision of Rs. 896 crore has been made in 2008-09 which is a rise of 39.81% against current year provision for Industries and Mines Department.

It is proposed to provide Rs. 50 crore to strengthen G.I.D.C. colonies by Public Private Partnership.

Provision of Rs. 86.50 crore has been made to provide domestic electric connection at reduced rate to 2.75 lacs families belonging to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe and Rural Urban Poor.

It is proposed to provide Rs. 5.30 crore for free electric connections to 13033 hutments belonging to Primitive tribes (Aadim Juth). It is proposed to provide Rs. 5 crore to make Gandhinagar a solar city. Provision of Rs. 1650 crore has been made with arise of 11.77% over current year provision under Road and Building Department. Provision of Rs. 209 crore has been made for development of 627 km of Pragati Path, Vikas Path and Pravasi Path.

Provision of Rs. 50 crore has been made under Kishan Path Scheme. It is proposed to provide Rs. 160 crore to Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation to improve transport facilities for buses passengers. Provision of Rs. 22 crore has been made to establish District Tourism Societies for development of Tourist Places.

It is proposed to start 6 new police stations to provide effective maintenance of Law and Order situation and speedy investigations of criminal cases.

It is proposed to start 2 new Women police stations at Vadodara and Jamnagar for protection of women.

Provision of Rs. 60 crore has been made under Modernization of Police Force Scheme.

As a part to improve security of the State and the country, provision of Rs. 24 crore has been made under Border Area Development Programme.

It is proposed to create 6 Special Courts under Vanbandhu Yojana to deal with cases under Atrocity Act.

Provision of Rs. 18 crore has been made for modernization and construction of 11 Mamlatdar Offices and 4 Jilla Seva Sadan Offices (Collectorate Offices).

Under Labour and Employment Department provision of Rs. 127 crore has been made which is a rise of 57.75% against the current year provision.

Provision of Rs. 5 crore has been made for advance preparation for the celebration of Gujarat State Survana Jayanti Mahostav. Provision of Rs. 5 crore has been made for development of memorial of Great Krantiveer Shri Shyamji Krishna Verma over 152 acre of land identified at Mandvi.

Lightening Killed Eight in district

Total of eight persons were killed by lightening in last two days, heavy rains with high velocity winds lashed entire Jamnagar district. Many cattles were also killed by the lightening.

Kalyanpur - 2
Khambalia - 1
Sikka - 1
Bedi - 1
Bhanvad - 1.

Jamnagar city had witnessed windspeed of more than 60 kmph.

HIV Positive Woman Labeled and Paraded

In what could be termed as one of the most disturbing moment for GG (Inwin) hospital, a HIV positive pregnant lady was labeled as HIV positive and paraded through the wards to warn other patients about her status.

Prafula Parmar, a nurse at the GG Hospital stuck a label that read 'HIV Serum positive' on her forehead. it is so disturbing as labels are pasted only on foreheads of dead bodies after post-mortem examination.

On Saturday, the victim met the gynaecology department head Dr Nalini Anand. After going through her reports, the doctor told her to stay away from other patients and told the nurses about her health condition. The woman had come to the gynaecology department for a check-up on Wednesday. Tests confirmed that she was HIV positive and doctors advised her to terminate the pregnancy, which was done.

The nurse, Prafula Parmar, pasted the label on her forehead and took her around the hospital campus on Saturday, it was mid-way through the parade that volunteers of 'Jamnagar District Network of People Living With HIV' noticed her and they took the matter with hospital supritendent.

Health minister Jay Narayan Vyas instituted an inquiry and asked two doctors and a nurse to proceed on leave till completion of the inquiry.

Women Labeled HIV Positive and paraded through GG Hospital

In what could be termed as one of the most disturbing moment for GG (Inwin) hospital, a HIV positive pregnant lady was labeled as HIV positive and paraded through the wards to warn other patients about her status.

