The couple was trapped for about an hour with no mobile signal Surat: A late-night lift malfunction in a Vesu apartment left a couple trapped on the 11th floor for nearly an hour on Sunday, triggering panic before fire personnel forced the doors open and rescued them.The incident occurred around 10pm at Vacnaza Building when…
Surat: Continuing Gujarat’s strong showing in competitive exams, Shaurya Khemka from the city secured all-India rank (AIR) 43 in JEE Advanced 2026, emerging as the city topper and joining a host of local students who placed within the top 1,000 nationally.Shaurya scored 289 out of 360 in JEE Advanced and plans to pursue a BTech…
Preparations are underway at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium in the city ahead of the major gathering to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday Surat: The city is gearing up for a high-profile visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, with the city set to host the launch and foundation of…
Officials giving final touch to training ahead of Census 2027 starts in Surat Surat: Along with the rest of Gujarat, Surat will begin the digital population count for Census 2027 from Monday, marking the country’s first-ever digital census exercise. The upcoming enumeration will be the 16th Census in India and the eighth since Independence. The…
Surat: The election of the Federation of Surat Trade and Textile Associations (FOSTTA), one of the country’s largest textile traders’ bodies, will be held on June 20 to elect its new office-bearers.The election will determine the leadership representing more than 50,000 textile traders connected to Surat’s vast textile business network.The association comprises members from 240…
Surat: A trustee of a private school in Surat was allegedly cheated of Rs 2 crore after fraudsters lured him with the promise of securing a Rs 4 crore donation for the institution. Mahidharpura police registered an FIR on Saturday against Aakash Dhyaneshwar and two employees of an angadia firm in connection with the case.According…
Surat: In a heartwarming ceremony marked by hope and new beginnings, three orphaned girls from a city child protection home were legally adopted by families from Mumbai, Kutch-Bhuj and Surat on Saturday.The children were handed over through a recognised adoption agency at Popawala Orphanage in Katargam in the presence of city police commissioner Anupam Singh…
Surat: Surat police on Saturday arrested two partners of a lab-grown diamond firm for allegedly cheating a businessman of Rs 4.50 crore by persuading him to invest in lab-grown diamond (LGD) machines.The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) arrested Ankush Nakrani and Sandip Jasani following a complaint filed by Varachha-based businessman Ketan Patel.According to the complaint, partners…
Surat: A special Pocso court in Vapi on Saturday sentenced a repeat child sex offender to imprisonment till his last breath, for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy, delivering one of the harshest punishments under the Act.The special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court in Vapi town of Valsad district…
Surat: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a 19-year-old college student for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 on behalf of his mother, Rupal Tailor, a senior accountant with the agriculture division of Surat District Panchayat.Officials said the trap was laid following a complaint regarding the alleged demand of illegal gratification for clearing…
