Surat had bagged the fourth rank under the Smart Cities Mission based on its proposal.
Following detailed questioning, journalist Mahesh Langa was arrested by the Crime Branch on Tuesday morning, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ajit Rajian said. "The central GST had found some suspicious transactions in bogus firms floated in the name of Mahesh Langa's wife and father using forged documents. Langa has been arrested for further investigation," he said.
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.
After BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal's Surat win, Gujarat will see 25 Lok Sabha seats go to polls on May 7 with 266 candidates in the fray.
A passenger train was halted after it hit an old iron piece of rail placed vertically in the middle of a track by someone in a suspected sabotage attempt in Gujarat's Botad early on Wednesday, the police said.
Panic gripped Surat as the police on Tuesday recovered nine live bombs, one after another within a span of four hours, from different parts of the Varacha area where most of the diamond units are located.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
The proposed exchange is likely to be almost as big as Mumbai's Bharat Diamond Bourse, now said to be fully occupied.
An international airport mulled by state govt in Surat will help to help boost business as well as tourism
Diamond exporters are considering stopping the import of rough diamonds.
The impact of GST is particularly stark in the highly fragmented synthetic textile industry, which attracts different GST rates at different stages of production and sale
Post global slowdown scenario, Surat's diamond industry is gaining momentum in demand from the domestic, international and emerging markets like China, industry sources said today.
2,138 firms deposited unaccounted Rs 5,000 cr in zero-balance accounts during the note ban
The Congress on Tuesday alleged that its candidates in both Surat and Indore were threatened, intimidated and bulldozed into withdrawing their nominations, and asked why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'so nervous' and 'afraid' even in traditional Bharatiya Janata Party bastions.
'Paris 2024 was the first time that both the men's and women's team qualified for the team championships.' 'The women's team made it to the quarter-finals, just one short of the medal round, and the men's team also did well.' 'The mixed doubles is another event where India is doing very well.' 'So these three events are events where there is a possibility of us winning medals at the Olympics.'
Reader Nirav Trivedi sent us a picture od Saina Nehwal from Surat.
When the Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from Surat on Monday, he became the first candidate to achieve the feat from Gujarat since its formation 64 years ago though the erstwhile state of Saurashtra saw a similar instance in 1951.
Across the nation, Lord Ganeshas large and small make their way to the sea, to lakes, ponds or man-made water bodies where the Visarjan ceremony takes place.
In an unprecedented verdict, the top court said the criminal jurisprudence required courts to apply judicial mind to the facts of a case before granting police custody if it was "genuinely required".
A cold wave has intensified in most parts of north India, with temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipping below freezing point. The national capital saw a brief respite from the bitter cold during the day, but cold conditions persisted in parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The weather department has issued a yellow warning for cold wave, ground frost and dense fog for some places in Himachal Pradesh. There is a possibility of rain and snowfall in parts of northwest India later in the week.
The body of the girl, possibly between nine and 11 years of age, was found in the bushes in the Pandesara area of the city.
India's campaign in the Table Tennis men's singles event ends with Harmeet's exit
The industry's estimated losses stand at Rs 5-6 crore per day.
The bail plea of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel was on Thursday rejected by a district and sessions court in Surat.
Zakir the bearded, cheerful auto man who meets us at Surat railway station has not heard about the eclipse.
The migrants demanded that the district administration should arrange for their return to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and other states.
Gujarat Police questioned Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Abhishek Sharma in Surat for nearly four hours in connection with the suspected suicide of model Tanya Singh.
The Surat Rough Diamond Sourcing (India) Ltd (SRDSIL), today seems to have run its course without reaching its objectives.
Here are the number of seats won by parties in all states and Union Territories in the Lok Sabha elections.
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.
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.
Patel community leader Hardik Patel was arrested in Surat tonight for defying prohibitory orders clamped ahead of his 'Ekta March' for reservation under OBC quota but was freed on bail by a court soon afterwards.
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.
'My boss was a woman. Not any woman, she was a demanding, rude and foul-mouthed creature whom I liked immediately,' says Aakar Patel.
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.
A major fire broke out on Thursday in a commercial multi-storey building housing a market of sarees on Puna Kumbharia road in Surat and 80 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.
