Surat: A 24-year-old woman alleged that she was forced into prostitution, raped repeatedly, and threatened with dire consequences if she approached the police.Based on her complaint, Utran police registered a case against the eight people under BNS for rape and criminal intimidation, as well as under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.According to the FIR, the…
Surat: Indian Railways arranged a special halt for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express at Ankleshwar railway station on Sunday, to facilitate the transportation of a 22-year-old road accident victim’s heart. The heart was later transported to U N Mehta Hospital in Ahmedabad via a green corridor.The grand gesture of the Indian Railways comes after the…
Industrialists have demanded immediate govt assistance and speedy damage assessment Surat: Although rainfall has ceased across south Gujarat, floodwaters continue to wreak havoc in several parts of the region, leaving villages inundated, disrupting daily life, and causing extensive damage to industries.Areas in Hansot, Olpad and Mangrol talukas of Surat district remain waterlogged following the flooding…
Residents were asked to remain alert and move valuables to safer places Surat: Surat witnessed widespread waterlogging on Friday even as the city did not receive heavy rain. Creeks overflowed after intense rainfall in the district, pushing floodwater into low-lying neighbourhoods and leaving roads submerged in multiple pockets. Tapi river was flowing bank to bank…
Residents being rescued in a flood affected area of Navsari Surat: Heavy rain continued across South Gujarat on Saturday, a day after extreme rainfall in the catchment areas of rivers flowing through Surat, Bharuch and Navsari triggered flooding in several urban and rural pockets. Officials said flooding on Saturday was being driven not only by…
The fire began after midnight Surat: A fire broke out at the congruously named Inferno Pizza restaurant in the Mota Varachha area in the early hours of Saturday. The blaze engulfed the establishment, located on the second floor of Opera Business Hub at Lajamni Chowk, and is suspected to have started due to a short…
SURAT: A Surat-based RTI activist on Saturday said he had sought an inquiry into the finances of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s father, a retired government employee who had funded his son’s education abroad.Activist Amit Tiwari also said he had written to the Election Commission of India and the Central GST authorities regarding the legal defence…
The time-sensitive journey took about 3 hours and 45 minutes Surat: Amid heavy rain and a flood-like situation, multiple teams pulled off a challenging operation to transport a live human heart by train from Surat to Ahmedabad on a Vande Bharat Express, in what authorities and medical teams described as the first such rail transfer…
Surat: After facing multiple cases of extortion, criminal defamation, conspiracy and criminal intimidation, history-sheeter Kirti Patel has now been booked under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020, for allegedly illegally occupying a rented flat in Parvat Patiya area of the city for nearly seven years.According to the FIR registered by the Puna police, Kirti…
Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat: Heavy rain lashed Surat and several parts of South Gujarat from the wee hours…
