Three Drowned in Und River

In a tragic incident after the rains. three persons were drowned in a river in Hamapar village in Dhrol taluka of Jamnagar district yesterday.

Und River which passes through this village was already with heavy flow when four youths went in to take a dip, two of them manage to swam out safely but Amit and Rajesh Dangar were drowned.


A local villager tried to rescue the youths and jumped to save them but he was pulled into the force and drowned too.


Authorities had found bodies of Amit and the villager but still looking for third dead body.

khushboo gujarat ki - video on Youtube

Posted here links of of khushboo gujarat ki Video

Gujarat Tourism : Khushboo Gujarat ki... by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan

Gujarat Tourism Video by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan

Gujarat Tourism: Khushboo Gujarat Ki..by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan English Version

Garib Kalyan mela - organized in hapa

Garib Kalyan mela was organised by state's bjp government near hapa,
politicians like dilip sanghani, vasuben trivedi, mulubhai bera etc
were present.
Amount worth crores were distributed.
This was to note that jmc elections are on the way
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Municipal Elections around 3rd Oct

6 Municipal Corporation including that of Jamnagar may vote on 3rd Oct 2010.

One More death due to Swine Flu

One more person succumbed to swine flu and four new cases are reported at Irwin / Guru Govindsinh (GG) hospital in the past 2 days.

A lady named Damyanti Nanani, 60, died at the hospital at 9.30 pm yesterday.

Air Chief Marshal on Jamnagar Air base Visit

Air Chief Marshal P V Naik visited the Air Force base at Jamnagar..
Air chief was presented with station activities, Naik visited squadrons and units in Jamnagar Air Force base.

This visit is seen very important as India is mounting its weaponry against china border.

Honest Students returned 2.5L Cash

Two Students named Satyajit parmar and Sagar Solanki found cash worth 2.5L on their way back from school, they returned this cash to nearby police station and provided a good example of honesty to everyone.

CSMRI Found New Vegetation Near Vadinar

Jamnagar coastline is biggest coastline in India in terms of length and hence has the only Marine National Park in the country,

Bhavnagar based CSMRI recently found around 93 new species of florals near Vadinar, this area is in close proximity to Pirotan and Narara Island in Jamnagar.

Of these 93 species around 13 are found first time rest 80 species are found elsewhere in the world but not near Jamnagar. These species are variety in sea-weeds.

Saurashtra Janta - Fatal Accident averted

A drivers mistake could have been fatal for thousands of passengers of Saurashtra Janta Express yesterday,

Yesterday, on 24-Aug Engine driver of Jamnagar bound Saurashtra Janta train ignored the signal near Bileshwar and stopped when they saw another train on the same track.

Driver and assistant of Saurashtra Janta Express are suspended.

Cairn - Farmers Issue Explosive : Vikram Madam

Jamnagar Congress leader and MP Vikram Madam raised the issue of ongoing conflict with Cairn and Farmers of Jamnagar in Parliament,

Khushboo Gujarat ki - Update

Image Courtesy - Ramesh Bhadra

Bollywood megastar Amitabh left Jamnagar yersterday and was overwhelmed with his experiences in Gujarat.
 
Amitabh Bachchan, stayed in Meethapur and went to Dwarka yesterday morning, Bachhan was featured in a video presentation with 1008 lamps on Gomti Ghat, he reached Jamnagar by road from where he left for Mumbai on a special plane.

Bachhan had completed filming for last piece of video for Gujarat Tourism promotion -  'Khushboo Gujarat Ki'.

Mobile Shop Looted near Police Station

In what could have been a nose cutting news for Jamnagar Police, a mobile showroom on PN Road was looted and booty worth 9 lakh.

This shop is located just 0.5 KM away from SP Office and a police station is not far than 20-30 mtrs.

Police complaint filed by shop owner revealed that 70,000 Cash and around 200 mobile handphone set were looted.


SP Subhash Trivedi rushed to the spot and said forensics team will begin investigation soon.

Vasuben Trivedi in ministry

Jamnagar MLA and three other junior ministers were enroled into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers, totaling the numbers to 21.

Vasubhen Trivedi, Jamnagar MLA is likely to get portfoli of child welfare.

Recruitment of this new squad coincides with elections in six municipal corporations, including Jamnagar.

Happy Birthday Jamnagar - 470 Years Celebration

Happy Birthday to Jamnagar

Jamnagar City is completing 470 years Today, on 16-Aug, There are various celebrations lined up to mark the event.

Jamnagar citizens, Rajput community etc will visit the statues of Royal kings and temple of Ashapura near Darbar garh. 

Other celebration items includes Photo exhibition and events for old citizen home, and a elocution competition on "Jamnagar  Mayor of 2021", Students will participate in Swimming, Table Tennis, badminton etc competition, Brahmin's association will create a 470KG Ladoo to mark the 470 anniversary of the City.

Read more on Jamnagar History

Khushboo Gujarat ki - Video Launch

Khushboo Gujarat ki - first phase of Gujarat Tourism Promotion ad will be released on Monday,

Sasoi Dam Pics

By Ramesh Bhadra

Shops Closing at 12 in night.

With every new police officer there are good things to the city, and sometimes not so good.

HPCL Refinery : RIL Jamnagar's New Challenge

Around 50 senior engineers recently left Reliance Industries (RIL) Jamnagar to join HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd's upcoming 9MMT Guru Gobind Singh Refinery at Bathinda in Punjab.

Change in BigB's Dwarka Travel

There is slight change in timings of Amitabh Bachhan's Visit to Dwarka

Amitabh Bachchan - Dwarka Ad Shooting

Come 16th August and Dwarka will be host to Amitabh Bachhan. Big B will be here to shoot an ad for promotion of Gujarat Tourism.

Khambhalia Rain Update

Jamnagar district is still experiencing heavy rain, Khambhalia received 32 inch rainfall in last two days,

Jamnagar Heavy Rain Images

Pics by Ramesh Bhadra

Ranjit Sagar Overflow Pics

Ranjit Sagar Dam

Ranjit Sagar Dam

River Near Ranjit Sagar

Causeway Near Ranjit Sagar

Images by Ramesh Bhadra

Jamnagar Heavy Rain Experienced

As we note, all dams of Jamnagar (24 in total) are overflowing.

Molestation - Dental College Professor Under Scrutiny

Seven girls of Jamnagar Dental College have complained to dean & state health minister of a physical harassment and sexual misbehaviour at the hands of a senior professor from Ahmedabad. 

The girls were subjected to answer totally absurd questioned and the body language of the professor was harassing. 

One of the girl also complained that the professor touched her body and threatened to fail if she did not comply.

One of the girl was asked to visit his house in Vasna in order to secure good marks, five out of seven girls are from Ahmedabad.

College officials said that they received an apology letter, as this does not seemed to be enough, many says he should be barred from examination process altogether.

Controversial Sports Complex Opening Today

Controversial sport complex will open today,  this complex was a subject of long conflict between JMC and Vishwanath Vyayam Mandal. This comlex was built with estimated cost of around  6 Crore,  

Considering the controversy JMC and the unit had gone through, the opening will not be grand but a quite one.

Bala Hanuman Temple - Priest stole cash

A Bala Hanuman priest was caught recently for stealing cash. 
A FIR registered by a trustee says one of the priest of the temple put cash in his pocket instead of the cash box of the temple, also he closed all CCTC camera so that he can escape from this act.