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Tapi man held for murder of live-in partner, dumping body in garbage pit
May 19, 2023 05:23 IST
Acting on a tip-off, the Dolvan police had recovered the body in Gangapur village on April 27 but the Tapi district police failed to identify the woman.
Row over Jain temple construction at Surat high-rise
May 19, 2023 01:03 IST
The Jain families had, in last few days, erected a fabricated temple structure, to pray at an open space on the ground floor. Flat owners from the Hindu community had objected to this, the police added.
Gujarat cop seizes liquor worth nearly Rs 60,000, tries to sell it through egg vendor
May 17, 2023 17:48 IST
The Surat police said the constable seized the liquor bottles from a car near a checkpost a few days ago and gave them to the egg vendor without registering a case.
Diamond industry gets invite to Russia’s free trade zoneSubscriber Only
May 17, 2023 07:44 IST
The delegation rolled out the red carpet at a meeting with the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) at its Surat office on Tuesday, offering space in its free trade zone and easing out visa hassles.
After over a decade, Surat textile body gears up for elections
May 14, 2023 03:36 IST
On Saturday, a meeting of textile traders was held at FOSTTA office where the talking point was the process to conduct the polls. Ten rules have been drafted by a five-member election committee of the textile body.
Adulterated chilli, turmeric, coriander powder worth Rs 3.98 lakh seized from Surat
May 13, 2023 18:23 IST
The raids also led to the seizure of green pigment weighing 8 kg and 9.4 kg of yellow pigment.
BJP functionary shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Gujarat
May 9, 2023 03:03 IST
Shailesh Patel, 45, was the party’s vice-president in the Vapi taluka. He was waiting in his SUV for his wife Nayaben to return from the Mahadev temple at Rata Road when the assailants shot at him from point-blank range, the police said.
Suraj murder: 2 held in Vadodara
May 6, 2023 23:36 IST
Suraj, a resident of the Sachin GIDC area, was killed on his way to the Surat district court.
Man killed outside court in Surat
May 6, 2023 03:14 IST
The duo managed to escape from the spot, police said.
2 Cong councillors of Vansda Taluka Panchayat join BJP
May 5, 2023 05:12 IST
The two leaders, Parshu Birari and Yogesh Desai, were elected from Vaghan and Charanwada seats, respectively, in the 2021 taluka panchayat elections. The two, who are small farmers, had contested the election for the first time on a Congress ticket.
How a slippery car thief from Mumbai was arrested in SuratSubscriber Only
May 3, 2023 10:26 IST
Booked in over 130 cases in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Juned Shaikh was wanted in 31 fresh cases, including one of breaking into around 40 parked cars within two hours at a Mumbai marathon in 2020.
66-yr-old murder convict on run for 44 years traced in Surat
April 28, 2023 03:26 IST
Pandesara police said that Jawahar was involved in the murder of a person named Maridai Gautam at his native place. Jawahar, along with his father Ramnath, brothers Chakoli and Ramchandra as well as cousin Nanku Rajswarup, were named as accused in the murder FIR.
19 board exam students found involved in malpractices in Surat: DEO
April 27, 2023 23:20 IST
Two Class 12 science students and four students from the Commerce batch were also allegedly found cheating.
Surat Metro: PayCraft Solutions, Airtel Payments Bank roped in for automatic collection of fare
April 27, 2023 05:08 IST
The GMRC, which is building the Surat Metro, is a 50:50 joint venture between the Union and the Gujarat governments.
Muslim woman ‘ends life’ after parents object to relationship with Hindu man, family buries body without reporting death
April 26, 2023 20:16 IST
The incident happened in Gujarat's Navsari district last week. It came to light after the woman's boyfriend approached the police with a complaint against her relatives.
Projects were delayed due to votebank politics, says PM, inaugurates UT’s first medical college
April 26, 2023 04:35 IST
He was speaking at Silvassa in Dadra and Nagar Haveli after inaugurating NAMO (National Academic Medical Organisation) Medical Education & Research Institute – the UT's first medical college, built at a cost of Rs 203 crore – and a road called 'Namo Path' in Daman.
Spotted deer found dead in Surat, forest officials suspect dog bite killed it
April 25, 2023 18:15 IST
Forest officials burned the carcass after a postmortem Tuesday. Local people in the Dumas village said such a spotted deer was not previously spotted in the coastal area.
Nursery owner shot dead in Gujarat, son arrested for contract killing
April 24, 2023 17:08 IST
The police caught three sharpshooters from Bihar and their questioning led to the arrest of the victim's son.
Surat court rejects Rahul Gandhi’s appeal for conviction stay; Cong says will avail all optionsSubscriber Only
April 20, 2023 13:21 IST
Earlier, the sessions court had granted bail to Gandhi and suspended his two-year jail sentence, pronounced by a metropolitan magistrate court on March 23, till the disposal of his appeal seeking a stay on his conviction.
Surat: Man arrested with fake currency
April 20, 2023 03:55 IST
Mevada claimed he got the notes from his cousin Vishnu Mevada (36). The police seized 149 counterfeit notes of Rs 500 and 32 counterfeit notes of Rs 50 from his house. During questioning, Fernandes' name surfaced.
Trichy gang held in Surat for lifting bags, valuables from cars by diverting attention of drivers
April 19, 2023 16:13 IST
A catapult and 97 small spherical objects to break the glasses of the cars were seized from their possession.
Fake currency racket: Bengaluru resident arrested by Surat police
April 19, 2023 15:25 IST
Surat police commissioner Ajay Kumar Tomar said, “By seizing a large number of fake currency notes, we have prevented it from getting circulated in the market.
Gujarat CM lays foundation stone of tidal regulator dam in Navsari district
April 19, 2023 03:59 IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also laid foundation stones and inaugurated different development projects worth Rs 195 crore in other talukas of the district.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli district panchayat secures third rank in National Panchayat Awards
April 17, 2023 18:56 IST
The award ceremony was inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu. Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh conferred the award at the ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan Plenary Hall in New Delhi recently.
6 AAP councillors join BJP in Surat
April 15, 2023 15:08 IST
The six councillors include Ashok Dhami (housing project), Kiran Khokhani (social welfare and recreational cultural committee), Ghanshyam Makwana (light and fire committee), Patel Nirali (health committee), Dharmendra Vavaliya (transport mobility committee) and Swati Kayda (law committee).
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