Surat: A 13-year-old boy died by suicide at his home in the Chowk Bazaar area on Monday evening. Police said no suicide note was found and the reason behind the incident has not yet been established.According to police, the boy was found hanged from a ceiling fan at his residence in Laxmi Nagar Society. His…
Surat: Limbayat police have filed an FIR that alleges that a ‘social worker’ extorted Rs 4 lakh from a businessman. The accused, Raees Shaikh, allegedly threated that if the money was not paid, he would get Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials to demolish the victim’s building.The complainant, Zuber Ansari, deals in packing material. As he…
Garages are flooded with motorcycles that got submerged duringflooding in Geeta Nagar at Parvat Surat: The protest movement demanding an end to recurring creek floods is gaining momentum as thousands of residents are taking to the streets in Parvat and adjacent areas.A motorcycle rally has been organised for Wednesday, starting from the Parvat area and…
Surat: A court here granted a mutual-consent divorce to a couple living overseas after recording their testimony through video conferencing, relying on a recent Gujarat High Court ruling that encourages litigant-friendly use of technology in judicial proceedings.This case involved a 35-year-old man from Mahidharpura and a 32-year-old woman from Utran, who are currently in Sierra…
Sanitation workers in the Mithikhadi area of Limbayat in Surat Surat: As creek floodwaters receded from parts of the city early Monday after inundating several areas for nearly three days, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) completed an extensive sanitation drive. It also launched large-scale health surveys in the affected localities.Sanitation teams were deployed in Mithi Khadi,…
Surat: Surveying of 35km of Surat’s 188km of creeks has been completed, as part of an effort to find long-term solutions to issue of creek flooding, with data for around 23km already processed. The survey is being conducted using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and drones.The findings were discussed at a meeting of the Surat…
Surat: Heavy rainfall across parts of central India and the Tapi river catchment has triggered a sharp surge in inflows into the river system, sending a huge volume of water into the Ukai reservoir. The dam’s water level rose by nearly 17 ft in just three days, bringing it close to its seasonal rule level.On…
Mohammad Hasim Siddiqui (C) Surat: A history-sheeter’s confidence that he had successfully outsmarted police in a murder case backfired when he agreed to take a lie-detector test, leading investigators to use it along with other evidence to arrest him as the alleged mastermind.Mohammad Hasim Siddique, a 44-year-old builder and history-sheeter, was arrested by Limbayat police…
Ketan Patel in police custody Surat: A 29-year-old man arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act escaped from Utran police custody in the early hours of Sunday after complaining of constipation. The accused, Ketan Patel alias Vakil, allegedly removed the glass pane from a toilet ventilator and fled while police personnel were…
The agreement marks NAU‘s third international technology transfer Surat: Navsari Agricultural University (NAU) has entered into an international technology transfer agreement with Nepal-based Modern Agriculture & Herbs Business Farm Ltd for its patented innovation NOVEL, an organic liquid nutrient developed from banana pseudostems.Vice-chancellor R M Naya signed the agreement with the firm, which operates as…