Prafula Parmar, a nurse at the GG Hospital stuck a label that read 'HIV Serum positive' on her forehead. it is so disturbing as labels are pasted only on foreheads of dead bodies after post-mortem examination.

On Saturday, the victim met the gynaecology department head Dr Nalini Anand. After going through her reports, the doctor told her to stay away from other patients and told the nurses about her health condition. The woman had come to the gynaecology department for a check-up on Wednesday. Tests confirmed that she was HIV positive and doctors advised her to terminate the pregnancy, which was done.

The nurse, Prafula Parmar, pasted the label on her forehead and took her around the hospital campus on Saturday, it was mid-way through the parade that volunteers of 'Jamnagar District Network of People Living With HIV' noticed her and they took the matter with hospital supritendent.

Health minister Jay Narayan Vyas instituted an inquiry and asked two doctors and a nurse to proceed on leave till completion of the inquiry.

Barda Sanctury - Mining poses threat

There was a time when Gujarat State Govt wished to shift Asiatic Lions from Gir National Sanctuary to Barda wildlife sanctuary in Jamnagar.

Information sought by RTI reveals mining activities near Barda area.

21 permissions for mining around the forest area have been granted since 2002, many NOC are issued from Forest Dept as well. There are 38 additional requests that are pending for the licenses to mine in and around Barda sanctuary. Obviously, forest dept are denied the claim categorically. Out of many licenses few were also renewed on bases of NOC from forest Dept.

Barda sanctuary is spread over 190 sq km falling in Jamnagar and Porbandar districts. According to Wildlife Protection Act (1972), mining is not permissible in 5 km periphery of the sanctuary.

Water Crisis - worsening

After many years, Jamnagar Citizens will see a sight long forgotten - water tankers.

Delayed monsoon is draging reserviour levels to new lows and many people in the region will have to rely on water supplied through tankers if the monsoon gets delayed by a week or more. Of 109 / 120 reservoirs in Saurashtra-Kutch have hit rock bottom or are on the verge of it.

Cities like Jamnagar and Bhuj cities will need to look for alternative arrangements like supplying underground water to the residents through tanker services to tide over the situation.

The situation is worst in Jamnagar as only 6.31 per cent of the quantum is left in the 30 dams in Jamnagar. Over 55 villages in the district has already started water supply through tankers. This number is likely to go up, if rains don't come within a week or so.

Jamnagar 10 th 2009 Results - Toppers List

Jamnagar Toppers List
Rank	Student Detail	Obtained Marks	Percentage	School
1	Jhaveri Diti Amit Seat No.:C691818	607/650	93.38	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
2	Surani Himali Narbheram Seat No.:C688836	604/650	92.92	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
3	Rathod Nirav Babulal Seat No.:C690052	601/650	92.46	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
3	Rimmie Duraisamy Seat No.:C692059	601/650	92.46	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
4	Kantariya Dipenkumar Satishbhai Seat No.:C682113	600/650	92.31	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Highschool Jamjodhpur Dist-jamnagar Jamjodhpur Dist - Jamnagar 360530
4	Gosai Surabhi Jayeshgiri Seat No.:C691054	600/650	92.31	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
4	Shah Riddhi Manish Seat No.:C692056	600/650	92.31	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
4	Badiyani Shivam Nareshbhai Seat No.:C692094	600/650	92.31	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalay Amar Vilas Palace Dist - Jamnagar 361008
5	Kagathara Deepkumar Dhirajlal Seat No.:C675396	599/650	92.15	Shri B M Patel Madhyamik Shala Vankiya Dist-jamnagar At & Po Vankiya Tal Dhrol Dist - Jamnagar 361210
5	Pandya Madhavi Bharatbhai Seat No.:C689589	599/650	92.15	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
6	Bhensdadiya Maulik Jasamatbhai Seat No.:C689730	598/650	92.0	Shri Pranami High School Jamnagar Ranjitnagar At-po.jam Nagar Dist - Jamnagar 361005
7	Kapta Yash Dwarkeshbhai Seat No.:C691414	597/650	91.85	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
8	Pancholi Atal Bipinbhai Seat No.:C687948	596/650	91.69	The Sunshine School Saatrasta Plot No 31 Walkeshwar Nagari Jamnagar 361008
9	Yagnik Birju Rajendrabhai Seat No.:C688145	595/650	91.54	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
9	Choksi Vishwa Pankajkumar Seat No.:C715211	595/650	91.54	St.ann's High School Vadinar Dist-jamnagar Vadinar Dist - Jamnagar 361010
10	Nariya Pragati Hemrajbhai Seat No.:C690292	593/650	91.23	Matushri Avalbahen Becharbhai Virani Kanya Vidyalaya Jamnagar Sumer Club Road Ranjit Nagar-jamnagar Dist - Jamnagar 361005

