Vadodara Beat

Shankersinh addresses public ralliesFormer Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela held three public rallies in Savli, Dabhoi and Padra on Sun...

Shankersinh addresses public rallies
Former Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela held three public rallies in Savli, Dabhoi and Padra on Sunday, urging the electorate to vote for Vadodara parliamentary constituency Congress candidate Urmila Patel. A large number of people had attended the meetings, Vaghela told Express Newsline, adding that several other leaders were also present at the meetings.

Scholarships
The Cadet Welfare Society has awarded seven cadets of the Vadodara Group HQ scholarships of Rs 2,000 each. The scholarships were given away recently by Group Commander S V Kulkarni to meritorious cadets who excelled in studies as well as NCC activities.

One-day remand
Ahmedabad: Sessions judge C S Oza has remanded Darshit V Sheth, a traffic Superintendent of the Indian Airlines, in custody for a day. Sheth was arrested in connection with a illegal passport and visa racket. The CBI had also arrested Atul Barot, Police Sub Inspector (Immigration), in connection with the same case.

Cheating case
Ramesh Purshottam Patel, a resident of Parth Apartment, Naranpura and a manager in the State Bank of India, Madhavpura branch, claimed that one Sudhir Hiralal Sheth of Ghatlodia, Sangeeta Sudhir Sheth, Bharat Keshavlal Patel, Leelaben Hiralal Sheth and Advocate D V Desai cheated the SBI, Madhavpura branch, of Rs 4.87 lakh. He claimed the six produced fake documents and fake guarantors. The Madhavpura police has registered a complaint.

Boost for Cong
Jaishivsinhji Vaghela (Tikabapu) of Sanand, along with a thousand supporters, unconditionally joined the Congress at Darbargadh, GPCC vice-president Balubhai Patel said on Sunday. He said Vaghela had won at least 20,000 votes when he had contested earlier from the Viramgam assembly seat. Vaghela would now be helping Manubhai Parmar to garner more votes from the Dhandhuka Lok Sabha constituency, Patel said.

Computers
Surat: The Disabled Welfare Trust of India plans to introduce a one-year computer course for disabled students of the Industrial Training Institute. The first organisation to plan such a course, the DWTI course — covering offset printing, magazine designing and saree designing — is targeted at disabled students, particularly girls, who have cleared their HSC.

Students admitted
The list of students who have been admitted to MA English at various post-graduate centres and at the Department of English, South Gujarat University, for 1999-2000, is displayed on the department notice board. They are advised to pay their fees by August 28.

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SGCCI course
The ladies’ wing of the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organised a training programme for sales personnel at 10 am on September 12 at the chamber’s office. South Gujarat University MBA professor Renuka Garg will deliver a talk on Aspects of Salesmanship’. Those interested should register their names at the chamber office before September 7. Admission will be on a first come-first served basis.