Surat: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 22-year-old co-worker of her parents at a textile-related unit in Khatodara, police said on Sunday.The incident allegedly took place on Friday morning when the girl had accompanied her mother to work. Khatodara police have arrested the accused, a native of Odisha.According to the FIR registered on…
File photo of arrested Sagar Sonavane alias Manya Dukkar in the Udhana murder case of BJP worker Jay Dalal Surat: A third FIR has been registered against members of the Sagar Sonawane alias Maniya Dukkar gang following the murder of BJP leader Jay Dalal, with police invoking stringent provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)…
At least seventy-five students fell sick with suspected food poisoning at a Surat boarding school. SURAT: At least 75 students of a private boarding school in Surat fell sick with suspected food poisoning, with 12 of them requiring hospitalisation, an official said on Sunday.All the students are out of danger, he said.The students, who reside…
Agitating workers at the Surat district collector’s office on Saturday Surat: Textile workers from Surat city and rural parts of the district assembled at the district collector’s Office on Saturday, demanding implementation of an eight-hour workday, a compulsory weekly holiday and action on long-pending labour grievances.The demonstration brought together workers from various segments of the…
Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours Surat/Vadodara: Ending a prolonged dry spell, rain returned to parts of Gujarat on Saturday, with several areas of South Gujarat receiving moderate to heavy showers. Umarpada in Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours between 6pm and 8pm, taking its rainfall since…
CPD exports dip while LGDs post growth Surat: India’s gem and jewellery exports grew 3.14% year-on-year to $2.30 billion in Aug 2026, driven by a sharp rise in studded gold jewellery exports, which surged by 51.22% and highlighted increasing value addition through domestic manufacturing of finished jewellery.Studded gold jewellery exports for Aug rose to $642.85…
Unnathi Suranaa is the first individual with a disability to receive IB MYP Innovator Grant Surat: “Do you know I have one extra chromosome?” That was Unnathi Suranaa’s confident reply when her elder brother Mudit reminded her during a bout of teenage banter that he was three years older, 10kg heavier and a foot taller.For…
Surat: The family of a 38-year-old policeman from Surat lost Rs 1.02 lakh to cyberfraud after he inadvertently installing a malicious application, by clicking on an APK file sent through WhatsApp that was disguised as a wedding invitation.According to the FIR, Pankajdan Gadhvi, a resident of Sachin, received a WhatsApp message on Sep 4 containing…
Surat: The Navsari district consumer disputes redressal commission (CDRC) directed an insurance company to pay Rs 2.24 crore, with 7% annual interest, to the mother of an NRI doctor who died of a brain haemorrhage after a fall in 2024.The commission criticised the insurer for rejecting the claim contending that the doctor had failed to…
Surat: A 40-year-old man was brought to the Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) on Friday after suffering a snakebite, arriving with the dead reptile in a plastic bag.The patient, a textile unit owner and resident of Sarthana, was admitted for treatment and is currently in stable, hospital officials said.According to details…