Gujarat GSEB 10th Result 2009 - State Toppers List

Gujarat GSEB 10th Result 2009 - State Toppers List
Rank	Photo	Student Detail	Obtained Marks	Percentage	School
1	<>	Dhamecha Sagar Deepakbhai Seat No.:C653087	630/650	96.92	Deepak High School Amreli Chital Road Amreli 365601
2	<>	Chavda Jay Umeshkumar Seat No.:C831683	626/650	96.31	Shri G K Dholakiya High School Panchayat Nagar Bus Stop Rajkot 360005
3	<>	Patel Utkarshkumar Hiteshbhai Seat No.:B302602	625/650	96.15	Dadabhai Naoroji High School Station Road Anand Charotar Education Society Anand Dist - Anand 388001
4	<>	Shah Tarang Kiran Seat No.:B513135	624/650	96.0	Alembic Vidyalaya Alembic Colony Vadodara Gorwa Road Vadodara Dist - Vadodara 390003
4	<>	Sakhiya Parthkumar Vinodbhai Seat No.:C832009	624/650	96.0	Shri G K Dholakiya High School Panchayat Nagar Bus Stop Rajkot 360005
5	<>	Kagathara Urvi Rameshbhai Seat No.:C832282	623/650	95.85	Shri G K Dholakiya High School Panchayat Nagar Bus Stop Rajkot 360005
6	<>	Shah Yash Sandip Seat No.:A005542	622/650	95.69	Sheth C N Vidyalaya Ambawadi Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380006
6	<>	Patel Rozmeen Sirajbhai Seat No.:B592897	622/650	95.69	Rukmanidevi Rungta Vidyalaya Bharuch Station Road Bharuch Dist - Bharuch 392001
6	<>	Vachhani Aditi Rameshchandra Seat No.:C699175	622/650	95.69	Shri N.p.bhalodia High School Opp Haveli Wadi College Road Junagadh Near Haweli Wadi Junagadh Dist - Junagadh 362001
7	<>	Pansuriya Darshit Mansukhbhai Seat No.:B538018	621/650	95.54	P P Savani Vidhyabhavan Varachha Surat Varachha Road Surat Dist - Surat 395006
8	<>	Bhavsar Khushboo Pareshbhai Seat No.:A005252	620/650	95.38	Sheth C N Vidyalaya Ambawadi Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380006
8	<>	Vora Shreya Kiritkumar Seat No.:B589172	620/650	95.38	Shree Gattu Vidyalaya Ankleshwar Dist-bharuch At Dist - Bharuch 393002
8	<>	Shah Darsh Yogeshbhai Seat No.:B605237	620/650	95.38	Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyalaya Panigate Ajwa Road Vadodara Dist - Vadodara 390019
9	<>	Shukla Hardi Kamleshbhai Seat No.:A050639	619/650	95.23	Shri H B Kapadia New High School Plot No. 97/98 T P Skim-1 Memnagar Dist - Ahmedabad 0
9	<>	Mandanka Jaykumar Jagdishbhai Seat No.:A075661	619/650	95.23	Sheth C M High School Sector - 23 Gh Road Gandhinagar 382023
9	<>	Doshi Riya Kirankumar Seat No.:B487038	619/650	95.23	Jivan Bharti Pravrutti Vidhyalaya Nanpura Surat Nanpura Surat Dist - Surat 395001
9	<>	Mehta Heli Datteshkumar Seat No.:B512546	619/650	95.23	Reliance School Petrochemical Township Vadodara Dist - Vadodara 391345
