Surat Municipal Corporation plans English medium schools
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started a pilot project to run English medium schools in seven zones of the city.
View ArticleAs ban nears, gutka prices double in Surat
As the state government prepares to ban the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutka and paan masala containing tobacco or nicotine from September 11, the black-marketers have come active...
View ArticleGas geyser in bathroom suffocates teen to death
An 18-year-old girl died of suffocation caused reportedly by the gas geyser in the bathroom of her house in Pal area of the city on Sunday.
View ArticleDrug addiction drags girls deep into crime
The arrest of seven youths, including two girls from Amroli on Sunday with drugs, has thrown up startling revelations about how girls in Surat are resorting to crime after crime to satisfy their drug...
View ArticleSMC to generate 60 per cent of required energy from non-conventional sources
Against the annual 50 MW requirement civic body will generate 13.6 MW electricity from Solid waste, 11.4 MW from wind and 5 MW from Liquid waste.
View ArticleSurat: Tender scrutiny committee to decide future of Ring road re-development
The future for redevelopment of city's busiest road called ring road will be decided in Tender Scrutiny committee (TSC) meeting to be held next week.
View ArticleZero results in zero encroachment policy
Despite adopting zero encroachment policy on 17 main roads of the city, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) the desired results are no where visible.
View Article'Sweety is kingpin of drugs, extortion racket'
The 24-year-old girl, Sweety Sandh, arrested along with seven others with drugs for blackmailing a girl has emerged as kingpin of narcotics racket.
View ArticleIndustry to spend $8 million on diamond jewellery promotion in India, China
Industry sources said there is a vacuum in the generic marketing of diamond jewellery after De Beers ended its five-year-long 'a diamond is forever' advertisement campaign in India.
View ArticleGSRTC makes quick buck at Bhadbhut fair
With the ongoing mini Kumbh at Bhadbhut witnessing a seamless flow of pilgrims, Gujarat State Transport Corporation has been making a quick buck.
View ArticleScreening of e-filed tax audit reports begins
Official sources said the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) had represented before Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) seeking tax audit data based on returns e-filed during the year...
View ArticleWork begins on Delhi Gate flyover
The work to build the 1,070-metre long four-lane Delhi Gate flyover has finally got underway in the city after a delay of over four-and-half years.
View ArticleSenior citizens get zing back in life with laughter
A laughter therapy programme organized by a school here on August 26 came as a God sent opportunity for many senior citizens, who for years lived a life of self-imposed restrictions.
View ArticleBJP's policy of appeasement creates trouble for the party
Policy of appeasement adopted by city BJP rulers for powerful Patel community to keep them away from Keshubhai Patel's political party has started having its own reaction.
View ArticleMan dragged away by strong Tapi current
A 47-year-old man was dragged away in strong currents of Tapi river after the causeway built on the river near Haripura village of Bardoli taluka overflowed on Tuesday night.
View ArticleDrug peddler luring youths into narcotics arrested
More skeletons are tumbling out of the cupboard after the arrest of seven youths, including two girls, for blackmailing, extortion and possessing narcotics.
View ArticleN Mart Retail promoter detained by Andhra police
Gopal Shekhawat, the promoter of N Mart Retails was detailed by Andhra Pradesh police in connection with a cheating case on Tuesday.Shekhawat was picked up from a private hospital in city.
View ArticleBest design thesis contest in SCET on Thursday
A zonal competition for the best design thesis will begin at Sarvajanik Education Society run Sarvajanik college of Engineering and Technology (SCET) in faculty of architecture from August 30.
View ArticleDang's medicinal plants find place in gazetteer
For the first time in the history of India, medicinal plants - the largest number found at one place in India - are being included in the state gazetteer, making it the property of the state.
View ArticleSMC to extend time limit for regularization of illegal water connections in city
In a city of 11 lakh only 5 lakh registered houses have legal water connections .
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