City Crime Branch today filed a chargesheet against 24 persons, all of whom are under trials in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, in connection with the Sabarmati jail break attempt case, in a magistrate court in Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Banaskantha and Bhavnagar are said to be the main betting centres and the bookies have a well-organised local and international level network. Mahesh Langa reports.
Asserting that NDA allies have noveto power on BJP's choice of prime ministerial candidate, party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said even Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had acknowledged in the past that the nominee will be from the saffron party.
A man, carrying 1.28 kg of undeclared diamond-studded gold and platinum ornaments worth over Rs. 78 lakh here, was arrested by the customs officials at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) here.

Narendra Modi blamed the “anti-Gujarat forces” for non-completion of the Narmada dam project, the construction of which began in 1982. But has the decade-old Modi administration done enough to distribute the Narmada water in Saurashtra through an efficient canal system?
Mahesh Langa looks into the matter.
The promise
Gujarat government has asked the special prosecutor probing Naroda Patiya massacre to put on hold its directions seeking death sentence for Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi.
Mahesh Langa reports.

On the 15th anniversary of 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi asked on his blog today why India continues to spend thousands of crores of rupees on defence imports.
Nine policemen have been booked in connection with a case of an alleged custodial death of a thief in Ahmedabad, police said today.
Gujarat Congress today alleged that chief minister Narendra Modi has been spreading "blatant lies" and unnecessarily blaming the Centre for not constructing gates at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam.
The prime accused in the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case of 2008, Mohammad Shahid Nagori, was remanded in nine days police custody by a local court today.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today enquired about the health of former Bihar counterpart Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was injured in a freak accident Friday night.
A Special CBI Court today ordered the issuance of arrest warrant against top Gujarat police officer P P Pande, an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter of Mumbai teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today described the demise of death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh as an "extra-judicial killing", and accused the Indian and Pakistani governments of misleading people over the issue.
A special CBI court in Ahmedabad today reserved its order on a revision application seeking the issuance of arrest warrant against IPS officer PP Pande, who is an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others.
Five persons were killed on Tuesday morning when their car collided with a dumper coming from the opposite direction on Mehsana-Radhanpur highway in North Gujarat's Patan district, police said.