People working on shrimp farms being evacuated in Navsari Surat: With a red alert in effect, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and district administration have intensified flood preparedness measures to ensure a swift response to heavy rainfall and potential flooding.Authorities are taking a host of measures to check waterlogging as frequent flooding has almost been…
Surat: A notification was issued by the state govt on Thursday extending the time limit for The Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act.The previous notification expired on July 31, 2026. After the extension, the Act will be in force till…
Education Promise Turned Into Months Of Abuse Surat: A trustee of a madrassa in Kudus town of Palghar district in Maharashtra was arrested by Bharuch police after a 22-year-old woman alleged that he sexually assaulted her repeatedly for nearly a year after convincing her family to send her for religious studies. He is also accused…
Flood mitigation study starts Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday launched a hydrology survey to tackle flooding caused by overflowing creeks, with plans to develop a detailed 3D model to guide future flood mitigation measures.As part of the first phase of the LiDAR-based study, drone-mounted cameras are being used to capture high-resolution images…
Vishal.Patadiya@timesofindia.com Surat: Surat district consumer disputes redressal commission (Additional) has directed an insurance company to pay a medical insurance claim of Rs. 5.52 lakh to the family of a 15-year-old girl, ruling that the insurer failed to prove its allegation that the injuries resulted from an attempted suicide. The girl had suffered serious injuries after…
Surat: Two Right to Information (RTI) applications filed by a city resident have revealed that a committee set up by Gujarat govt in 2023 to investigate the rise in sudden heart attack deaths among youth in the post-Covid period has not yet reached any conclusion. The RTI responses also stated that the government does not…
Surat: One more case of extortion has been registered against history-sheeter Mohammad Islam Pathan alias Parwana. Police said Parwana had allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh from the owner of his newspaper office. He had also extorted Rs 20,000 by brandishing a knife and threatening the owner. He also refused to pay Rs 6 lakh pending…
Surat: Adajan police arrested a 22-year-old Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) student for allegedly stalking a 24-year-old woman, and posting their photographs on social media to defame her.The accused, a final-year BHMS student at a college in Vadodara, threatened to die by suicide after she rejected his advances,According to police, the accused had…
Sixty buffaloes drowned at a farm in Borlai village of Valsad district Surat: As Valsad recovers from the hammering it received from the monsoon, residents of Borlai village in Umargam taluka are grappling with a different threat. Carcasses of 60 buffaloes that drowned in the floods lay unattended for days, causing a a stench and…
Surat/Rajkot: Two students lost their lives in separate tragic incidents reported in Surat city and Dhrangadhra town of Surendranagar district on Tuesday.In Surat, a Class IX student was electrocuted during a physical training class on the terrace of a municipal school, while in Surendranagar, a 6-year-old boy died after falling through the floor of a…