9	<>	Ramani Ankitaben Bharatbhai Seat No.:B537163	619/650	95.23	Shri K C Kothari Madhynmik & Uchh Madhyamik Shala Varachha Surat Surat Dist - Surat 395006
9	<>	Shah Bhaumik Asitbhai Seat No.:C660781	619/650	95.23	Shree Swaminarayan High School Sardarnagar Bhavnagar Sahjanand Swami Marg Bhavnagar Dist - Bhavnagar 364001
9	<>	Kadecha Charmi Bharatkumar Seat No.:C831402	619/650	95.23	Shri G K Dholakiya High School Panchayat Nagar Bus Stop Rajkot 360005
10	<>	Patel Margesh Navinchandra Seat No.:A002322	618/650	95.08	Shree Vidyanagar High School Ashram Road Usmanpura Ahmedabad 380014
10	<>	Bhatt Shalin Dilipbhai Seat No.:A005546	618/650	95.08	Sheth C N Vidyalaya Ambawadi Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380006
10	<>	Koladia Dipalkumar Rameshbhai Seat No.:A010681	618/650	95.08	Sarvoday Vidhya Mandir Opp Samjuba Hospital Bapunagar Ahmedabad 380024
10	<>	Patel Kishan Hemantbhai Seat No.:A096777	618/650	95.08	Sagar Vidyalaya Opp Sumatinath Prabhu Soc. Murlidhar Soc.-kathwada Road Naroda Dist - Ahmedabad 382325
10	<>	Kothari Ronil Ajaybhai Seat No.:A110484	618/650	95.08	The H B K New High School O/s Delhi Darwaja Shahibag Road N H Kapadiya Chowk Ahmedabad 380004
10	<>	Agrawal Gaurav Ramkumar Seat No.:A110501	618/650	95.08	The H B K New High School O/s Delhi Darwaja Shahibag Road N H Kapadiya Chowk Ahmedabad 380004
10	<>	Patel Chaitanya Maheshbhai Seat No.:B512395	618/650	95.08	Alembic Vidyalaya Alembic Colony Vadodara Gorwa Road Vadodara Dist - Vadodara 390003
10	<>	Shah Deep Jiteshkumar Seat No.:B512427	618/650	95.08	Alembic Vidyalaya Alembic Colony Vadodara Gorwa Road Vadodara Dist - Vadodara 390003
10	<>	Gajera Darpen Laljibhai Seat No.:B537973	618/650	95.08	P P Savani Vidhyabhavan Varachha Surat Varachha Road Surat Dist - Surat 395006
10	<>	Dhanani Parth Rameshbhai Seat No.:B541251	618/650	95.08	P P Savani Vidhyabhavan Varachha Surat Varachha Road Surat Dist - Surat 395006
10	<>	Dave Ekta Dineshbhai Seat No.:C831543	618/650	95.08	Shri G K Dholakiya High School Panchayat Nagar Bus Stop Rajkot 360005
10	<>	Karia Swati Jeetendrakumar Seat No.:C833273	618/650	95.08	Shri V J Modi High School 150 Ft Ring Road Opp Telephone Exchange Rajkot 360007

Farming Food For Birds Only

In the past farmers across the world had to share their crops with jamin-dar's, then rajah's and after democracy its the Govt.

However in Gujarat, its been a tradition to share the crops with the one who gives us the crop - Almighty God.

