Surat Beat

Bar decision
The Bardoli Bar Association, in a unanimous decision taken on Saturday, has decided that no lawyer from the Association will defend Asif Shaikh, a school teacher who reportedly made anti-national statements while teaching a class in Kachrelia village of Navsari district a few days ago. Shaikh was arrested and produced before a magistrate in Bardoli.

Donated
All India Educational and Medical Welfare trust, a city-based charitable organisation, has donated Rs 1.51 lakhs for the surgery of a needy 10-year old city boy. A release issued here said that the cheque was handed over at a function on Sunday by organisation president Kanhaiyalal Suratwala to the father of Bindesh Sawani, who needs to undergo a bone marrow transplant.

Yagna
The city-based Gayatri Parivar held a yagna at Varachha Road on Sunday as a mark of remembrance for the Kargil martyrs. The yagna began at 8 am and continued until 5 pm, a Gayatri Parivar release issued here said.