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,…
Surat: City police’s detection of crime branch (DCB) rescued a kidnapped eight-month-old boy during a late-night 20-minute action at Surat railway station under the “Operation Muskan” initiative on Saturday.Police said the DCB team was on patrol when they received information that a woman, identified as Aarti alias Zarina Jaiswal, 22, had allegedly kidnapped the infant…
Surat: Alleged sexual harassment of a Class 10 girl sent people’s tempers flaring in the Althan area, keeping the locality on edge throughout Friday night and Saturday afternoon.The 38-year-old accused was allegedly thrashed twice by angry residents — first when locals caught him soon after the incident, and again on Saturday when police brought him…
SURAT: A large crowd gathered outside Althan Police Station in Surat and attempted to storm the premises after a minor girl student was allegedly molested by a man. Speaking to ANI, Surat DCP Nidhi Thakur said the minor girl was returning home from coaching classes when a man on a two-wheeler allegedly harassed her. The…
Surat: The Varachha police booked a 20-year-old man for abetment of suicide after a woman with whom he was in a live-in relationship allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday.According to police, the victim, Vaishali, had entered into a live-in relationship with the Dongar Patil, and the two had been living together for the past year.Police…
Surat: Surtis have shown that even if flights are halved at Surat International Airport, passenger numbers can still reach new highs.The number of flyers at Surat International Airport reached an all-time high in 2025-26, with 18.14 lakh passengers flying from the city. Experts say the record is significant as the airport faced flight cancellations in…
Surat: As global attention remains fixed on the war between the the US, Israel and Iran, a city-based architect is turning to miniature war machines to explore how conflicts are fought, remembered and understood.Abhijit Pariyal, an alumnus of Cept University, recreated key moments from military history through more than 150 models of tanks, fighter jets,…
Surat: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped from her residence in the Amroli area on Thursday afternoon by her own parents, who were reportedly unhappy with her marrying a man of her choice. According to the complaint, Laxmi Kalathiya’s younger son, Hiren, married Ritika Bharodiya in Dec last year. The couple subsequently got a marriage…
Surat: Fleeing the court to inform his wife and family that he was being sent to jail, a Bardoli resident briefly managed to escape from the Surat district and sessions court on Thursday before being arrested on Friday.Chirag Parekh was in court in connection with a cheque bounce case. After his plea for relief was…
