Surat: Shree Ramakrishna Exports (SRK Diamonds), the diamond firm associated with Rajya Sabha member and businessman Govind Dholakiya, has allegedly received a Rs 25 lakh extortion threat, prompting the Katargam police to arrest a former employee of the company.According to the FIR, the firm received a call on its landline on August 19. The caller…
Surat: A garment vendor selling clothes on from pushcart was shot by a bullet fired accidentally by a police sub-inspector who was cleaning his service pistol at Nana Varachha police chowky on Saturday.The shooting occurred when PSI P S Makwana, posted at the Nana Varachha police chowky of Kapodra police station, was cleaning his pistol….
Gujarat state operations head of 108 EMRI Green Health Services, Satish Patel, visited Surat Surat: Gujarat state operations head of 108 EMRI Green Health Services Satish Patel reviewed emergency and allied public service projects in Surat and Tapi districts on Saturday, assessing performance, discussing operational challenges and seeking feedback from field staff across multiple services.Patel…
A simulation lab “Spandan” was inaugurated by Minister of State for Health, Praful Pansheriya at PP Savani University Surat: A simulation lab called “Spandan” was inaugurated by minister of state (MoS) for health Praful Pansheriya at PP Savani University in Dhamdod, Surat district, on Saturday. The facility will provide hands-on clinical training to healthcare students…
One of the persons accused in the spurious liquor case Surat/Rajkot: hree more people undergoing treatment after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Bhavnagar died on Saturday, taking the death toll to 12.In Bhavnagar, Avinash Parmar (55) and Hardik Kilji (35) died at Sir T Hospital, while Sanjay Dodiya (37), a Gujarat Industrial Security Force (GISF)…
Surat: A 20-year-old BTech student who left home ostensibly intent on ending his life after an emotional video call to his father was traced in Ahmedabad within 24 hours and brought back safely by Surat police on Friday.The student, who also worked at a technology company, had called his father on Thursday afternoon and said…
Surat: A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a woman alleged that he had been blackmailing and sexually assaulting her since the last seven years.The accused, who is married and has eight children, including seven daughters, allegedly morphed photographs of himself with the victim and circulated them on social media by creating a group, police…
Surat: Since Aug 18, health teams have checked 971 hotels and 182 open food outlets. Of them, 639 were issued notices to comply with the guidelines, and 4,368 kg of food unfit for human consumption was destroyed. Apart from this, a total of 83 samples of food products have been collected for testing. During the…
The accused in police custody on Friday Surat: Bhestan police have arrested five accused on Friday in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old man following a dispute over children playing.According to police, the incident stemmed from an argument five days earlier between the deceased’s younger brother, 20-year-old Samir Saiyed and one of the accused,…
Surat:A team from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) visited Surat over three days to study the river rejuvenation initiatives undertaken by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and assess their outcomes. The visit concluded on Friday.On the final day, a joint review meeting was held at the integrated command and control centre. It focused…