Following the same tradition, people are feeding birds with generous quantities of bajra and jowar in Jamnagar district, farmers in villages of Jodia taluka are sowing bajra, jowar specially for birds.

Two lanes of jowar are being sowed and the crop is meant only to feed birds and is aptly called "Bhagwan no Bhag (God's share)" .

Many farmers in these areas have moved on to produce high yield crops or foreign fruits and vegetation, these farmers have now decided to sow few areas of their land only for birds.

VD Bala, a forester at Hingolgadh sanctuary and members of his Navrang Nature Club are travelling many villages since a year for the cause of
"Ram ki Chidia, Ram ka Khet" (Birds and fields both are due to grace of Lord Ram). Bala is expecting more then 10,000 farmers in Saurashtra will join this drive.

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Jamnagar sports complex - Almost ready

Jamnagar will soon boast of a Ala grand modern sports complex. complex will have below mentioned facilities

• eight track 50 by 21 meter swimming pool
• indoor stadium
• ladies-gents change rooms
• 53 square meter children pool
• badminton court
• table tennis room
• carom-chess hall
• billiard
• snooker and squash courts
• basket ball court
• athletic track
• cricket pitch
• hockey grounds
• football grounds
• handball grounds
• 450 square meter skating rink
• jogging track
• space for coach with glass wall
• two-wheeler and four-wheeler parking facility
• security room
• canteen

Cost of the complex is Rs 7 crore, the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation had signed MOU with Vishwanath Vyayam Prachark Mandal in October 2005 for construction and operation of the stadium.

JMC will spend Rs. 4 crore for the stadium and the construction land is owned by Vishwanath Vyayam Pracharak Mandal. The stadium will also be operated by Vishwanath Vyayam Pracharak Mandal.

The construction work for the stadium is nearly complete.

Falcon AWACS lands in Jamnagar

Three Falcon combat aircraft equipped with airborne early warning command control system (AWACS) landed at the IAF Jammnagar on Monday morning from Ben Gurion airport of Israel via Eilat.

These aircraft has a capacity to search enemy missiles and the ability to strike at enemy territory without infringing it.

Falcons are due for induction in IAF on May 27, one-and-a-half year late than the stipulated time due to technical problems. These aircrafts were purchased by India at an approximate cost of Rs 5,000 crore and has one of the most powerful surveillance systems.

AWACS fitted in Falcon is like a permanent dome on the top of the aircraft. These aircrafts were bought as part of tripartite agreement among India, Israel and Russia. Defence ministry sources said with the induction of this state-of-the-art warplanes, IAF's sky surveillance would become unparalleled.

IAF - AWACS Reaching Jamnagar

First of the three Indian Air Force (IAF) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) will finally arrive in Jamnagar on May 25.

AWACS will be fitted on IL-767 frame and will reach Jamnagar on Monday, May 25th. This will be maiden flight of AWACS from Israel, where it was built.

The AWACS, known as an eye in the sky, has a radar that could help in detecting even cruise missiles or aircraft at ranges much beyond the capabilties of present systems, it also collacts information about troop movements and missile launches on ground and even intercept highly secured communication networks of the enemy.

AWACS operation headquarter is from Agra.
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Vikram Madam Claimed Victory

Vikram Madam won from Jamnagar constituency

Sachana - Boom from Recession

Worldwide economic slow down has actually become a savior for Gujarat's Alang ship breaking industry. There is a new ship everyday ready to get broken, few years back there were only 4-5 ships a month.

Jamnagar's Sachana has something to cheer about as well. Alang ship breaking yard is over loaded due to incoming traffic, many small ships have preferred to go to Sachana ship breaking yard which is located in north Saurashtra, 28 km from Jamnagar.

Sachana yard is smaller than Alang. It has 15 plots. At Sachana yard, ship stands inside the sea, away from ship breaking plot. After breaking some parts inside the sea, ships are pulled towards the plots.

