Surat

Indore gets cleanest city tag for 4th time in a row

4:18 pm August 20, 2020

New Delhi: Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city for the fourth straight year in the central government‘s cleanliness survey announced on Thursday. The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively. Varanasi has been the adjudged the ‘best Ganga town’ in the central government’s cleanliness survey. The Swachh […]

Surat records 252 new COVID-19 cases; 348 recover, 7 die

11:22 pm August 18, 2020

Surat: Surat’s COVID-19 tally neared the 18,000-mark with 252 new cases on Tuesday, the highest for a district in Gujarat, the state health department said. With 252 new cases, Surat district’s tally rose to 17,985, the health department said. It said with seven new deaths, also the highest in the state that reported 20 fatalities, […]

Heavy rains leave low-lying areas marooned in Surat, Vadodara

8:44 pm August 15, 2020

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Gujarat districts on Saturday, leaving many low-lying areas water-logged, especially in Surat and Vadodara, and necessitating emergency evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said. In a rain-related incident, two people are feared drowned in Devbhumi Dwarka district while trying to cross a swollen river while another person was rescued by villagers. […]

Ambulance driver booked for fake claim about virus death toll

8:20 pm July 14, 2020

Ahmedabad: A case has been registered against an ambulance driver in Surat for allegedly circulating an audio clip where he is heard claiming that coronavirus death toll is bigger than what is disclosed by the government. The driver of 108 ambulance service was identified by the Surat crime branch as just `Ramesh’. He had not […]

Surat overtakes Ahmedabad in daily increase in COVID-19 cases

11:26 pm July 8, 2020

Ahmedabad: Despite strict measures to contain the pandemic, Surat district in Gujarat recorded its highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases at 273, which was also the highest daily increase in the state on Wednesday. With 273 new patients found since previous evening, the tally of coronavirus cases in the district rose to 7,274, second highest after Ahmedabad, the Health Department […]