Traffic police have planned diversions and will close 25 major roads on visarjan day Surat: With nearly 90,000 small and large Ganesh idols expected to be immersed across the city during the Ganesh Visarjan procession on Friday, Surat Police have put in place an elaborate security and traffic management plan, deploying more than 11,000 personnel.In…
18-year-old Brijesh Dalvadi is a student of Sarvajanik University Surat: Most people would probably have given up on Rs 900, unwilling to endure repeated visits and follow-ups with an unresponsive govt system. Not 18-year-old Brijesh Dalvadi.What began as a failed learning licence test due to a technical glitch turned into a nearly year-long battle that…
Surat: Twenty-four years after he allegedly strangled his wife in Ahmedabad and fled, a 58-year-old man was arrested by the Surat Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) from Rajula in Amreli district.Police said the accused had evaded arrest by living under different identities and working as a labourer at various places across the country.The accused, identified…
A meeting was held to discuss the projects at Tapi Bhavan Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and concerned state government departments will initiate short-term works on an urgent basis to address flooding through creeks crossing the city, following a coordination meeting held at Tapi Bhavan on Wednesday.The measures include widening and desilting of various creeks,…
Textile weavers to introduce new operational norms Surat: The weaving industry in the city moved to tighten its trade practices at Weavers Mahamanthan 2026 on Wednesday, as rising yarn prices, delayed payments and fraud cases strained the city’s textile market.Weaving unit owners met at Weavers Mahamanthan 2026 to discuss issues affecting airjet, waterjet, rapier jacquard…
File picture of investigators at the house in Godavadi Surat: A month after 22-year-old computer engineer Nidhi Patel was murdered in Godavadi village, Surat police remain without a clear lead, with narcoanalysis and psycho-analysis reports on two suspects yielding no leads.The investigation turned to the Directorate of Forensic Science in Gandhinagar, after police received specific…
The spat erupted between a Ganpati pandal organizers and decorators in the Vesu area regarding payment of dues Surat: A dispute over payment for a Ganesh pandal turned into a scuffle between members of the Lokmanya Tilak Ganesh Utsav organising committee and staff of a decoration firm in Vesu, with the matter eventually reaching the…
Sarthana police nabbed four members of a gang, which took money promising large numbers of discounted phones and never delivered Surat: A resident of Surat, who had suffered losses of more than Rs 3 crore in his event management business, allegedly formed a gang and began cheating people by promising iPhones and Samsung Fold phones…
A former accountant, Vinod Savle, allegedly started a fire at Shyam Sangini Textile Market due to a salary dispute SURAT: A dispute over Rs 10,000 in unpaid salary allegedly led a former accountant to set fire to goods at a textile market in Surat, triggering a blaze that destroyed material worth around Rs 24 crore,…
Boat capsized in Par river near Umarsadi village of Valsad in Gujarat (1) The incident occurred in the Par river’s estuary in Valsad district Boat capsized in Par river near Umarsadi village of Valsad in Gujarat (1) Boat capsized in Par river near Umarsadi village of Valsad in Gujarat (1) The incident occurred in the…
