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APMC vice-chairman Sandeep Desai told reporters on Thursday afternoon that Raman Jani (Patel), as chairman of the committee, had misused his position and appointed two new directors without holding elections.(File Photo)

Surat APMC chief quits after appointing directors without holding elections

July 7, 2022 18:49 IST

Surat’s Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee, biggest in Gujarat, has an annual turnover of around Rs 2,000 crore.

All the arrested were attending a party hosted by Vinod Patel—also the sarpanch of Nanakwada village—Sunday late night. (Representative image)

‘Liquor party’: Gujarat BJP leader among 41 held in Valsad

July 6, 2022 04:59 IST

BJP leader and Valsad taluka Sarpanch Sangh President Vinod Patel and the deputy sarpanch of Nanakwada village were among those arrested and produced before Valsad district Court Tuesday afternoon.

Gujarat: One held on suspicion of ‘cattle theft’ after tip-off from vigilante groupSubscriber Only

July 5, 2022 04:43 IST

Last week police established 17 checkpoints in Valsad and started keeping a strict vigil to prevent incidents of cattle theft by different gangs operating out of Maharashtra as Bakri Eid nears.

On Monday, the children in Khwajanagar area of Mandarwaja on the Ring Road were playing in the rain when they noticed strange behaviour in a stray dog with which they played regularly, according to sources at the hospital. (Representational image/Express Photo by Jasbir Malhi)

Stray dog attacks 13 people, including eight kids, in Surat

July 4, 2022 16:41 IST

The injured children and adults were rushed to a hospital in Surat and given anti-rabies shots. Hospital authorities said their condition is normal.

Bharuch: 21 held for ‘sprinkling inflammable material on pan shop, elderly woman’

July 2, 2022 01:07 IST

The police said that 23 have been named in the police complaint based on video footage, while the remaining nine are yet to be identified.

Gujarat: Airstrip at Surat airport to be strengthened using steel slagSubscriber Only

July 2, 2022 00:48 IST

Sources said that through e-tendering, Adroit Structural Engineers Private Limited from Vadodara was given the work for ground improvement and stabilisation of the runway strip in October 2021.

Emergency services spokesperson Mojtaba Khaledi told state TV that half of the 49 people injured had been discharged from hospitals.

70-yr-old woman falls into sewer pit, rescued

July 1, 2022 23:45 IST

The house inmates, after learning about the incident, called the fire department officials. The villagers also gathered and inserted a rope into the pit but the woman could not hold it.

The rain started Thursday evening onwards and continued on Friday. (Express photo)

Surat, Navsari dists receive heavy rainfall in last 24 hrs

July 2, 2022 01:27 IST

Surat residents got a reprieve from the scorching heat due to the downpour that started on Thursday night but it has also increased the water level in creeks, which is nearing the danger mark.

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Gujarat: Finance firm owner robbed of Rs 38 lakh in Surat

June 30, 2022 00:10 IST

According to police, Jagdish Choksi, a resident of Sagrampura area who runs Sai Siddhi finance firm, was returning after cash collection Wednesday afternoon on his motorcycle.

To prevent the criminals from fleeing, police stopped traffic on both sides of road.

Crime Branch cops chase, nab 3 gangsters after high drama in Surat

June 29, 2022 04:40 IST

According to the crime branch personnel, they acted on a tip-off and maintained a watch at Mojana Gate outside Bardoli town of Surat early morning.

After one-and-a-half hours of operation, the policemen caught three of the gang members and brought them to the Crime Branch office for questioning. (screengrab)

Gujarat’s Crime Branch sleuths nail down 3 gangsters in Surat after high drama

June 28, 2022 14:31 IST

The cops dressed up in plain clothes and holding wooden sticks stationed at Mojana Gate to stop a speeding car with criminals. To prevent the gangsters from escaping, the ‘youths’ had parked a JCB machine a few metres away in the middle of the road which had a ditch on both sides.

According to police, the cocaine weighed 36.100 grams. (Representational)

Couple held with cocaine worth Rs 39 lakh

June 27, 2022 00:51 IST

Acting on a tip-off, Surat SOG officials intercepted a luxury car from Maharashtra and after checking the vehicle, found cocaine packed in plastic bags in it.

Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (DGVCL) hiked the Fuel and Power Purchase Price Adjustment (FPPPA) charges or the fuel surcharge to Rs 2.50 in May. (representational/file)

Textile weavers’ body warns of protest if fuel surcharge not slashed

June 26, 2022 01:30 IST

Representatives of 35 industrial societies attended the meeting and decided to make representations.

A screengrab of the clash that took place outside the municipal school campus shared by AAP's Gujarat unit on their Twitter handle.

Police were mute spectators’: AAP councillors locked up in school, party workers assaulted in Surat

June 25, 2022 20:18 IST

While two AAP leaders were beaten up, four councillors from the party were locked up in the school and three cars belonging to the leaders were damaged in the clash at municipal school no. 252-343 at Ramnagar Vasahat in the Kapodara area.

The police have registered a complaint against the agricultural field owners and have started a probe. (Representational)

Woman electrocuted in Surat after farmers connect barbed wire fence to power line

June 25, 2022 15:15 IST

Sources with the police said Daniel Nayka and his brother Dharmesh erected a barbed wire fence across their sugarcane crop, with one of its ends touching the overhead high-tension power line, to drive away pigs in Surat’s Valanpur village.

Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. (File)

SC dismisses Zakia Jafri plea: ‘Disappointed with verdict… will decide on future course after returning from Mecca’, says Zakia sonSubscriber Only

June 25, 2022 07:36 IST

Tanveer Jafri, who resides in Surat, said he was handling the legal battle as his 82-year old mother had a hearing problem and could not stand or walk for extended periods.

Six-year-old Simranpreet lit the pyre of her father on Thursday. (Express photo)

Ludhiana: 6-year old bids goodbye to father who died in line of duty in LehSubscriber Only

June 24, 2022 11:29 IST

The mortal remains of naik Swaranjit Singh (30), from the 325 FD Regiment, wrapped in a Tricolor, reached his native Salaudi Singha village in Samrala, Ludhiana, Thursday, two days after he died in the line of duty in Leh, Ladakh.

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Sena MLC joins rebels 2 days after he spoke to them as CM’s envoy

June 24, 2022 01:27 IST

MLAs Sanjay Rathod and Dadaji Bhuse were the two lawmakers who flew with Phatak on a chartered flight from Surat to Guwahati. Bhuse is a minister in the MVA government.