Thursday 5 November '09
A short Hindi documentary —‘AIDS awareness to the people’ — by an event manager from Surat has bagged an award in the special category on AIDS at the International short films festival in San Francisco.Tuesday 3 November '09
Jobless and also clueless about how to raise four children drove a Surat-based mason to a desperate act.Friday
30 October '09With the rise in demand for polished diamonds, the owners of large units are trying their best to get back the polishers who had gone to their native places in Saurashtra and north Gujarat during the meltdown.Thursday
22 October '09The Surat police recently took stock of the safety and security equipment of the units based in the Hazira industrial belt to checkThursday
15 October '09With a large number of people migrating to Saurashtra from Varachha, Katargam, Punagam and Kapodara, the police have instructed housing society presidents and secretaries how to take precautions to check incidents of theft in their areas.Thursday
8 October '09In A first of its kind in the state, the Surat police have deployed women constables to receive calls made to toll-free 100 number in the Police Control Room (PCR).Monday
5 October '09The diamond city is now aspiring to become a trading hub for rough and polished diamonds. To this effect, the Surat Diamond Association (SDA) has requested Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma to give the green signal for setting up the Diamond Trading Hub here.Thursday
1 October '09The Valsad Superintendent of Police on Wednesday submitted the details of the three encounters that had taken place in the district between 2003 and 2006, to the state CID headquarters.Tuesday
29 September '09For the first time in the state, 75 women in Surat have been recruited for the city traffic brigade.Thursday
24 September '09The global economic slowdown has forced Surat diamond traders to give up their traditional methods of doing business.Monday
21 September '09In villages of Olpad taluka in Surat, after mothers pack their children off to school, they pull out their own textbooks and read...Monday
21 September '09This year, Eid will be celebrated on a single day in south Gujarat. For the last three years the festival has been celebrated on two days in the region due to internal conflicts between Chand Committees of the Sunni and Tablighi sects.Wednesday
16 September '09The textile businessmen of other states have complained to the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association about the poor policing by the Surat police.Tuesday
8 September '09The recent Ganesh Chaturthi festival has come as a blessing for the blood banks in Surat, which were facing a shortage of blood for the last few months.Tuesday
8 September '09The recent Ganesh Chaturthi festival has come as a blessing for the blood banks in Surat, which were facing a shortage of blood for the last few months.Sunday
6 September '09A Local schoolgirl who fell unconscious after being made to stand under the hot sun for failing to pay the fees on time, and had to be rushed to the hospital, is now reported to be out of danger.Thursday
3 September '09Surat has emerged as the topmost collector of eyes for donation and has been awarded by the Eye Bank Association of India, Hyderabad, for this achievement.Monday
31 August '09The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has initiated a drive to identify the old heritage monuments in the city so that extra care is taken for their preservation and people visiting the city get to know more about their history.Thursday
27 August '09The students of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VSGNU) will get a 15-digit unique identification number from this academic year.Monday
24 August '09Surat city ranks among the top in the state when it comes to encroachment on government land, according to a survey conducted by the district authorities.Sunday
23 August '09A special helpline has been planned in the city for children and women. Call toll-free number 1098 and a police team will rush to help abandoned children or women who have become victims of any physical or mental harassment.Monday
17 August '09As the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival draws near, many idol makers in Surat have been increasingly using mud from the Ganga and Tapi to make Lord Ganesha idols instead of Plaster of Paris, as is usually the practice.Thursday
30 July '09Surat Police Commissioner Shivanand Jha is a busy man with too many work profiles to handle. After the ouster of Deepak Swarup as Surat police chief...Wednesday
22 July '09Preparations for viewing the total solar eclipse on Wednesday at the Surat Airport have been completed, but the presence of clouds could prove to be a dampener, according to experts.Monday
20 July '09Tribal students in Bardoli taluka now have American teachers. Five teachers from New York, including an NRI, have been teaching English at Bajipura High School and Madhi School.
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