Sachana ship breaking yard had total six plots.
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Jamnagar Election 2009 - Road Nahin to Vote Nahin

According to first unofficial average of 40-42 per cent voting on Thursday was observed in Jamnagar.

In one of the interesting news, around 1,600 voters in Dhichada village on the outskirts of Jamnagar boycotted elections to protest their long pending demand of construction of an approach road from highway to the village.

Vice sarpanch Arvind Mathhad said despite repeated representations to political leaders and senior government officials, the village is being neglected. People in surrounding Air Force area, Jamnagar and air port have modern roads but authorities are intentionally ignoring the village.

SS Yadav, a villager, said people in the hamlet unanimously decided last night to boycott polls with a slogan "Road nahi to vote nahi".

Jamnagar District collector VP Patel confirmed that the villagers didn't vote.
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Chorwad incident - Dwarka Boating stopped

In view of recent Chorwad tragedy that claimed 9 lives, the civic administration of Dwarka has decided to stop all leisure boating activities for the
next five months.

Jamnagar district administration did said that although these activities were started to boost tourism and create employment opportunities for locals, after the Chorwad incident it needs to be bought down.

Additionally several concerns were raised after the tragic Chorwad incident in which nine lives were swept away by high tide last week. During monsoons, the sea waves near Dwarka and Okha get extremely aggressive.

Boating will resume in winter season.
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Reliance Communications - New Store Launch

Reliance Communications - ADAG promoted group is working on business expansion across Gujarat.

RCOM has 103 exclusive Reliance mobile stores in Gujarat, after the expansion this no will rise to 163, to begin with, the group has already opened one store Jamnagar.

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Saat Rasta Makeover Plans

Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) has announced its plans to spend around Rs 1.5 crore on the development of Saat Rasta traffic junction.
This reformed road will lead from Samarpan entry to Gulabnagar conceptualised on built on operate' (BOT) basis.

A life-size statue of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi will be installed at the circle, a junction of seven roads: Khabhalia Road, Janata Society Road, ST Station Road, Indira Marg, Bhidbhanjan Road, Air Force Road and Samarpan Entry Road.

The proposed seating arrangement at the circle for people will help unwind themselves and promises to become a recreational point. Earlier, there used to be a fountain at the point, built by Jamnagar Commerical Co-operative Bank. However, it had to be removed due to underground drainage work. Now, the JMC plans a huge circle in a grand makeover plan for the area.
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Jamnagar Election Coverage - 2009

Jamnagar, will be the prime place of battle between Congress & BJP in Saurashtra.

in 2004, the BJP'S five-time MP Chandresh Patel lost by very thin margin of around 5000 votes by an Ahir leader, Vikram Madam. BJP candidate of 2004, Chandresh Patel had supported Kisan Sangh to campaign against chief minister Narendra Modi, and he had to leave party for that, fearing one more loss, the CM wooed Patel was given BJP worker's card, but not the ticket to contest.

This was the first time BJP lost her seat in Jamnagar. Jamnagar seat is dominated mainly by Leva Patel and Ahir communities, BJP's trick of proposing Ramesh Mungra will make a split between Leva and Ahir communities. Adding fuel to fire, there is internal feud in the Congress and Madam might pay the price for it.

Vikram Madam is very popular in Jamnagar City due to his social work and accessibility to people, however the BJP's dominance of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation is a major roadblock for him. BJP also controls most of the Taluka panchayat like Salaya (Congress), Dwarka, Jam-Jodhpur, Dhrol, Bhanvad, Kalavad and Khambhaliya municipalities. The Jamnagar District panchayat is also dominated by the BJP.

Vikram Madam is also facing issues within the party. for e.g. Poonam Madam (his niece) was also lobbying to get the party ticket, on the other hand, this time BJP has picked up a new comer Ramesh Mungra, Ramesh was BJP general secretary and Jamnagar district panchayat member. Hailing from powerful Leva Patel community. Ex-Deputy CM Mulu Bera, who is also current Bhanvad MLA (Ahir community) will assist Ramesh to woo Ahir votebank.

