Kamal Saiyed

On Friday, the police detained Kuldeep Gujjar, a cousin of Harsh’s wife Rama Devi, from Gangapur city in Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. The accused have been booked for rape and murder and under anti-human trafficking laws.

The 36-year-old woman’s body was found on April 9, three days after a mutilated body of a girl with 86 injury marks was found in a bush near a playground in Pandesara.

Harmeet Desai won the gold medal for India in the table tennis men’s doubles match with his partner G Sathiyan in Gold Coast, defeating Nigeria 3-0 in final.

Farmers and activists, who have jointly raised the issue with NHSRC say that they were given “no time” to prepare for the meetings nor are the railway officials presenting the report of impact assessment.

Last month, Surat woke up to a rude shock of over Rs 12,000 crore bank fraud, allegedly carried out by two of their own big names in diamond trade — Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. A month later, Kamaal Saiyed, tries to find out if the fraud has made the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing hub any less brighter.

The chopper service is expected to close in the 16-hour distance by road between the two Union Territories to an hour by flight.

The women’s helpline team rescued Buchiben Vasava, a resident of Bitada village, Friday afternoon. Buchiben’s son, Kalpesh, allegedly had an affair with a 20-year-old woman from the same village

Youths were seen queuing up in front of several counters to fill forms with their details like education qualification, name, address, age and interested field. After getting negative response from one window, they moved to other counters.

It took around one year for the couple to clear all procedures with the Central Adoption Research Authority (CARA).

Acting on the apex court’s order, the Gujarat High court had directed district courts of Surat and Mehsana to install CCTVs in their courtrooms.

Surat city BJP vice-president P V S Sarma says, “The traders might have understood that if they voted for the BJP, their issues would be sorted out soon.”

Gujarat election results 2017: The BJP’s performance, however, was not as impressive in other tribal-dominated seats and Congress candidates snatched seats from the saffron party in Tapi and Narmada districts.

A former PAAS Surat convenor said the Hardik-led outfit’s somewhat confrontationist streak at times did not go down well with voters

Surat city BJP president Nitin Bhajiyawala, however, dismissed the Congress’s claim, saying that they will win all the 12 urban seats

In the Patidar-dominated seats of Kamrej, Surat North, Varachha, Karanj and Katargam, the turnout dropped between 6 per cent and 13 per cent

Over 175 candidates contested for 16 Assembly seats in Surat. Among eligible voters were 88,000 first timers.

In the first four hours of polling till 12 pm, Gujarat witnessed an average voter turnout of 30.31 per cent, with the highest turnout being recorded in the districts of Tapi, Morbi and Navsari.

Aslam Cyclewala, a Congress municipal councillor in Surat, alleged that BJP leaders had done it to polarise voters and incite people from the Hindu community to vote for the ruling party

Those who arrived early for elections were seen helping local BJP leaders in campaigning and related logistics.