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The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Wednesday rejected the petitions of 24 fast-track judges who had challenged their removal from the judicial posts by the HC.

HC rejects petition of 24 fast-track judges
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Wednesday rejected the petitions of 24 fast-track judges who had challenged their removal from the judicial posts by the HC. The court had discontinued their services on grounds of unsuitability and delay in filing the petition. Of the total removed judges,36 had challenged the administrative action of HC. For the remaining 12,the court had refused to pass any judicial order and recommended reconsideration of their case on administrative side.

Minor held for stealing bag at bus depot
RAJKOT: An 11-year-old boy was arrested for stealing a bag with Rs 2 lakh cash from a bus depot in Porbandar on Tuesday. The bag belonged to Kaushik Aggarwat (38),a resident of Ratdi village. The police said the boy had snatched the bag from Aggarwat when he went to the public toilet at the depot. Aggarwat approached the Local Crime Branch and within hours the boy was arrested from Khambhi on the outskirts of Porbandar. The boy will be produced in a juvenile court. Further investigations are on.

Man dies of swine flu in Vadodara,toll at 5
VADODARA: A 25-year-old man from Bharuch died of swine flu in a Vadodara hospital on Wednesday,taking the number of people who have succumbed to the HINI virus in the city,to five. Salim Gulam Dukanwala had tested positive earlier this week. Meanwhile,3 more have tested positive for the virus.

One tested positive for dengue
VADODARA: A positive case of dengue has been reported from Yakutpura locality of Vadodara. The Health Department of VMC has taken up fogging exercise in the area. Majid Rahim Dhobi (60),was admitted to SSG Hospital last week and was tested positive on Wednesday evening. Dilip Asari,Medical Officer,VMC,said: We will take up door-to-door survey and other anti-larval activity from tomorrow. We did not find any significant reason to suggest an outbreak of dengue.

Sohrabuddin case raises heat in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The issue of the Sohrabuddin fake encounter was the focus of attention for sometime during a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Bhopal gas tragedy on Wednesday,with BJP and Congress seeking to score points over each other.
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj,who initiated the discussion,alleged that the CBI had arrested Shah for the killing a terrorist,who had been TADA convict and was found in possession of 28 AK-47 and two AK-56 rifles. On the other hand,Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson was given a royal farewell by the Rajiv Gandhi government in spite of being allegedly guilty for the worst industrial disaster in which 15,000 people were killed. Amid protests from Congress members,she said her party had already sought a discussion on misuse of CBI,which works under the directions of its political masters. Seeking to turn the tables on Swaraj on the Sohrabuddin issue,Manish Tewari of Congress said the reference to the encounter killing was a clear indication of BJPs guilty conscience in the case.
I am sad that after 25 years instead of debating the Bhopal gas tragedy,the Leader of the Opposition chose to discuss the Sohrabuddin case. It is only a clear indication of the BJPs guilty conscience in the case, Tewari said.He said Sohrabuddin was a terrorist only in the eyes of the BJP and its government in Gujarat and said the BJP-RSS political agenda would not sell.

PTI

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