Out of around 13 lakh voters in Jamnagar, Ahirs are in a majority with 16% votes. The other are Kshatriyas (14%), Patels (14%), a majority of them being Leuva Patels), Muslims (13%) and Vaniya/Jain 10%.

Jamnagar has many new issues in this election, new things like heavy industrialisation has also thrown up issues like environmental degradation. Non-availability of sufficient water for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes is a major issue in the district. Unemployment, clashes with migratory population etc. are other emerging issues.
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Jamnagar - Rajkot Refinery Project Completes

Maytas Infra Ltd has completed the commissioning process for 110-km high pressure gas pipeline project between Rajkot and Jamnagar (RJPL) .

Gujarat state-owned Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) awarded Rs 303.45 crores EPC contract to MNJV which is a joint venture between Maytas Infra and Nftogazoud, a Ukrainian giant in pipeline construction.

The pipeline is being laid to supply Natural Gas to Reliance's upcoming refinery at Jamnagar from the Godavari Basin in Kakinada, a Maytas Infra release said here on Monday.

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Reliance Coker Unit - Minor Fire

Last Wednesday, fire broke out on at Reliance Industries' newly commissioned export-oriented Oil refinery, there were no casualties as the fire was small.

Coker unit of the 5.8MMTPD refinery of Reliance Petroleum, was commissioned in December 2008, this was the place which caught fire. RIL spokesman maintained that the rest of the refinery was operating normally and product dispatches continued as scheduled.
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Good Morning Jamnagar - Cool Lakhota Video

Excellent Video filmed on Lahota lake .

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IAF - Russian MIG-29 Fleet Grounding issue

As Russia is re-designing its defense system and making fundamental changes in air-defense, India is taking few gasps.
Russia has decided to largely grounded MiG-29 fleet, On the other hand Indian Air Force has decided not to ground its own MiG-29 squadrons for the moment.

Senior IAF officer explained that Mig-29 will continue to fly from airbases at Halwara and Jamnagar, he also emphasized the MIG-29 importance in coastal airbases of Jamnagar. Jamnagar is biggest airbase that is hosting MIG-29 fleets, MIG-29 are "all-weather air-superiority" fighters that constitute a critical element of India's "air defense capabilities" along the western front.
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Essar Oil Refinery Expansion Plans

Essar Oil Ltd, flagship company of The Ruia Group is planning to continue the Vadinar Jamnagar Refinery expansion.

Essar Oil Ltd, confirmed yesterday its plans to go ahead with the expansion of its Jamnagar refinery and continuing business of petroleum retail businesses spread across the country.

The company is also laying down phased plan to expand into petrochemicals, the natural progression for any refinery, till after the second stage of refinery expansion is completed in December 2011.


This expansion project would cost about $5.5 billion, is being implemented in two phases for which the company has a loan commitment of about $4.55 billion, $700 million is from commitments in foreign loans and the remaining is from Indian lenders. Essar did mentioned that they can go for more foreign lending.

Current expansion plans are needed for Essar to de-bottleneck and upgrade its existing Jamnagar refinery, Essar is hoping to increase Jamnagar refinery's annual output capacity from 13 million tonnes (mt) to 16 mt (330,000 barrels a day) in the first phase. This phase will cost Rs 7,810 crore and it will involve installation of additional processing units (such as coker and hydro-treaters), a hydrogen-manufacturing unit and revamping of some of the existing units. The company is taking Rs 4,600-crore debt for the first phase, which is expected to be completed by December 31, 2010.
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Chandresh Patel Returning to BJP

Chandresh Patel, Former BJP MP from Jamnagar for five terms is now returning to BJP.

Chandresh Patel became rebel after being denied ticket in last Assembly elections
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RIL - RPL Merger Highlights

Today, Reliance Industries have approved a scheme of merger of its subsidiary Reliance Petroleum (RPL).

