Surat: A case underscoring the vulnerability of child victims of sexual abuse navigating the justice system has emerged where a lawyer allegedly exploited a family’s financial distress to rape a 13-year-old girl whose earlier rape case he had been helping pursue in court.Police arrested Pranayraj Ranvir, 43, a practising lawyer and resident of Dindoli on…
The medical camps have been started by Surat Municipal Corporation in flood affected areas and along with preventive measures the civic authorities are working to provide treatment to the needy patients in time. Surat: Health check-up camps set up by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in flood-affected areas have detected a large number of illness…
Surat: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) has filled more than 90% of its undergraduate seats within a month of the start of Gujarat’s centralised admission process, emerging as the state leader in student enrolments for the 2026-27 academic year.University officials said 54,175 students have secured admission so far — the highest among Gujarat’s govt…
Surat: Puna police registered another FIR against history-sheeter Kirti Patel, this time for allegedly posting defamatory videos targeting a Surat-based trader and his family on social media.Suspended Bhavnagar police constable Nayna Baraiya was also named as a co-accused for allegedly instigating the act and sharing the videos online.According to the complaint filed by the 43-year-old…
Surat: A 22-year-old delivery boy named Vicky Tayde, employed in Amazon courier company, was killed near his home in Ashok Samrat Nagar of Udhna on Saturday night. Accused Javed Salim Shah lived in the same locality. Tayde was killed a few months after his father Dhanraj’s murder in 2025 by Shah’s friend Dipak and his…
Surat: If you are not in your car when theft is committed, the car still cannot be termed ‘unattended’ and you can get insurance. Defining an ‘unattended car’, city consumer disputes redressal commission (CDRC) has ordered an insurance firm to pay Rs 50,000 for theft of a bag of cash from a car. The forum…
Surat: A 42-year-old Adajan-based teacher has filed a stalking and criminal intimidation complaint with Pal police against a person named Akash Nishad. She alleged that Nishad has been stalking and harassing her for the last couple of months, further asking her to maintain a relationship with him. Nishad even tried to stop her on June…
Surat: A leopard escaped from a cage in the forest department office of Jhagadia town in Bharuch district on Sunday morning. After escaping from the cage, the animal attacked two women, Lalita Mela (20) and Rinkal Mela (17), who were working in a nearby society and fled into the fields. The victims suffered small injuries…
After the recent flooding, auto mechanics across the city are very busy Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) increased water supply hours across parts of the city after recent floods triggered a drinking water crisis by contaminating underground storage tanks. Floodwaters entered many residential and society-level tanks, forcing residents to drain, disinfect and clean their…
Surat: As thousands of flood-hit citizens assess damage to homes, vehicles and businesses, Surat district authorities have launched a drive to speed up insurance settlements, directing insurers to simplify procedures, deploy nodal officers and fast-track claims.The district administration has moved to accelerate insurance claim processing after the recent floods caused widespread damage to vehicles and…
