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VADODARA: A dedicated cyclist, Anju Sharma not only recorded her own cycling and running route every single day but also predicted the best time, routes to cycle to get people started on their own physical fitness routines.
But what the national shooting champion thought was a standard practice for urban women like her, a different threat — something that backfired her initiative of uploading her fitness regime on a popular mobile app — lay lurking behind the screen.
To her horror and dismay, a man sent her a message on the app account last year, marking his approval of the route she takes as well as her fitness programme. Sharma, a resident of Dabhoi Road, said, “The man said that he wanted to join me for running and cycling and also knew the route I take daily!”
On Saturday, EVM machines were dispatched to the polling staff from six centres across the city.
VADODARA: While over 14.4 lakh Barodians get ready to choose councillors of 19 wards on Sunday, the district administration and police were busy giving final touches on the eve of the civic body polls.
Altogether 7,262 polling staff will manage the show at 1,295 polling booths even as the election commission has made all Covid related arrangements including use of thermal guns to check temperature of voters, face shields, gloves, hand sanitizers, PPE kits, N95 masks and three-layered masks at every voting centre. On Saturday, EVM machines were dispatched to the polling staff from six centres across the city.
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VADODARA: A businessman having his office in Phoenix Complex in Sayajigunj and his wife was booked on Friday for forging documents to get loans amounting to Rs 7.5 crore from a private bank in 2016.
According to officials of Bandhan Bank, which had disbursed a cash credit (CC) loan, overdraft and term loan to accused Prakash Dave and his wife Ulpa Dave, the couple had forged a no-objection certificate (NOC) of his CC loan from Bank of Baroda (BoB) to get new loans.
In February 2016, Prakash had approached Bandhan Bank’s OP Road branch for CC loan as he wanted to expand his company M/S Excel Electric Pvt Ltd’s business. After he submitted documents and applications, bank’s officials from Kolkata visited his office and plant and several rounds of meetings were held.
Vadodara: A 28-year-old labour working at the Panelav unit of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd fell unconscious on Saturday evening and later died at a hospital.
The worker identified as Prakash Baria, a resident of Halol taluka, was initially treated at the clinic of the company and then rushed to the Bhailal Amin General Hospital (BAGH). He was declared dead at the hospital. It is yet not clear what happened to Baria.
The family of the man, including her wife, insisted that the body should be taken to the plant to demand justice. The police did not allow this and eventually, the family agreed to go to the unit without the body.
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VADODARA: You may not have to pop up azithromycin pills in the future. Instead, you will be able to simply inhale this most common antibiotic drug widely prescribed to treat respiratory tract infections of the nose, throat and lungs.
Researchers of M S University’s Faculty of Pharmacy have received a patent for their invention of a liposomal dry powder inhaler (LDPI) of azithromycin. This invention will significantly reduce the side effects that the drug causes to people who consume it currently in pill form.
“We had taken up the project as there is a need for a better formulation for the treatment of lung infections. Lung infections are the most prevalent and leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the world,” said Dr Hetal Thakkar, who along with her students — Sunil Thakor and Dr Praveen Srivastava — carried out the research project.
Vadodara: Mini forests are coming up in different corners of the city as Japanese Miyawaki forest style is gaining popularity in Vadodara.
Last year, the Society for Clean Environment (SOCLEEN) with the support of Vadodara’s forest department had taken up the project of developing Vadodara’s first Miyawaki forest and medicinal plant garden at a private farm on Sun Pharma Road.
While within four months, the Chawla farm has become home to more than 60 types of native species of3,500 plants, another mini forest has come up at Rajivnagar sewage treatment plant (STP) site of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) at Harni.
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VADODARA: A resident of Akota area has registered a complaint against a tantrik at Gotri police station for threatening and cheating him of 21.13 lakh over the last few months. Siddharth Sharma told police that the accused Gopal alias Rajesh Shastri, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, has been threatening to harm his family. Sharma, who works for a private firm, had gone to Ujjain in December last year. After visiting a temple, when Sharma was returning to the hotel in an auto, the driver Dinesh Solanki offered to take him to a man who will help him flourish with some rituals. Sharma then went to meet Shastri in Ujjain and did some rituals before paying Rs 31,000 to the accused. Later, Shastri, Solanki and two other men accompanied Sharma to the city and visited his house. Shastri took another Rs 30,000 from Sharma for performing some rituals. Police said that Shastri left that day but soon Sharma began getting calls from the Shastri.
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VADODARA: Two persons were robbed within one hour on national highway 48 on Friday. The police said that four persons were involved in both crimes and it may be the same gang. In first incident the gang first targeted Mehul Luhar, a resident of Surat when he stopped to ask for directions near Tarsali bypass. They thrashed him and looted his mobile phone worth Rs 3,000.
At about 4 pm, four men targeted Yogendrasinh Vazeer near the same area and took away his mobile phone and cash worth Rs 15,500.
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Video grab of the clash that broke out between supporters on Friday
VADODARA: The Congress and BJP workers clashed with each other on Dabhoi Road during the civic poll campaign on Friday afternoon. At least five persons suffered injuries and some vehicles were damaged during the clashes that happened just hours before the civic poll campaign closed. Both parties blamed each other for the violence but the police said that no FIR was registered in the case.
“It was a pre-planned attack on our campaign rally by the BJP. Senior BJP leaders had provoked the workers to create ruckus in our ward as they are scared of losing,” claimed Congress leader, Chandrakant Srivastava, who is contesting from ward 16. Srivastava’s son Vishal suffered minor head injuries along with Congress workers, Jay Thakore and Ashish Mangrola.
State energy minister Saurabh Patel
VADODARA: State energy minister Saurabh Patel and former minister Dilip Sanghani sprung a surprise on Friday by arriving in the city for the election rally in ward 10 of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Even the local unit of the BJP was caught unaware regarding the visit.
Sources in the party said that Patel and Sanghani had come for the rally that traversed throughout ward 10 as they were close to former BJP corporator Nitin Donga, who was awarded a ticket again. It is believed that they may also have played a key role in ensuring Donga was repeated on the seat.