Once the merger is completed, shareholders of RPL will receive one fully paid equity share of Rs 10 each of the company for every 16 fully paid equity shares of Rs 10 each of RPL held by them.

Below are the highlights of the RIL RPL Merger meeting

• RIL-RPL Merger: Swap ratio at 16:1.
• RIL to issue 6.92 cr shares to RPL shareholders.
• RIL to extinguish Treasury Stock.
• Merger to be effective from April 1, 2008.
  
• Merger to give no tax relief for RIL.
• Merger to be EPS positive.

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries said, "The merger follows enduring philosophy of creating shareholder value."

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RIL - RPL Merger : Chevron Aspect

On Friday, Reliance Industries Ltd Announced its plans of RIL - RPL merger.

This will also mean that US Petro giant Chevron Corp. won't exercise its option to raise its 5% stake in Reliance Petroleum's 580,000-barrel-a-day refinery at Jamnagar.

On Saturday, US oil major Chevron confirmed its exit from Reliance Petroleum (RPL), and declared that it will sell its five per cent stake to Reliance Industries (RIL). After this, RIL's stake will be up to 75.38 per cent.

RIL Management will discuss the merger on Monday.
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SlumDog's Jamnagar Connection

Dev Patel - Who played Lead role in Oscar Sweeping film Slumdog Millionaire has Jamnagar Connection.


Dev's Family belongs to Balwa village in Jamnagar.

Dev Patel's ancestors migrated to Tanzania almost three generations ago. Raj Patel's uncle is still in Jamnagar.
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Dolphin - Sea Turtle Killer had the permission

The Dolphin death incidents has surged controversy, the local contractor has shown the clearance certificate from Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) officials to blast the wrecked ship to clear off the 15-feet deep silt on it.

The explosion has left forest officials carrying out search operations along 14 islands in the region to find out if more species have washed ashore.

Sub-contractor Atul Somaiya, who carried out blasts in one of the most delicate ecosystems, has shown the relevant GMB papers to the forest department.

Meanwhile, the death toll in the dynamite blast in this protected zone has gone up to five dolphins and 10 turtles.

In a a separate incident, more then 100 people were admitted to the G.G. hospital and more then 300 others given first aid after they ate food at a marriage function in Jhankhar village.

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Jamnagar - Madras Regiment Celebrations

Jamnagar - Madras Regiment Celebrations

Celebrations to mark the silver jubilee of 10th Battalion of the Madras Regiment was released today at Jamnagar defense Area by Major General Sanjiv Langer, GOC of the Ahmedabad based Golden Katar Division.

The first day celebrations depicts the picture of color presentation to the unit on April 15, 1988.

The cover also shows the picture of Naik Radhakrishnan who made the supreme sacrifice while combating terrorists on the Line of Control and was awarded the coveted Kirti Chakra for this act of gallantry.

Brigadier Rajeshwar Singh, Brigade Commander of the Jamnagar Brigade and many other senior and retired officers of the unit were also present for the celebrations.

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Dolphin - Sea Turtle Dead due to Dynamite Explosion

Three endangered dolphins and two endangered sea turtles found dead after a blast.

Maritime and Forest authorities have filed a case against the local contractor, Devji. The contractor was working on removing a wreckage of a ship, that was sunk 3 decades ago, it is easily understood that the contractor had not seek permission from the park authorities to use dynamite in this eco-sensitive area.

Both dolphins and sea turtles listed as endangered species under Wildlife Protection Act

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ST - Son caught while working for father

Son was caught working as a conductor in place of his father at Rajkot.

He was working on a special bus from Amreli division, that was allotted to Lalpar-Jamnagar route for Chief Minister Narendra Modi's programme at Lalpur.

The accused, Bhavesh Joshi was caught on a raid organized by Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) at Rajkot depot, Bhavesh said as his father was taking nap, so he worked instead.

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