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.
Self-styled godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his ashram between 2002 and 2005, was on Thursday brought to Surat from Delhi, a senior police officer said.
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.
The police are yet to identify the girl.
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.
It seems in the geopolitics of the 21st century, we can see the subcontinent acting as one geopolitical entity to secure its economic interests. Key to this transformation is a strong India that is pre-eminent but not dominant, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A 62-year-old woman of Indian origin was killed in Tracy, California on Saturday last. The incident occurred at Hacienda Inn motel owned by Chempak Petal, brother of victim Lalita Patel.
A complaint was lodged against the accused Mitul Trivedi, after he was seen giving interviews to the local media since the Vikram lander successfully made soft landing on August 24, claiming to have designed the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, the official said.
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.
When she retired after 35 years of service, a surprise awaited government teacher Asha Tripathi.
Russia on Wednesday said it is hoping for quick resolution of the issue relating to India's call for return of Indians recruited into the Russian Army as support staff and asserted their recruitment was purely a commercial matter.
Yet another live bomb was on Sunday found in the posh Atwalines area in Surat, taking the total number of explosive devices detected in the diamond city to 24, the police said. The bomb, which was found inside a bag near a bus-stand adjacent to the municipal garden (commonly known as Chowpati), was defused by the bomb disposal squad, they said.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, which had allowed anticipatory bail to Surat resident Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah in a cheating case, got irked when it was informed that the businessman was remanded in police custody.
Launching an independent laboratory for testing and grading of gemstones in Surat, Roland Lorie, chief executive officer, IGI Worldwide said, "Since grading and certification of diamonds and other gemstones and jewelry was done in Mumbai, so far Surat was the diamond manufacturing hub of the country as well as the world while sorting and trading of diamonds took place in Mumbai.
Surat police have sent a team to Delhi to gather evidence against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, following a complaint of sexual assault registered by two sisters against the father-son duo.
The 81-year-old Tunda, a close aide of wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, was accused of carrying out blasts in five trains in different cities in December 1993 to mark the first anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.
Heavy waterlogging was witnessed in several towns and cities, while roads were closed in rural areas on Friday morning due a heavy spell.
A total of 25 bodies have been recovered so far in different parts of the city.
Water and electricity sevices which were affected due to the week-long floods have been restored, officials said.
Water in the river Tapti has been rising steadily since Sunday after the gates of the Ukai dam built upstream on the river were thrown open due to heavy water inflow from the catchment areas.
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 media and television hard sell of this rare celestial phenomenon had succeeded in energising the educated, middle class of this town to turn out in droves to see the eclipse as if it were the latest soap opera on television.
Tier-II cities are all set to witness good retail growth in near future.
Documents accessed by Business Standard show owners of suspected Hong Kong-based shell companies are spread across the globe.
There are talks that Mumbai's prestigious Bharat Diamond Bourse may shift to Surat.
Amid speculation over Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United's next move in the wake of vote counting trends, senior party leader K C Tyagi on Tuesday said they are in the National Democratic Alliance and 'we will be in the NDA'.
'We have got enough internal accruals, and we are able to do acquisitions on our own.'
Gandhi was convicted by a lower court in Surat and sentenced to prison for two years last month for a speech in which he linked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last name with two fugitive businessmen, remarking how the 'thieves' shared the same last name.
"The emails were sent from 'mail.ru' domain, in which a man impersonating himself as Tauheed Liaquat sent them to all the schools with the aim of spreading fear among voters and Indian citizens," the Ahmedabad crime branch said in a press statement.
Gujarat has witnessed the steepest decline in the number of contestants in the fray for its 26 seats, from 371 five years ago to 266 in 2024.
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.
It is revealed that the 2G scam money has been transferred from Chennai to Dubai and Hongkong via Surat.
The response was tepid in other parts of the country even as several INDIA bloc parties as well as other non-BJP outfits extended their support to the bandh.
Among the bigwigs are Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and SP Singh Baghel (Agra).
Another partner or co-owner of the firm that operated the recreation facility has been nabbed which took the number of persons arrested in the case to five, officials said.
The bill to amend the law governing Waqf boards proposes far-reaching changes in the Wakf Act, 1995, including ensuring the representation of Muslim women and non-Muslims in such bodies.
