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Sabarmati Jail’s ‘Mobile Bhajiya’ van venture inaugurated with much ‘fanfare’ at Sachivalaya on Wednesday By Hemington James and Jignesh Barot Posted On Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 02:54:14 Ahmedabad Mirror Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Balwant Singh (left) and DGP S S Khandwawala (centre) bite into some crispy jail bhajiyasThe word doing the rounds in Sachivalaya these days is neither transfers nor the fresh targets set after state Budget, it is the availability of ‘jail bhajiya’ next-door. Sabarmati Jail’s ‘Mobile Bhajiya’ van made its first stop at Sachivalaya after being inaugurated by Additional Chief Secretary (ACS Home) Balwant Singh on Wednesday.On popular demand, the fried food made by jailbirds will now be sold at various places in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad from mobile vans every alternate day. On the first day, the van distributed about 50 kg of the stuff, apart from 500 veg puffs and 800 ladoos, to at least 600 people, from top cops, bureaucrats to the common man. And...
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Jailbirds adopt a new tune

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2011042020110420025841215b1927856/Jailbirds-adopt-a-new-tune.html Sharpshooter Shabbir Miyan, alleged killer Pranav Patel and rape convict Sajal Jain pass audition for compering course in central jail Hemington James A rape convict, a sharpshooter and alleged murderer hit the right frequency while auditioning for ‘compering and news reading’ course to be conducted by the Gujarat Vidyapeeth. Over 100 undertrials and convicts appeared for the tryouts on Tuesday evening. Thirty-six got through. These include Sajal Jain who is behind bars in the Bijal Joshi rape case, Shabbir Hussain Hussain Miyan, an alleged sharpshooter with the Latif gang, and Pranav Patel, who allegedly kidnapped and killed a 15-year-old boy in Sanand last year. Shabbir gave his best shot in Hindi, Jain auditioned in Hindi and English while Pranav Patel chose to forgo the script and speak about Hanuman Jayanti which was celebrated on Monday. Held in the jail’s tele-medicine room...
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Come September, ride ticketless on BRTS buses

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2011071220110712031134572ed0cd45f/Come-September-ride-ticketless-on-BRTS-buses.html Passengers will be issued smart cards, coins to operate flap barrier at stations. The system will be made operational at Nehrunagar tomorrow Hemington.James Ticketless travelling on the BRTS will be fine, come September. The Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited, which runs the bus rapid transit system, will be issuing smart cards and coins instead of tickets to passengers. These will be used to operate flap barriers to be installed at all BRTS stations. Commuters can walk into a bus station and wave their card (circled) before a sensor placed on the barrier to open it. When the passenger gets off, he/she must flash the card again so sensors can compute and deduct the fare as per kilometres travelled This system will be made operational at Nehrunagar BRTS stand on Wednesday. The entire project will be installed for Rs 20 crore by Spanish firm GVM Vayam in a month or two, sa...
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