The bombs found on Wednesday were similar to the 18 found on Tuesday from in and around Varacha, where several diamond processing units are located, police said.
'My boss was a woman. Not any woman, she was a demanding, rude and foul-mouthed creature whom I liked immediately,' says Aakar Patel.
In a bizarre incident, primary section students of a private school in Surat were compelled to parade barefoot on a bed of ignited coal and glass pieces, as a confidence building measure."Primary school students aged between 10 to 14 years of Riverdale Academy in Surat were paraded barefoot on a fire bed of coal and glass pieces, to help them gain confidence," revealed an employee of Riverdale School.
Charanpal Singh, who owns Charanjeet Creation in Surat, has created a Pushpa 2 sari.
Tier-II cities are all set to witness good retail growth in near future.
It must be mentioned here that veteran bowler Ishant Sharma has already told DDCA that he won't play red-ball cricket anymore now that he is no longer in contention for a national comeback.
The police arrested six persons including a hacker named Parit Dhamelia from Surat and owner of a YouTube channel Prajwal Taily, a resident of Latur, Maharashtra.
The city police have got a major breakthrough in the case of planting of 25 bombs in Surat with the arrest of two persons, police officials said.
A live bomb was defused near a hospital and two cars stuffed with explosives were found in and on the outskirts of Surat on Sunday, sparking a high security alert in the diamond city. The police have seized a car laden with explosives from Punagam area on the outskirts of Surat city, Police Inspector M R Chavda said.
Following the granting of a three-month interim bail to religious preacher Asaram Bapu, police in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, have heightened security measures at the residence of the rape survivor's family. The family, who have expressed concerns for their safety, will now need to inform the police before traveling outside the district. Asaram was convicted in 2018 for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2013 and sentenced to life imprisonment. His latest conviction in Gujarat in 2023 resulted in another life sentence. The police have deployed a guard at the victim's house, provided personal gunners for her father and brother, and installed surveillance cameras. The police are also monitoring the area and have prohibited unauthorized gatherings. The victim's father expressed concern over Asaram's ability to manage his affairs from outside prison despite his health issues.
There are talks that Mumbai's prestigious Bharat Diamond Bourse may shift to Surat.
Gujarat VHP spokesperson Hitendrasinh Rajput said stand-up comedian Raina had planned four shows in the state -- one each in Surat on April 17 and Vadodara on April 18, and two in Ahmedabad on April 19 and 20.
Diamond merchant Lalji Patel, who bought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pinstripe monogrammed suit at Rs 4.31 crore in a high-profile auction, on Saturday took out a procession of the two-piece ensemble which was put on a mannequin resembling Modi.
The weather office has issued a forecast of heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in several districts of Gujarat over the next one week.
Among the cities that have fully implemented their projects are Agra, Varanasi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Udaipur, Pune, Surat, and Vadodara
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence during protests against the Waqf law, accusing her of remaining silent while "Bengal is burning." He also said that the only treatment for rioters is stick, as "Those who respond only to thrashing don't understand words."
Traders were producing fake purchase and sale billing receipts and also availing multiple loans on one consignment.
The migrants demanded that the district administration should arrange for their return to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and other states.
A key suspect in the 1993 Surat bombing, hunted by police worldwide for over 17 years, was arrested from a north England grocery store and a London city court will decide over his extradition to India. 49-year-old Mohammed Hanif Umerji Patel alias Tiger Hanif was traced to the grocery store in Bolton by Scotland Yard and later arrested from a house in Astley Street in Halliwell on February 16, a spokesman of the Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted all eleven persons who were convicted and sentenced to jail terms ranging from 10 to 20 years in 1993 Surat twin blasts cases in which one girl was killed and 31 others were injured.
'These characters have huge spirits and they are fighting something that is much bigger than them.' 'The attempt was to portray how they navigate their lives, to retain that spirit and not let it die.'
Surat houses more than 650,000 powerlooms. Of this, at least 60 per cent have been shut since a month, a loss of Rs 900 crore, finds out Vinay Umarji.
Three labourers were killed on Tuesday and six others injured when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed in Parle point area of the city, a senior official said.
With the summer approaching sooner than scheduled, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, and West Bengal have already started experiencing heat waves with temperatures soaring above 40°C.
Surat police have seized 22 cars and registered FIRs against the parents of three Class 12 students who were driving without licenses in a convoy of 35 high-end cars while performing stunts. The students were on their way to a school farewell function. The video of the incident, which went viral, showed students performing dangerous stunts such as driving with their heads out of sunroofs and holding smoke guns.
It is revealed that the 2G scam money has been transferred from Chennai to Dubai and Hongkong via Surat.
The police are yet to identify the girl.
The survivor's father claimed the family had been cheated by their lawyer who did not file an objection to Asaram's bail plea despite getting all the papers ready.
Surat's businessmen and citizens collect funds to help the police build a state-of-the-art surveillance system that will provide real-time video coverage of the city. Sheela Bhatt reports.
A tailor's tag on a blood-stained shirt found near the crime scene helped the Odisha Police to crack a mysterious murder case and arrest three people, an officer said.
Four persons, including a woman, who were held in Surat on Friday on suspicion of being terror suspects wanted by the Mumbai police, were released on Tuesday after it was verified that they were not the same whose sketches were released last week.
In addition to the massive evacuation in Surat city, about 27,000 people from Vadodara district of South Gujarat has been evacuated as waters in Narmada and Vishwamitri rivers were flowing close to the danger mark.
While AAP blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party, the saffron party has rejected the allegations against them and said they have nothing to do with such banners.
While guests who had arrived earlier are leaving one by one, sources revealed that the hotel, situated on Dumas Road of the diamond city, has stopped accepting new bookings for an indefinite period.
'We deposited money just yesterday, but they did not say anything...'
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
In view of the widespread rains and 'red alert' for extremely heavy showers issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for several districts, control rooms are working round the clock to monitor the situation and help stranded people, he said.
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