Posts Tagged ‘ Porbandar ’

Bhagubhai Devani, an RTI Activist and an advocate by profession, attacked by three unidentified men with a sharp edged weapon in Porbandar district of Gujarat, police said.
He was attacked by the unidentified trio with a knife near his residence in Rajiv Nagar area, they said.
Devani has been fighting against illegal mining and construction and also filed a written petition in Gujarat High Court in this regard, police said, adding that the attack was believed to be fall out of his protest.

Devani has been admitted to a private hospital and a manhunt has been launched to nab the absconding culprits, police said.

More detail news can be found at
http://www.aajkaaldaily.com/gujarati-news/today/porbander/porbander-city-01.htm

 
 
Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Santokben’s son seeks transfer to Porbandar j… - Topix: http://bit.ly/9vkX6Q via @addthis

 

It’s unbelievable but true, how can a mother do this to her daughter, It happened like this
“Naina Arambhadiya and Yagnesh Dhokiya eloped from Porbandar on December 16 and took along her daughter Hetal, who they killed in a hotel in Sarkhej area of Ahmedabad, Porbandar police said. ”

Naina (a married woman) fell in love with Yagnesh Dhokiya (Unmarried).

 

Porbandar is celebrating Navy Week,

the Indian Navy today threw open three state-of-the-art Naval ships: Betwa, Vidyut and Tabar at all-weather port in Porbandar for general public.

Naval ships are open for general public between 10 am to 5 pm today. ‘A day at sea’ event has been organized for invited guests off Porbandar coast on 2 December.

Navy’s rescue exercises will be showcased in the evening at Porbandar chowpatty.

Navy band will present its live performance on this occasion.

The range of events are being organized to celebrate Navy week.

Keep on reading this post for more info on those 3 ships…..

 

President Pratibha Patil and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to visit Porbandar on 2nd October, 2009.
City is gearing up to welcome the president.

 

Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PSMA) captured 72 Indian fishermen and seized their 13 boats.

The fishing boats, all from Porbandar, were in the international waters near Sir Creek, the disputed coastal strip off Gujarat coast, when they were seized, he said.

“This is third time in a week that PSMA has captured Indian fishermen and their boats,” he said.

Earlier, Pakistan used to release Indian fishermen, has stopped doing so after the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks.

 

16-year-old girl killed her father Karan Suva, a police constable with crime branch, along with her mother and younger brother on March 1, 2009.

The girl, along with her married paramour, Haja Mer, 27, strangled her mother and two brothers (one of whom survived).

Suva was found dead in Gandhipark Society in Udyognagar area,, alongwith his wife Sambhi.

On the way, the duo strangled their victims and put poison in their mouths to make it look like a suicide.

 

Yes you read it right.
Harilal Patel, Who fought from porbandar in last election will be replaced by Mansukh khacharia.
So you can say harilal patels porbandar constituency will now be fought by Mansukh Khacharia

 

Gandhi bapu’s memorabilia has been brought to india by paying a huge sum of 1.8 million dollars at an auction in the US.

More can be read at….
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/porbandar-mp-asks-mallya-to-bring-gandhi-memorabilia-to-kirti-mandir/433964/

 
 
Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi has got new posh building for its airport terminal The new terminal can accommodate two B737-400 type aircraft.