Yogesh Avasthi

The Gujarat top cop in jail for a string of fake encounters feels Narendra Modi abandoned him Deepal Trivedi, Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, September 04, 2013  ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2013090420130904030303562a3d65975/Asaram%E2%80%99s-arrest-was-the-last-straw-for-Vanzara.html ) The arrest of self-styled godman Asaram may have been the proverbial last straw for Gujarat top-cop D G Vanzara, who sent in his resignation letter from the Indian Police Service on Tuesday and in an angry letter accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of using him. Vanzara, who has spent more than six years in jail along with 32 other police officers for a string of extra-judicial killings, told a close relative that the arrest of Asaram, who he considers his guru, left him devastated. “My god could not save my guru. How will he save me,” he is reported to have asked this relative. The ‘god’ here being a reference to Modi. Vanzara, who called himself a ‘nationalist Hindu’ just like hi

Announces partial autonomy to seven engg colleges in phase 2, despite implementing it in just one of the six colleges named in phase 1 Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, September 04, 2013 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20130904201309040253145935c317560/Education-dept-is-high-on-plans-low-on-execution.html An optimistic state education department has announced that it will implement the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) in seven new colleges under phase 2 of its plan, despite the dismal performance in phase 1. Of the six institutes in phase 1, TEQIP — aimed at giving engineering institutes a higher level of autonomy — has been implemented in just one. In phase 2, TEQIP is expected to be implemented in Shantilal Shah Engineering College, and Government Engineering College in Bhavnagar; Government Engineering College in Gandhinagar; Government Engineering College in Patan; Government Engineering College in Rajkot; Lukhdhirji Engineering College in

A huge fall of 11 lakh in the number of travellers in 4 months in Ahmedabad division sends railway officials in a tizzy; they are bucking up to arrest the trend Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, September 03, 2013 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2013090320130903030612828acc3ac18/Where-have-the-passengers-gone.html ) As if drying up of funds for its various projects was not enough, Indian Railways is now facing the challenge of retaining its passengers. Compared with 2012 figures, at least a 1.5 crore fewer passengers travelled by the train in April-July this year in western zone that includes Gujarat and Maharashtra. In Ahmedabad alone, the passenger volume has shrunk by more than 11 lakh. The alarming fall in the figure has sent senior officials scurrying to find the reason and arrest the trend. At this stage, they do not know what has hit them: rise in fare, people preferring other modes of transport or many travelling without ticket, said sources in the railways.