Surat: India’s gem and jewellery exports to New Zealand are expected to nearly triple to around $50 million over the next three years after the signing of the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).The industry body said the agreement will provide zero-duty access to Indian…
Surat: A 39-year-old man was murdered by five members of a family after he confronted them over their teenage son for allegedly making sexually suggestive gestures his daughter in the Limbayat area late on Sunday night.The Limbayat Police Station have arrested four adults and detained a minor in connection with the case.Police said the incident…
Surat: The AAP MLA from Dediapada, Chaitar Vasava, allegedly slapped a man for ‘misbehaving with him’ outside the Metropolitan Eximchem factory in the Jhagadia GIDC industrial estate. Vasava had ostensibly gone to the factory to agitate for compensation for two workers who died of burns suffered during a fire in the factory on Thursday. Vasava…
Surat: Imports of cut and polished diamonds into special economic zones (SEZs) surged sharply in March, rising 621% in value from $25 million in 2025 to $181 million in 2026.Compared with the same month of the previous financial year, India imported $170 million worth of cut and polished diamonds into SEZs in Nov 2025, a…
Surat: Final preparations are under way for the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), set to be inaugurated on Friday, with a packed agenda spanning investment, industry, sustainability and regional development.The opening day will begin with a seminar on Japan, organized by the Japan External Trade Organisation, highlighting opportunities for collaboration and business engagement. This…
Surat: With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections recorded a significant rise in voter turnout, even as the number of voters declined sharply due to deletions in the list.The provisional turnout stood at 59.32%, nearly 12% higher than the 47.14% recorded in the 2021 elections. However, the…
Surat: A chilling murder case of a 39-year-old dietician came to light in Surat on Sunday, with police detaining her husband who allegedly killed her on April 20 and concealed the body in a cement-filled wooden box.The accused, Vishal Salvi, was traced to a rural area on the outskirts of the city. Police said he…
SURAT: A female doctor was allegedly murdered by her husband in Gujarat’s Surat, with her body later found stuffed inside a wooden box at his old residence, police said on Sunday.According to police, the accused Vishal Salvi killed his wife Dr. Shilpa Salvi on April 20 and transported the body to an old house in…
Surat: A case has been registered at Sarthana police station against a man for allegedly taking money on the pretext of securing an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket for the Surat Municipal Corporation election.According to the FIR, complainant Navneet Navadiya, who was serving as a zone in-charge in AAP, alleged that the accused, Om Prakash,…
Surat: The electoral fate of 1,308 candidates across Surat city and district will be sealed on Sunday as polling for local body elections—including the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), four municipalities, the district panchayat and taluka panchayats—is conducted.A total of 483 candidates are contesting across 30 wards of the SMC. In the four municipalities of Tarsadi,…
