Former Congress MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadia, whose gun-toting photographs appeared in the media a few months back, is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Radadia, a prominent Leuva Patel leader from Gujarat, hit headlines when pictures of him, menacingly approaching a toll booth attendant with a gun, were aired and caused huge embarrassment to the Congress. ...
08:47 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Vadodara: Gujarat Congress MP Vitthal Radadiya who was seen threatening a toll officer with his gun on Saturday said that he doesn't keep his gun only to show it off. "I showed my ID card but the security person said it was fake. They called me a fake MP and tried to misbehave. I thought they would fight with me. So, for self defence, I took out my rifle. I...
11:42 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Vadodara: Congress MP Vitthal Radadia on early Friday morning was caught on camera threatening a toll booth attendant in Gujarat's Kajran. He brandished his licensed rifle and threatened the toll booth staff after they asked him to pay the toll. The Porbander MP was incensed that the toll booth staff asked his driver for an original copy of the MP's ID card. However, Radadia remains unrepentant. Radadia said, "The people...
07:57 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Vadodara: Gujarat Congress MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya has defended his gun-toting act at a toll plaza booth saying he committed the act as he was upset over being called a fake Member of Parliament. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Congress MP said that the toll booth operator told him that he was "bogus and fake" MP. "My driver told the toll booth operators that I am an MP. I also...
06:42 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Vadodara: Congress MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya has been caught on CCTV cameras, pointing a gun at security personnel posted at a toll plaza. Radadiya's car was stopped by the toll booth personnel at Karjan near Vadodara late on Thursday night. When the driver showed him Radadiya's identification card, the toll booth attendant demanded to see the original identity card. It was when the driver and the toll booth were...
03:52 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Chennai: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the private contractor handling the parking at the Chennai airport have moved the booths around to reduce the time that it takes for a vehicle to exit after the time-punched card is issued. Recently, the six-lane tollbooths that issue the parking slips into the domestic airport were shifted closer to the terminal. This means that they have lesser distance to cover to...
01:18 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday declared an attack on the toll plazas on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, with its workers shutting down the booths at Thane, Vashim and Khalapur. The party workers reportedly appealed to the citizens not to pay the toll and forced the employees at the toll booths to allow vehicles to pass without paying the toll. The agitation was renewed after MNS chief Raj Thackeray,...
01:36 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Gurgaon toll plaza killing case may have been solved - but the incident has left the victim Umesh Kant Pandey's family completely shattered. Umesh's family claims the compensation announced by the toll company is not enough. The 22-year-old was the only earning member of his family and with his death, his family's hopes of a better future also died. Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway CEO Manoj Agrawal said, "Company has...
11:00 AM, Sep 29, 2011
