Bypassed in the Gujarat lokayukta appointment, the state government is set to propose amendments to the act to curtail the powers of the governor and the high court chief justice in the selection process.
Hugo Swire, UK Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, today said the revision of travel advisory for British tourists visiting India reflected "fact on the ground".
Eight BJP men — including three councillors — were arrested after they were caught on CCTV creating a ruckus at a restaurant in Navsari, south Gujarat. HT reports.

Narendra Modi is the only chief minister from India to be invited to address the Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 on March 21 through Google+ Hangout on the theme Technology in Politics.
Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has seized nine Indian fishing boats and apprehended 55 fishermen off Jakhau coast near the international border, a fishermen's body claimed today.
Describing the recent changes in UPSC exam pattern as "a language bias" against Gujarati, chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should intervene and reverse the changes.

The 3D broadcasts of the speeches of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during the 2012 assembly elections have entered the Guiness Book of World Records, he said today.
Gujarat chief minster Narendra Modi, who is red-faced over the Wharton snub, has found massive support from an influential Indian Muslim in Britain.
In a shocking discovery that could spell more trouble for the Sabarmati Central Jail authorities in Ahmedabad, police have found that the tunnel dug by Ahmedabad serial blasts accused was 214 feet long and not 26 feet as originally said.
After the 'snub' from Wharton, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the Indian diaspora in the states of Edison, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois, of USA through a video conference facility.

Cancellation of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s address from the Wharton India Economic Forum has apparently prompted Ahmedabad headquartered Adani group to cancel sponsorship of the event.
Mahesh Langa reports.
In view of the alarming rise in the number of swine flu deaths in the state, Gujarat government has decided to study the ecological reasons responsible for the spread of the virus.

Former V-C of Darul Uloom Deoband, Ghulam Muhammad Vastanvi today said that Muslims should not have any problem if people of the country elects Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.
The CBI arrested one more Gujarat policeman in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Mumbai teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others by Ahmedabad Crime Branch in 2004.
A 27-year-old youth was on Wednesday arrested in connection with the BMW hit-and-run case, in which two persons have died, a senior police officer said.