The aid was announced by Seva, an NGO, for the families of Balwant Tandel, Mukesh Rathod and Natu Rathod, who were onboard the trawler, which was allegedly hijacked by terrorists. The three fishermen belonged to Macchiborsivad village of Navsari district.

The terrorists reportedly killed the fishermen and threw their bodies in the sea. The captain of Kuber, Amarsinh Solanki, had been captured by the terrorists to guide them to Mumbai. Solanki’s body was later found on the boat, which was abandoned.

President of Seva, Kanubhai Sukhadia, said they will also provide ration to the affected families every month till the children of the three slain fishermen reach adulthood. He rued the fact that the Central government has not provided any financial assistance to the families of the slain fishermen yet.

From January 26, know your HC case status on SMS

AHMEDABAD: COME January 26 and you will be able to access the status of your case in the Gujarat High Court through Short Message Service (SMS). Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan will launch the service on Monday.

Registrar General Pradeep Bhatt told Newsline that the facility would enable litigants, advocates or anybody else to know the status of their cases like the next hearing date or adjournment, without personally coming to the court or logging on to the Internet. However, in order to use the service, the person must know the case category code and case number along with the year of filing.

This will give him/her access to the case status by sending an SMS in a prescribed format to 56767989. Within seconds of sending the SMS, the sender will receive a reply containing information about the status.