Surat: A 62-year-old man with a penchant for using acid in violent crimes was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a court here, for the 2019 murder of a 23-year-old man. The court cited his history of similar brutal offences to rule that this case was indeed the “rarest of the rare”.The Surat district and…
Surat: A horrifying case of of abuse within the home has emerged in Navsari district, where a 43-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter over a prolonged period. The case came to light after the teenager confided in a relative, triggering police action.Gandevi police registered an FIR based on a complaint…
Surat: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) struck twice on Wednesday, nabbing a Surat Municipal Corporation engineer and a police constable in two trap operations in South Gujarat, exposing fresh instances of alleged corruption in civic and law enforcement offices.In Surat, ACB officials caught Jignesh Modi, 55, an assistant engineer with the Surat Municipal Corporation posted in…
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Surat: From industrial infrastructure to environmental management, a slew of projects worth over Rs 18,777 crore, jointly undertaken by the Centre and the Gujarat govt, will be unveiled during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June 5 visit to Surat, giving a major development boost to South Gujarat.Among the key initiatives are Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)…
Surat: A civil court in Navsari stepped in to protect Sharbatiya Talav, ordering the Navsari Municipal Corporation (NMC) to halt work at the lake and its surroundings after allegations that development activity was changing the waterbody’s natural character.The order was passed on Monday in a civil suit filed by Kersi Deboo, former vice-chairman of the…
The abandoned car in which the bodies of the boys were found Surat: A regular afternoon turned into tragedy for a Navsari village, as two young brothers were found dead inside an abandoned car near their home, a find that left villagers reeling.Kairav Jogi, 5, and Abhimanyu Jogi, 3, the sons of Tejal Jogi, residents…
Rain Water logging in Udhana area, as the Rain lashes the city on Monday night in Surat. Surat: A sudden spell of rain swept across Surat city and several parts of South Gujarat in the early hours of Tuesday, bringing much-needed relief from the heat but disrupting normal life, snarling traffic and catching civic authorities…
Surat: A devastating incident in Sarthana has left the city shaken, with a 29-year-old woman and her four-month-old son dying from acid ingestion, in a case that has brought renewed focus on postpartum mental health and family distress.The apparent murder-suicide occurred at the A-One Heights apartment complex near Yogi Chowk, where Dhara Kotadiya had been…
Leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday apprehended two men after recovering a leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station. Officials said the accused were allegedly expecting more than Rs 50 lakh…
