Fog enveloped Jamnagar

Asphalt roads in the city were awash with dew drops as cold wave swept across Saurashtra and Kutch on Thursday. However, the mercury dipped only in early morning and before sunset. The day temperature remained between 26 and 31 degree celsius in major cities. Jamnagar (16.1)

UK scribe an IB suspect thanks to village informers

Richard Orange, a journalist working on a book on dhows' in Salaya town of Jamnagar district, was in for a shock when intelligence bureau

sleuths visited his house recently. Orange was even more shocked when he came to know what they had come snooping for. The sleuths, on a tip-off from a local, were checking whether he was Richard Headley, David Headley's brother.

Salaya was once known as "smugglers' village". Today it's full of informers'. As one enters the village, one can find men sitting in market corners reading newspapers and discussing latest happenings.

When these villagers saw a European chatting with locals, asking questions about ships, dhows (a country craft), sailing techniques, and most importantly how it is constructed, they became more curious.

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Jamnagar : Okha-Howrah Train Flagged off with funfare on sunday

JAMNAGAR: Okha port of Jamnagar district was allotted a long distance rail service. It was connected to Howrah via Okha-Howrah Link Express. The service was flagged off with fanfare on Sunday.

The train no 2905A/2906A Okha Hapa Howrah Link Express will be linked to the existing train no 2905/2906 respectively.

The train no 2905A will leave from Okha three days a week Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 5.05 am and reach Hapa at 8.52 am and Howrah on the third day at 3.35 pm. Train 2906A will leave Howrah every Friday, Saturday and Tuesday at 10.55 pm and reach Hapa at 3 pm and Okha at 7.50 pm on the third day.

This train will pass by Dwarka, Khambhaliya, Jamnager and Hapa. It will have one AC coach, two sleeper coaches and one general coach.

Jamnagar: Second Coldest City 12.6 degrees celsius

Jamnagar was the second coldest city with the minimum temperature recorded
at 12.6 degrees celsius. 20 November 2009

Saurashtra Janta Express hit the auto-rickshaw : Dhrol, Jaliya Dewani

Jamnagar (Gujarat), Eleven people, including seven women, were killed when a Mumbai-bound express train rammed into an auto-rickshaw at an unmanned railway crossing near here today, police said.

Saurashtra Janta Express hit the auto-rickshaw at around 1415 hours near Jaliya station in Dhrol taluka of the district. All the deceased were passengers of the ill-fated auto which broke down on the tracks. Nov 19

Suspected H1N1 patient in Jamnagar

Suspected H1N1 patient (swine flu) in Jamnagar, a 19-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu after she was admitted to GG Hospital on Wednesday.

Gujarat frames regulations for pvt townships in urban areas

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has framed regulations for integrated townships to be set up in urban areas to encourage large housing projects which can offer quality houses at competitive prices in the state, officials said on Monday.

The regulations will be announced shortly, officials in the urban development department said.

As per the regulations framed by the urban development department, private developers can build residential townships in the seven municipal corporation and urban development authorities areas like Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Junagadh.