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Over 300 BJP functionaries 'show interest' in contesting 12 seats on Surat Municipal School Board
September 10, 2026 12:31 am
The MSBS runs around 365 municipal schools in Surat imparting education to over two lakh students in Gujarati, Hindi, English, Urdu, Odia and Marathi mediums – from Classes 1 to 8. Over 5,800 teachers are employed at these schools.
All-night inferno in Surat textiles hub destroys cargo meant for Diwali delivery
September 10, 2026 5:15 am
The losses largely involved finished textile goods ready for delivery to other states for the Diwali festival.
In Gujarat’s Surat, a fish market named after PM Modi raises a stink
August 26, 2026 4:00 am
Built with assistance from the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, this is Surat's first municipal corporation-run wholesale fish market and can accommodate 80 outlets.
Nasirnagar demolition: Inquiry a farce if senior officers still hold posts, says Gujarat High Court
August 11, 2026 10:35 pm
Court raps Surat Municipal Corporation for asking victims to “pay for their rehabilitation”.
Surat civic body forms team to rehabilitate displaced
August 05, 2026 1:16 am
The monitoring team comprises Deputy Commissioners Nidhi Siwach and Swati Desai and Additional City Engineer M A Chavda, who also holds charge of the affordable housing department of the SMC.
Weeks after shanties razed, Surat civic body shifts affected residents to temporary shelter
June 28, 2026 5:46 am
The demolitions were carried out on May 30, 31 and June 1, clearing 106 structures.
'Axe has to fall, and it will': Gujarat High Court on Surat shanties' demolitions
June 27, 2026 6:00 am
The Gujarat High Court orally observed "conflicting positions" taken by Surat authorities and said they must not merely identify who demolished the houses, but ensure governmental accountability.
Vets at SMC wing resume duties after four-day work boycott
May 26, 2026 8:18 pm
The temporary halt comes at a critical time for the city which has already logged over 18,000 canine bite cases this year alone.
In Surat, BJP regains Patidars' confidence – and votes
April 30, 2026 1:03 am
A total of 483 candidates contested on 120 seats in 30 wards of Surat Municipal Corporation, out of which 120 were from the BJP, 117 from Congress, 111 from AAP and other smaller parties and Independents.
After landslide victory in Surat, BJP says there won’t be Opp Leader in city body
April 29, 2026 3:48 am
The AAP, which won 27 seats in the 2021 civic body elections, has been reduced to four seats and the Congress, which had no seats in the previous city body, managed to win a seat.
SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION VIDEOS
War against waste starts in Surat
February 19, 2016 5:58 am
Surat, Feb 19 (ANI): The Surat Municipal Corporation had come up with the initiative to clean the city by organising the 4th international conference on ‘Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Processing Technology for Developing Nations’. The main theme of this conference is ‘War against Waste.’ SMC Commissioner Milind Torwane said as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Clean India’ Campaign, they organised this conference.
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