Surat: The directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) busted a mephedrone manufacturing operation being run from a house in Ankleshwar, seizing 500g of mephedrone worth Rs 15 lakh and arresting three persons.A DRI team raided at a house in Bhavna Farm Society in the Gadkhol area. Officials said the alleged drug manufacturing was underway at the…
The seven accused were taking part in a demonstration in support ofclimate activist Sonam Wangchuk Surat: Udhna police booked seven persons for allegedly burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan during a protest held in support of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and against the alleged NEET paper leak.The accused…
Surat: A major diamond-smuggling crackdown in Vietnam has put the spotlight on supply chains linked to Surat, with authorities dismantling an alleged $10 million racket that moved about 28,000 diamonds through passenger couriers.Vietnamese authorities said investigators uncovered a network that allegedly smuggled diamonds into the country from India via Hong Kong, bypassing formal trade channels.According…
The Ambika, Kaveri and Purna rivers in Navsari were swollen Surat: A flood-like situation prevailed in Navsari district on Tuesday after it recorded its heaviest rainfall of the monsoon season, with Khergam taluka receiving 226 mm (9 inches) of rain in the 12 hours ending 6 pm. The relentless downpour in the district and its…
Surat: Several parts of Surat city were submerged after heavy rainfall since early Wednesday, with low-lying pockets facing waterlogging and flood-like conditions as creeks swelled and overflowed. Areas around Bhedwad creek were among the worst affected, with residents reporting repeated inundation as the creek breached its banks. Parts of Saniya village were also submerged in…
Surat: Heavy rain in South Gujarat triggered a bank slide between Udvada and Pardi stations, leading to disruption in railway traffic on Ahmedabad-Mumbai route. Two trains were cancelled while seven had to be short-terminated. The Surat-Bharuch and Umbergaon-Valsad Memus were cancelled due to the monsoon onslaught.The railway authorities also had to short-terminate the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Karnavati…
Police seized 348 mobile phones, 350 motherboards, 327 memory cards and 2,308 sim cards from Salim Malik Surat: A major mobile theft racket spanning Surat and Delhi has been busted with the arrest of a 32-year-old man allegedly involved in buying stolen phones, dismantling them to evade detection and selling the parts in the bustling…
Hitendra Maniya in police custody Surat: A trader’s Goa holiday ended before it even began after he allegedly opened the emergency exit door of a Surat-Goa IndiGo flight moments before take-off on Tuesday.The incident occurred around 3 pm at Surat International Airport when the aircraft was preparing for departure. Following the incident, airport officials and…
Surat: The Navsari District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has directed a AU Small Finance Bank to refund Rs 2.5 lakh proceeds from the sale of a customer’s repossessed car and pay compensation after holding that the lender had sold the vehicle without following due legal procedure.The complainant had purchased the car in Feb 2021…
Surat: Smarting under ravaging floods and the public uproar, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) announced the formation of a technical committee comprising govt officials and experts from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) to identify the causes of recurrent flooding and recommend long-term mitigation measures.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Creek…
