Spurt in thefts in textile market leaves traders worried

Sunday 24 May '09

There has been a spurt in incidents of thefts from the textile market areas in Surat. Several local gangs are active in the textile market area due to which the textile traders are suffering a great loss.

‘I could have won Bardoli seat with brother’s support’

Tuesday 19 May '09

The defeated BJP candidate from Bardoli, Ritesh Vasava, has said that he could have won the seat had his cousin supported him instead of contesting against him as an Independent from the constituency.

State yet to extend helping hand to kin of missing Kuber crew

Thursday 14 May '09

It has been over five months since terrorists struck Mumbai on November 26 last year, but the families of three fishermen of Vasi and Borsi villages in Navsari district are yet to receive any compensation from the Gujarat government.

Diamond businesses now shifting to embroidery

Wednesday 13 May '09

From being a diamond and a textile hub, Surat is now on way to become an embroidery hub.

Watchman breaks into house, decamps with cash, jewellery

Saturday 9 May '09

A watchman allegedly broke open the main door of a flat in Shikhar Apartments at Adajan and decamped with cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs 5.85 lakh.

The day after polls, candidates take it easy

Saturday 2 May '09

The candidates contesting in the Surat, Bardoli and Navsari |seats woke up late in the morning on Friday, a day after the Lok Sabha elections.

Dual role: cops to provide ORS to dehydrated voters

Thursday 30 April '09

Policemen deputed for election duty are all set to perform a dual role on Thursday. Apart from guarding the polling booths, they will also give Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) to the voters who complain of dehydration while standing in the queue for casting their votes.

Orissa BJP team in Surat to woo Oriya voters

Wednesday 29 April '09

Surat has nearly six lakh Oriya people who are engaged in the textile industry and other works.

‘Thought nothing would happen...we have faith in God, Supreme Court, SIT’

Tuesday 28 April '09

As news of the Supreme Court order came in, she picked up the Quran, her hands trembling.

In diamond city, saffron no more gold

Tuesday 28 April '09

For two decades, Surat has been a BJP bastion, with Kashiram Rana winning the seat consecutively from 1989 to 2004.

Former encounter specialist fires salvo for Cong candidate

Thursday 23 April '09

Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, M G Kaneriya, who was nicknamed as ‘encounter specialist of Surat’ in his time, has joined the Congress and has been campaigning for the party’s Surat candidate Dhiru Gajera.

Diamond polishers leave Surat after board exams

Friday 17 April '09

Despite having no jobs or other sources of income, the jobless diamond workers had stayed back in Surat for the board and final school exams of their children.

Anti-thesis of moneybag netas: MJP candidates seek donation

Wednesday 15 April '09

The newly formed Maha Gujarat Janata Party has come up with an innovative idea to collect donations from the people of Surat for its election expenses as the party is running short of funds.

Bardoli reserved seat gears up for fight amongst cousins, sitting MP

Sunday 12 April '09

The Bardoli (ST) constituency is all set to witness a close contest amongst cousins and the sitting Congress MP Tushar Chaudhary in this Lok Sabha polls.

Old friends stand up against each other

Thursday 9 April '09

The Congress announced its candidate from Surat after its alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party broke down last week.

For Surat diamond workers, their knight in shining armour comes on a bicycle

Thursday 9 April '09

Suresh Chagan Chotalia is an unemployed diamond polisher who has been struggling to make both ends meet ever since the meltdown-hit industry stopped providing him a livelihood.

Jobless diamond worker in fray

Thursday 9 April '09

Amidst the dust and din of Lok Sabha poll campaigns here, Suresh Chagan Chotalia, an unemployed diamond polishe...

Mob justice: NHRC asks police to investigate

Saturday 4 April '09

Three months after a 10-year-old boy was tied up to a tree and mercilessly beaten up by people and the security guard of a temple for stealing a pair of shoes from the premises...

With units yet to reopen, workers return to farms

Friday 27 March '09

The farmers from different villages in Surat district, who had become diamond workers to make more money, are taking to farming again.

Raid at Magdalla reveals bootleggers have taken to sea route to evade cops

Thursday 26 March '09

With the Lok Sabha polls round the corner, the police have intensified their efforts to contain bootlegging activities.

Nearly 2,000 eunuchs from across India gather in Surat

Monday 23 March '09

Nearly 2,000 eunuchs from different villages, cities and states across the country have assembled at Nanpura Hijrawad in Surat for a 20-day Bahucharmata Hawan.

Fazl-ur-Rahman lodged his victims in Kathmandu

Sunday 22 March '09

Dawood Ibrahim aide Fazl-ur-Rahman, who is in remand of the Surat Crime Branch for 11 days for issuing threats to the owner of Praful Sarees at the behest of actor Shilpa Shetty’s parents...

C R Patil: tainted cop, bank defaulter, and now MP?

Saturday 21 March '09

Tainted cop to PSU boss to wannabe MP, it has been quite a journey for Chandrakant R Patil (55), BJP candidate for Navsari this Lok Sabha polls.

C R Patil: tainted cop, bank defaulter, and now MP?

Saturday 21 March '09

Tainted cop to PSU boss to wannabe MP — it has been quite a journey for Chandrakant R Patil (55), the BJP candidate for Navsari seat.....

Seven-year-old virtuoso plays 47 instruments in seven minutes

Tuesday 17 March '09

Meet Agrawal (7), the son of a textile trader, is a prodigy. At an age when boys of his age love to play games and see cartoons on television, Meet loves to play musical instruments.