Surat

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COVID-19 outbreak: Street vendors banned in Surat for a week

7:22 pm July 7, 2020

Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation on Tuesday banned street vendors in Katargam, Varachha and Sarthana areas for seven days to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The notification on this was issued by Surat civic chief Banchhanidhi Pani, and it comes days after paan shops were ordered shut for a week in the three areas on July 3. The civic body has […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

‘Unlock 2’: Gujarat extends hours of ops for shops and restaurants

11:36 pm June 30, 2020

Ahmedabad: With ‘Unlock-2’ kicking in on Wednesday, the Gujarat government has extended hours of operation for shops and restaurants located in non-containment zones, guidelines for which were issued on Tuesday. The shops and restaurants were allowed to remain open till 7 PM during the earlier relaxations of the lockdown. Under new guidelines issued by the state Home […]

Migrant labourer commits suicide due to financial woes

3:17 pm June 26, 2020

Chitrakoot (UP): A migrant labourer, who returned from Surat about three months ago, allegedly committed suicide as he did not have money for his wife’s treatment, police said on Friday. Shiv Murat (30) killed himself by hanging from a tree in his village on Thursday, they said. According to his wife who is unwell, the couple […]

Gujarat: Policeman arrested for assaulting bank employee

2:24 pm June 24, 2020

Surat: A police constable was suspended and arrested for allegedly thrashing a bank employee in Surat district after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought timely action in the matter. Bank officials said police constable Ghanshyam Shyora entered the Canara Bank’s Saroli branch on Monday and asked the woman clerk to print his passbook. When told […]

Cyclone: Maharashtra CM asks people to be alert

Nisarga likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm tonight

1:31 pm June 2, 2020

New Delhi: Nisarga, the deep depression in the East central Arabia Sea, is very likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm during next 06 hours and further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 12 hours. It is very likely to move nearly northwards during next few hours, recurve north-northeastwards thereafter and cross north Maharashtra […]