Residents of Nasir Nagar at the site of their demolished homes Surat: A day after 26 residents whose homes were demolished in Nasir Nagar approached the Gujarat high court, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) arranged temporary accommodation for them at a community hall in Bharimata. However, the affected families refused to move, choosing instead to…
Surat: When Mahima Patel lost her father while studying in Class 3, life became a struggle for her family. More than a decade later, the 18-year-old has turned adversity into achievement by securing All India Rank (AIR) 48 in the CA Intermediate examination in her first attempt.Patel, who started taking tuitions at the age of…
Surat: The city has reinforced its standing as a national leader in urban water management, securing over Rs 100 crore in incentives under the Union govt’s AMRUT 2.0 mission after its sewage treatment plants consistently delivered top-rated performance in the Jal Hi Amrit campaign.The city civic body achieved a major milestone as 17 sewage treatment…
Surat Accused persons in the custody Surat: Police invoked the stringent Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act (GujCTOC) against nine members of the Rakesh Wagh gang, including its leader, Rakesh Wagh. The gang members collectively face more than 75 criminal cases registered at various police stations across Surat.ACP of I Division and the…
Surat: A domestic dispute in Bhatha village turned fatal evening when a 31-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her husband with a potato peeler during a quarrel on Tuesday evening, leading to his death and her arrest by Ichhapore police.Police said Manisha Rathod and her husband, Raju Yadav, both 31, got into an argument after Yadav returned…
File photo of the Nasir Nagar demolition site Surat: Twenty-six residents affected by the demolition in Nasir Nagar have filed a special civil application in Gujarat High Court challenging the razing of more than 100 houses by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).The petitioners alleged that the demolition was carried out without following due process. They…
Surat: Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) Vadodara unit caught a constable posted at Ankleshwar GIDC police station red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 to facilitate the unfreezing of a bank account linked to a cybercrime investigation.The accused, Sunil Parmar, was attached to Ankleshwar GIDC police station, where a cybercrime case involving the complainant’s bank…
Surat: A Class IX student was allegedly attacked with a knife by her female classmate at an ashram shala (tribal residential school) following some argument in Tapi district. The accused, a 13-year-old girl, has been detained, and Valod police launched an investigation into the incident.According to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the…
Surat: A city-based event manager has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 1.41 crore by two Mumbai-based men who promised to organise a concert of singer Arijit Singh in the city but failed to deliver the event or return the money.Utran police have registered a case against the two who are associated with the…
Surat: Five of the 16 managing committee seats in the upcoming Sumul Dairy elections have been declared uncontested after no rival candidates filed nominations, while the remaining 11 seats are headed for keen contests.The elections to south Gujarat’s leading dairy cooperative have generated significant interest across the region. Sumul procures and supplies around 12.5 lakh…
