The industry's estimated losses stand at Rs 5-6 crore per day.
Zakir the bearded, cheerful auto man who meets us at Surat railway station has not heard about the eclipse.
Home loan demand is moving away from core metropolitan markets, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities emerging as the dominant contributors to growth in 2025, a report said.
A live bomb was found on Friday near Amroli Bridge in Katargam area of Surat, taking the total number of explosive devices found from the city to 25 in the last fortnight.
For the first time ever in the country, investigating agencies found that microcontrollers were used as timer devices in the bombs found in Bengaluru and Surat.
The proposed exchange is likely to be almost as big as Mumbai's Bharat Diamond Bourse, now said to be fully occupied.
As the 50 per cent US tariffs on the Indian imports came into effect on Wednesday, the stakeholders of the diamond industry in Surat believe that the market will be affected due to US' decision only for a short period of time as India controls 90% of diamond production.
An international airport mulled by state govt in Surat will help to help boost business as well as tourism
With an annualised GDP growth rate of 11.5 per cent over the past seven fiscal years, Surat has emerged as the fastest growing city, while Ahemdabad region, which also includes Gandhinagar, is third with 10.1 per cent, as per the data compiled by economic research firm Indicus Analytics.
Surat had bagged the fourth rank under the Smart Cities Mission based on its proposal.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was to visit flood-affected areas of Surat on Friday morning, has postponed his visit till evening due to inclement weather, officials sources said.
The cost of the war is being counted not in the corridors of power in Washington or Tehran, but in Firozabad's darkened furnace rooms, Howrah's idle casting sheds, and a barbershop in Kochi where the wait is suddenly, inexplicably, an hour long, notes Prem Panicker in his must read blog on the Iran War.
Hundreds of diamond cutting, polishing units and textile factories in Surat, considered the diamond hub of India, have been closed for the past three days due to flooding in the city, resulting in losses worth crores of rupees.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the Congress party following the NDA's victory in the Bihar assembly elections, accusing them of divisive politics and highlighting the rejection of casteism and communalism by the people of Bihar.
Diamond exporters are considering stopping the import of rough diamonds.
Manipur's Lamabam Singh fell victim to one of cricket's most unusual dismissals when he was given out for hitting the ball twice during a Ranji Trophy plate league match against Meghalaya in Surat.
A forest officer in Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and two children and dumping their bodies in a pit near his residence. Marital dispute was the motive.
On some days, she keeps it light, floaty and playful; on others, she dials it all the way up with bold, drama-filled outfits.
Surat, which polishes almost more than 95 per cent of the world's diamonds, is poised to become the assorting and trading hub for the precious jewel stone in the next 3-4 years.
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The '360 Modena Ferrari', which once occupied pride of place in batting icon Sachin Tendulkar's fleet of premium cars, is now the prized possession of a Surat businessman Jayesh Desai, Chairman of Raj Hans group.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the places from where live bombs were found in Surat and reviewed the situation. Modi announces a reward of Rs 51 lakh for information leading to terrorists involved in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad and planting of bombs in Surat.
"Surat had 2,500 to 3,000 diamond-cutting and polishing units operational before Diwali. However, only 1,000 units were able to start operations after the vacation," said CP Vanani, president, Surat Diamond Association. Confirming that 500 units had re-opened this month, he said 1,500 units were now back in business.
The Students Islamic Movement of India activists arrested for their alleged involvement in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26 are also suspected to have planted bombs in Surat, Crime Branch officials said on Thursday.
In a chilling revelation, Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal, who is currently in the custody of Delhi police, has told interrogators that the terror group was planning to use a small nuclear bomb while carrying out a devastating strike in the industrial city of Surat in Gujarat.
The Surat Rough Diamond Sourcing (India) Ltd (SRDSIL), today seems to have run its course without reaching its objectives.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
Appearing impatient to return to their native places, migrant workers pelted stones at police in Surat district of Gujarat on Monday, leaving nearly a dozen personnel injured, one of them an IPS officer, and also held protests elsewhere during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, officials said.
In a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena member of Parliament Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed rebel leader Eknath Shinde was pressured to go against the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and also alleged that at least two MLAs accompanying the minister in Surat were beaten up by the police and goons under the BJP's "Operational Kamal".
Raghuvanshi said that some of the detained are said to be from Lucknow, but refused to give further information on them saying the process of ascertaining their identity is underway.
So far, rough diamonds mined from the Panna mines in Madhya Pradesh were auctioned online but displayed only at Panna.
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles is the latest to come forward to honour them as the company has decided to present the team members with the soon-to-be-launched Tata Sierra.
The bail plea of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel was on Thursday rejected by a district and sessions court in Surat.
Two persons were killed in the major fire in storage tank number four of Indian Oil Corporation terminal in Hazira , Surat, which was contained after a 21-hour operation by the fire brigade team, officials said Sunday.
E-commerce giant Amazon plans to make a mega-investment of $35 billion, over Rs 3.14 lakh crore, in India by 2030 across its businesses with a focus on AI-driven digitization, export growth and job creation, a senior company official said on Wednesday.
