If the roads & buildings department's circuit house expansion dream takes a 'realty' turn, the Gujarat IAS officers' association stands to be rendered homeless, with its office at the Officers' Bungalow 3 in Shahibaug, allotted to it four years back, being targeted for the extension of adjacent circuit house.

Interestingly, the association does not even have a mess of its own and most of its members' major events are usually held in the IPS officers mess in Shahibaug. What remains to be seen now is whether the association will be given another place for shifting its office from the present house immediately, or not.

Non-resident Gujarati to fly with Travolta in Nov

Known for globetrotting, the world, it seems, is not enough for the Gujarati community. Jay Patel will soon boldly go where no Amdavadi has gone before: space, the final frontier.

Patel, 29, who was born in the city and is set to be the first Gujarati to tour space, belongs to a diamond merchants' family based in New York. He has interests in the hospitality business and is fascinated by aviation.

Pakistani investigators have found evidence suggesting that Tuesday's terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was actually a hijack bid by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to secure the release of its leaders arrested in the wake of last November's Mumbai carnage.

While investigating agencies have picked up several suspects for questioning, they are yet to trace the 12 attackers who fled after the audacious attack. The agencies have also released sketches of a few suspects.

Rahman Malik, the prime minister's adviser on the interior, said two persons were arrested in Lahore and investigators were tracking phone calls made by the gunmen.

Two people sustained injuries after a balcony measuring ninety feet of a shopping centre at City Light road here collapsed on Tuesday. More than 15 shops located at the shopping centre were damaged due to the incident.

According to information, the gallery-cum-balcony of first floor in Heera Panna shopping centre accidentally collapsed and the two injured were stuck in the debris.

Fire fighters rushed to the spot after learning about the incident and started removing debris from the spot. The two injured were identified as Chetan Umariya and Akshay Bhandrai. They were shifted to New Life Hospital.

More than 50 people, including four children, have been admitted to the NMMC Hospital at Vashi on Tuesday morning after they complained of breathlessness following gas leakage at Sheetal Cold Storage in Pawane village. The incident occurred at around 3 am, sources said. Three fire officers were also affected by the gas leakage and have been admitted to the hospital.

All the patients are out of danger and most of the people suffered from vomiting and respiratory problems, Dr Arti Kajrolkar from NMMC hospital said.

Jakarta - A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in Riau province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra Wednesday, trampling an elderly man to death and destroying property, state-run media reported.

A herd of estimated 40 pachyderms entered Balai Makam village in Bengkalis district at dawn, forcing the residents to flee in panic.

The official Antara news agency quoted a local community leader as saying that one wild elephant trampled an