Rains with thunder, wind and lightening spoil the fun of Ganesh Utsav in Surat
Rains poured in major parts of South Gujarat with thunder and lightening in the evening hours of Wednesday causing a chaos for Ganesh devotees who were preparing for their evening Aarti in their...
View ArticleGujarat Pollution Control Board to treat waste water at artificial pond
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has decided to treat the waste generated after the immersion of Ganesha idol made from POP at the artificial pond at the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CEPT).
View ArticleSMC warns city hospitals after dismal girl child ratio
The birth data of last six years in city hospitals has revealed a dismal birth ratio of girl child as against boy. This has forced the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to warn of strict action against...
View ArticleBootleggers smuggle liquor in trains
If you are travelling to Surat in any of the long or short distance trains from Mumbai, don’t be surprised if a train comes to a grinding halt in the middle of Udhna and Surat railway station.
View ArticleYouth parliament to be held in Surat
Student Book Bank (SBB) launched a week-long campaign to create awareness among young voters about their voting rights and democracy.
View ArticleUnemployed engineer stages own kidnapping
A 22-year-old unemployed engineer staged his own kidnapping, keeping his family and police on tenterhooks for two days.
View ArticleSMC to carry out quality checks for vehicles used in garbage collection
Taking some important decisions in their weekly meeting, standing committee of Surat Municipal Corporation has ordered for regular quality check of vehicles used for door to door garbage collection of...
View ArticleMarried woman accuses doctor of sexual harassment
City police have launched a manhunt to nab a 60-year-old psychiatrist Dr S M Amin after a woman lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against him.
View Article4,000 idols immersed in Tapi
Nearly 4,000-odd small idols of Lord Ganesha known as Gauri Ganesh were immersed in Tapi river on Friday from different ovaras (banks).
View ArticleCoast Guard to launch interceptor boat in Hazira
The Indian Coast Guard will launch its state-of-the-art interceptor boat in Hazira on Saturday.
View ArticleMedical tourism picking up in S Gujarat
Dr Harshad Joshi, a knee replacement surgeon, would be performing nearly 200 surgeries during November-December.
View ArticleSurat safai workers exposed to infections
The municipal corporation of the world's fourth fastest growing city may have won various national and state awards for excellence in administration and infrastructural development, but the urban...
View ArticleBosch Power Tools expands presence in Surat
Bosch Power Tools, announced an event for local players in the metal working industry in Surat on Saturday.
View ArticleBJP MLA booked for manhandling cop
Senior BJP leaders and 50 party activists have been allegedly booked on Saturday for manhandling a police official when he asked them not to burst crackers in the middle of the road in Parle Point area...
View ArticleExperts stress on health, education
From better parenting for peace to basic and life skills education, a wide range of topics were discussed at the two-day second annual postgraduate meeting of Indian Association of Preventive and...
View ArticleSouth Gujarat hotel owners oppose service tax on food parcel
South Gujarat Hotel and Restaurant Association (SHARA) has opposed service tax department's decision to collect service tax on food parcel.
View ArticleArtificial ponds in Bharuch, Ankleshwar for Ganesha idols
People of Bharuch and Ankleshwar will be carrying out Ganesha idol immersion in five artificially developed ponds following an initiative taken by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and local...
View ArticleRough diamond prices to rise till 2018
For small and medium diamantaires in world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat, there is little hope of recovery in the market until 2018.
View ArticleBJP starts process of choosing party candidate for Surat (west) bypolls
BJP has started the exercise of choosing the candidate for Surat (west) assembly constituency that fell vacant following the death of BJP MLA Kishore Wankawala couple of months ago.
View ArticleSurat MLA demands to ban procession on road
BJP MLA of Kamrej constituency in Surat demanded ban on processions being carried out on city roads.
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