Surat

Guj: Eight held for kidnapping businessman’s son in Surat

10:41 pm January 29, 2021

Surat: Eight persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly kidnapping a businessman’s son and extorting a ransom of Rs 1 crore from his family in Gujarat’s Surat city. Based on a tip off, the Surat crime branch first apprehended four persons, who were allegedly trying to flee to Vadodara with Rs 99.14 lakh cash, and […]

EC to cement unit in Surat can’t be sustained until concerns addressed: NGT

3:36 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal Friday said the environmental clearance (EC) granted to a cement grinding unit in Surat cannot be sustained until all environmental concerns are duly addressed. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said the object of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is to ensure that all concerns affecting the environment are duly taken care of which […]

Lukewarm response for Bharat Bandh in BJP-ruled Gujarat

3:24 pm December 8, 2020

Ahmedabad: The Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions and supported by the Congress failed to have much impact till noon in BJP-ruled Gujarat even as protesters tried to block highways at some places by placing burning tyres on roads. Barring a few places in the state, all the markets, shops, banks, government and private offices, […]

Gujarat: Night curfew in Ahmedabad till December 7

10:53 pm November 23, 2020

Ahmedabad: Night curfew in Ahmedabad, which came into force on Monday night, will continue till December 7, city police commissioner Sanjay Srivastava said in a notification. Notably, a 57-hour-long weekend curfew imposed in Ahmedabad ended 6 am. Night curfew has already been in place since November 21 in Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat. Ahmedabad district reported […]

CBI searches many locations in two bank fraud cases

9:07 pm November 11, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in two separate cases pertaining to alleged bank fraud, officials said. The CBI has booked a co-operative society — Surat Mandvi Vibhag Sahkari Krishi Udyog Mandli Ltd — and its then 17 office bearers/Directors for allegedly cheating the Union Bank of India during […]