Woman Maoist held in Gujarat’s Surat district

A suspected woman Maoist was arrested in Gujarat’s Surat district, police said Monday.

The woman, identified as Sujatha, was arrested in Mangrol town of the district. She hails from Andhra Pradesh but lived in Mumbai till 2002.

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Courses in music and theatre to start in Surat

Surtis wanting to have education in arts, music and drama won’t have to look to other cities because they will have the facility in Surat itself, in the near future.

Sarvajanik Education Society (SES) has planned to start courses on arts and

Diamond imports at Surat Hira Bourse up 15%

Diamond imports at Surat Hira Bourse increased by 15% in financial year 2009-10 as compared to the previous year, official sources said.Officials said that imports of rough and cut & polished diamonds at Surat Hira Bourse increased from $6.94 billion in 20

Parsi panchayat of Surat comes under cloud

An MoU in alleged violation of rules between a private land developer and Surat Parsi Panchayat has put the latter under a cloud of controversy. It is being alleged that panchayat authorities have rented out panchayat land at throw-away prices. Howe

Surat out on road, runs for itself

More than 12,000 Surtis – young and old – took part in the big run, the first of its kind of run in the city, on Sunday. Organized by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), Surtis in large numbers sprinted all the way from SVNIT College to Bhavi Darshan Sankul

Surat bombs case hearing on Feb 5

The Surat bombs-planting case will open on February 5 at the court of judge Belaben Trivedi, when the four public prosecutors will read out the charges against the 52 accused. The four public prosecutors are HM Dhruv, Mitesh Amin, Sudhir Bhrambhatt

Milk to get costlier in Surat, not in A’bad

Milk prices are bound to increase over a period of time, but not for the time being. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday stated that there may be a hike in milk prices. Agreeing to his statement, chief general manager of Gujarat Co-

SMC plans balloon barrage on Tapi

The Surat Municipal Corporation has planned a balloon barrage, a rubber dam in simple terms, on Tapi river at an estimated cost of Rs120 crore. A proposal in this regard was made by municipal commissioner S Aparna while announcing the Rs2,395 crore draft budge

IT unearths Rs38 cr black money in Surat

The Income Tax department struck a jackpot on Thursday, unearthing black money worth more than Rs38 crore in Surat.According to officials, surveys were conducted on a builder, real estate broker and a trading firm by Directorate of Investigation (DI

More flights likely to take off from Surat in 2010

Surtis can look forward to air connectivity to some other cities in the coming year, if all goes well. Currently, Surat has air connectivity only with New Delhi, with a daily to-and-fro flight operated by Indian. AK Verma, airport controller of Sura

Surat to host khadi festival

A national Khadi Festival will be held in Surit from Saturday. The festival will house 225 stalls from all over the country and will also house an amusement park.The month-long Khadi Utsav-09 has been organised by National Khadi and Cottage Industri

SMS links Surat gem ind with Headley

Is Surat’s diamond industry funding terror mastermind David Headley, who is believed to be linked to 26⁄11 and other terrorist incidents in the country? This is exactly what an sms, doing rounds of Surat from Thursday morning, claimed. The sms

Surat-based broker arrested for cheating

A city-based yarn broker was arrested by police from Piplod late on Wednesday night. The broker had duped traders of crores of rupees and is wanted in many states for cheating. Interestingly, the arrest was made by police officials of other state an

Now, civic body to develop BRTS as a brand in Surat

The BRTS, one of the most ambitious projects of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), will soon now have a brand name, logo and color code as identification. Civic authorities have decided that they will spread awareness among people about the project. Read Full Story

‘Suspend Zimbabwe from KPCS’

Less than a week after Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which monitors world trade in rough diamonds, came under attack from an NGO, another leading NGO has demanded Zimbabwe’s immediate suspension from the system, alleging the strife torn countr

Festival to bring north-eastern culture to Surat

For the first time in Gujarat, Surat will be host to a unique cultural festival, Octave-09 which will be organised in November. The festival will showcase the culture and traditions of eight north-eastern states of India in Surat as part of cultural exchange p

Modern cancer centre to come up in Surat

The Lions Cancer Detection Centre Trust, which runs a cancer treatment centre in new civil hospital campus, Surat, has decided to start a Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy Centre adjacent to the existing centre."We have been provided 600 sq mt la

Surat civic body to audit municipal schools

The quality of education in government and municipal schools has always been a cause of concern for parents and authorities.To improve the situation in the schools, and impart better education to students, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will conduct ind

SMC plans new vehicles for garbage transfer

The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has recently been receiving complaints from citizens of garbage on the roads spilled out from garbage vans. To counter this problem, the civic body has plans to introduce closed-body garbage vans in all seven zones. Read Full Story

Textile worker murdered

Even as the entire Surat city was busy celebrating Diwali, a textile worker was beaten to death by four persons last night. The victim had scolded the accused for eve teasing few days back, which is believed to have led to his killing.According to i