An elderly man and three women, all senior citizens, were found dead in a flat in Surat’s Jahangirpura area on Saturday. Prima facie, they died due to asphyxiation as the police found the gas-powered geyser running inside the flat. But the exact cause of death is yet to be ascertained. Initially, police also suspected food … Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against an accused in the 2019 Surat Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case. The central anti-terror probe agency charged Abdul Gaffar, alias Gaffarbhai, a resident of Bihar’s Katihar, for being involved in a criminal conspiracy, along with several others, for the circulation and distribution of … Read more
File picture of Congress Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani | Photo Credit: Facebook/nileshcongress The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies regarding signatures of the proposers leading to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed, from the party for six years. After … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal to declare Surat Airport an international airport. “Surat Airport will not only become a gateway for international travellers but will also facilitate seamless export-import operations for the thriving diamond and textile industries,” said a government press statement. It added … Read more
Congress party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar As a court in Gujarat’s Surat rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, party spokesperson A.M. Singhvi in a media briefing in Delhi on April 20 said … Read more
File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s legal team will be moving an appeal in Surat’s Session Court on April 3, 2023 to stay his conviction in a defamation case. Mr Gandhi is likely to present in court along with senior leaders like K C Venugopal but … Read more
Diamond workers at Gayatri society in Surat | Photo Credit: Abhinay Deshpande Workers in Surat’s famous diamond cutting and polishing sector, reeling under the twin problems of unemployment and low wages amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict that has snapped the supply of rough stones, appear to be looking at the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) manifesto … Read more
In a move aimed at reaching out to the influential Patidar community ahead of the upcoming Gujarat elections, PM Narendra Modi will virtually address the three-day global Patidar Business Summit starting on Friday in Surat. Health minister and an important Patidar face of the BJP, Mansukh Mandaviya, will attend the event that is being organised … Read more
As of 9 pm on August 24, the state had 160 active cases and 1,097 people under quarantine Gujarat has announced relaxation of night curfew for its eight metropolitan cities on August 30 and September 9 to 19 for Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi. Night curfew is clamped between 11 pm and 6 am Vadodara, Gandhinagar, … Read more
Travellers to Vadodara without a negative RT-PCR report will have to remain in home isolation till their reports arrive. (Picture courtesy: IE) Gujarat will continue to conduct RT-PCR tests at Ahmedabad and Surat for all travellers from Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Travellers arriving from Brazil, South Africa, and the United Kingdom … Read more