Vadodara: Burglars targeted an electronics shop in Padra town in the wee hours of Sunday and decamped with appliances worth Rs 38,015.
Police said that two thieves broke into the shop near VUDA crossroads sometime around 4 am on Sunday. The duo stole an LED television, two air coolers, seven mobile phones and two music systems. The owner of the shop Vrajesh Patel learnt about the burglary at 10 am when he received delivery of refrigerators. The deliveryman called Patel asking where he was since the shop was open. Patel was initially shocked as the shop was closed for Sunday. When he reached the shop, it came to light that there was a theft.
Vadodara: A day after deputy chief minister Nitin Patel warned of action against hospitals unnecessarily admitting Covid-19 patients, 10 inspection teams were formed on Sunday to carry out checking at private facilities in the city. The teams comprised of 20 senior doctors and professors from Medical College, Baroda associated with the state-run SSG Hospital and GMERS Hospital, Gotri.
“Inspection of private hospitals has started. We will enforce the notification for admission of Covid-19 patients and divert others for home-based Covid care under the Sanjeevani Abhiyan,” said Dr Vinod Rao, officer on special duty for Covid-19 in Vadodara.
“Those hospitals who violate the guidelines will face action under the Epidemic Act and Disaster Management Act,” he said.
Khalil Dhantejvi, one of the most prolific poets in Gujarati language, died on Sunday
Vadodara: Mana ki zindagi se bahot pyaar hain magar, kab tak rakhonge kaanch ke bartan sambhal kar (We know that you love life immensely, but how long will you take care of the glassware?) the man, who wrote these lines that were later sung by ghazal maestro late Jagjit Singh, is no more.
Khalil Dhantejvi, one of the most prolific poets in Gujarati language, died at the age of 82 in Vadodara due to age-related issues on Sunday.
Born in a poor family in Dhantej village of Vadodara’s Savli taluka, Khalil could not complete his formal education beyond Class IV. But from a very young age he started mastering the art of writing, turned into an author, poet, journalist and columnist.
Vadodara: The state-run power distributor Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) may have failed to send an ‘electricity thief’ to prison, but the court order has helped the company save Rs 9,000!.
In a rare case, a judicial magistrate’s court in Rajkot turned Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd’s (PGVCL) plea to send a slum dweller to civil prison for not paying electricity bill since he did not have any means of earning.
The court of principal senior civil judge P N Navin rejected the plea as money could not be recovered from the man Jagubhai Meniya because he did not own anything. In a way, the court also saved the company’s money as it would have to pay an allowance of Rs 300 per day to keep Meniya in civil prison for a month for recovery of Rs 3,000 from him.
Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel in Vadodara on Saturday
Vadodara: Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel said on Saturday that hospitals that admit Covid patients unnecessarily will face action. Patel who was visiting the city in the wake of the scary Covid-19 situation said that no lockdown was being considered in the state.
Patel reached Vadodara in the forenoon and remained in meetings for about four hours. Elected representatives, officials and BJP functionaries had remained present in the meetings.
Addressing media persons after the meeting Patel said that the cases had been increasing in the four bigger cities of the state much like in other parts of the countries. “The second wave has come around the same time in several parts of the country. From 700 to 800 cases a day, the state now sees 2,200 to 2,300 positive cases a day. Cases have also been rising in Vadodara city and district too,” said Patel.