News in brief from across the state, 24 February 2011

-84 units of three more commercial buildings were sealed today by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation team. The are BK complex, Surya complex and Bhagawati complex.

-Indian Coast Guard today arrested 20 Pakistani fishermen with three boats in Indian sea water.

-Islamic claric Vastanavi today arrived at Ahmedabad airport. He was welcomed by a large group of Muslims. Vastanvi refused to talk about politics of U.P. or Gujarat. He requested journalists to ask only about Darul institution of Madresa.

-Income Tax department held survey in Vadodara based Alembic company which is owned by Chirayu Amin.

-Gujarat MP Harin Pathak has been appointed by his party to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam.

-35 Jain murtis are discovered in Jangaral village of Patan district during excavation meant for construction. The district Collector has prevented any further excavation or construction here.

-One lady was injured due to bullet injury while a person was targeting blue bull.

-Sanskruti kunj festival was today kicked off in Gandhinagar. Apart from the traditional dances and music performances there are 150 stalls for ethnic shopping.

-Gujarat University will implement grading system from next term. It will also put in practice a unique ‘portable’ system under which student of one college would be able to attend classes of his/her interest in other college.

-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated the people of India for showing maturity in the area of communal harmony. He specially mentioned Gujarat in his statement. He said: ‘The communal situation in the country is very satisfactory.When the verdict of Babri Masjid was to be announced there was an atmosphere of fear. I thank and congratulate the people of India as a whole that no such incident took place.This is the level of maturity that has come even in states like Gujarat. I hope this communal harmony will continue.’

-Tomorrow is big day for news. First it’s Railway budget day, then there’s Gujarat budget, moreover the court in Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati jail will announce sentences to 31 convicted Godhra train carnage culprits of 2002.

-Modi today appointed six members in Gujarat Thakor and Koli Vikas Nigam: Shrimati Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhania(Bhavnagar), Shri Keshaji Chauhan(Banaskantha), Shri Manjulaben Ghadvi(Surendranagar), Shri Bhupatbhai Dabhi(Rajkot), Shri Ramanbhai Solanki(Anand) and Shri Pratapji Rathod(Ahmedabad).

-There’s one more case against suspended IAS officer Pradip Sharma. This latest one is about allotment of land to one company at Samaghogha near Mundra.