Surat: Industry representatives flagged mounting concerns over yarn prices and GST refunds during a meeting with Union textile minister Giriraj Singh on Friday, warning that the situation is putting severe pressure on Surat’s textile and allied segments.A key issue raised was the sharp escalation in yarn prices, which industry representatives said is forcing many units…
Surat: Long queues and crowded platforms at railway stations have become a familiar sight in Surat as thousands of textile workers begin leaving the city ahead of Diwali, signalling an early and possibly larger-than-usual festive-season exodus from the city’s embroidery and weaving hubs.Worker leaders attribute the departures to growing concerns over workplace issues and a…
Divyesh Meghnathi in the custody of Cybercrime police Surat: Cybercrime police arrested a 27-year-old man from Porbandar for allegedly providing bank accounts to an international cyberfraud network and converting money obtained through crime into the stablecoin USDT and transferring it to cryptocurrency wallets.The accused, Divyesh Meghnathi, was arrested after a technical investigation and the court…
Surat: An eight-year-old girl was raped in the Ichhapore area of Surat on Monday. Police arrested the accused, a 36-year-old man, on Wednesday night. He suffered a forehead injury on Thursday after an alleged suicide attempt in the police lockup.Assistant commissioner of police Sweta Daniels told TOI, “We received a complaint for rape on an…
Surat: The Surat District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 2.95 lakh towards an insurance claim for oral cancer treatment, along with 8% interest, compensation and litigation costs, after holding that the insurer could not justify rejecting the claim on the ground of non-disclosure of a heart…
The three accused in custody on Thursday Surat: A 27-year-old trader kidnapped from Adajan for a ransom of Rs 30 lakh was rescued from Maharashtra within hours. Surat police arrested three men from Pune district and recovered the vehicle used in the alleged crime.DCP (Zone 5) Lakhdhirsinh Zala said, “Adajan police formed four teams after…
Surat: A 10-member mediation panel set up by the Samast Patidar Samaj Trust (SPST) will begin functioning from Oct 11, the first day of Navratri, to help families and community members resolve disputes before they reach the courts.The committee, called Samadhan Panch, has been formed to address disagreements within families and among relatives through mediation….
Surat: The waistline of Gujarat’s women appears to be growing faster than ever, with the latest National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6), 2023-24, recording a sharp rise in overweight and obesity among women in four major districts — Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara — compared with NFHS-5 data from 2019-21.According to the data released in Aug…
Surat: A 27-year-old share trader was allegedly kidnapped by three persons in the city on Tuesday following a dispute over business dealings involving dues of around Rs15 lakh, police said on Wednesday. Adajan police have registered an FIR and formed multiple teams to trace the man.According to the police complainant, Pramod Patwa (49), who operates…
Shankar Jadhav, principal of primary school at Niloshi village of Kaprada in Valsad died by suicide Kaparada resident trying to search for network in mobile phone on a hill Shankar Jadhav, principal of primary school at Niloshi village of Kaprada in Valsad died by suicide Kaparada resident trying to search for network in mobile phone…
