Surat: Heavy rain lashed parts of South Gujarat again on Sunday, with Ukai taluka in Tapi district recording 12 inches of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 6am. Umarpada received 8.35 inches, followed by Subir at 5.67 inches and Songadh at 5.51 inches.Between 6am and 8pm on Sunday, Kaparada recorded the highest rainfall at…
SMC officials collect food samples from the hostel kitchen on Sunday Surat: Around 100 students staying at the P P Savani hostel in Abrama fell ill after dinner on Saturday night, prompting the health department to launch an investigation into a suspected case of food poisoning.Around 2,200 students and hostel staff had dinner at about…
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…
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…
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…
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…
