Surat: The Asodaria family in Surat owns a Ganapati idol which is a rough diamond that they imported 10 years ago. The specialty of this rock is that it resembles the Ganesha figure. The diamond was brought into India after its discovery in the mines of Africa. The family even got the Indian Diamond Institute to certify that this particular piece of diamond has never been processed or polished. It ...
04:54 PM, Aug 26, 2009
An aunt and uncle were training her four-year-old niece to steal with the help of her brother. ...
12:04 PM, Jul 27, 2009
Surat: The Gujarat Government on Saturday issued an apology for the remarks of Surat Municipal Commissioner, who asked migrants to return to their places. Surat civic chief S Aparna during her visit to a slum area in the city on Friday reportedly told migrant workers to go back to their native place if cities to which they belong provide better civic amenities than Surat. Later in the evening, she expressed...
12:31 AM, Jul 26, 2009
Surat: Two persons have been arrested for alleged abduction and rape of a minor girl in Surat, police said on Wednesday. The duo identified as Vishnu Chauhan and Kanti Chauhan had allegedly abducted and raped the 14-year-old victim on June 18 after drugging her, according to the complaint filed by the maternal uncle of the girl, on Tuesday evening. The girl, hailing from Anand district, apparently had a relationship with...
02:31 PM, Jun 24, 2009
Surat: Bowing to public pressure, Surat Police Commissioner Shivanand Jha on Sunday transferred Kutubuddin Saiyad, a head constable, and the father of gang-rape accused Tarik Saiyad. According to police sources, a strong public opinion had been building up that the fathers of two of the rape accused-Shahid Saiyed and Tariq Saiyed-may try to influence the course of investigation and weaken the case against their sons. The police commissioner is understood...
01:44 AM, Jun 22, 2009
Surat: Some Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers were detained ahead of Monday's 'bandh' call given by the Sangh Parivar outfit to protest the gangrape of a teenager here, police said. "Some VHP workers have been detained as a precautionary measure," Joint commissioner of police (JCP) Shamsher Singh said. The VHP, however, alleged that police arrested 50 of its members, including city unit secretary Utkarsh Patel and RSS leader Suresh Master,...
11:58 AM, Jun 15, 2009
Surat: Many residents of Surat see justice in a mob beating up three men accused of raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Shahid Saiyad, Tariq Qutubuddhin Saiyad and Abu Bakr Sheikh, who are accused of raping girl in a car and then dumping her outside a mall, were beaten up when they were brought to the Civil Hospital for a medical examination on Saturday. The police officials with the three suspects made...
12:09 AM, Jun 14, 2009
It was a case of vigilante justice in Surat. ...
03:45 PM, Jun 13, 2009
Teenager was dumped outside mall after assault. ...
12:38 PM, Jun 12, 2009
Police have arrested three of the six youth from affluent backgrounds. ...
03:25 AM, May 27, 2009
Diamond traders want o hire back workers they had laid-off. ...
03:42 PM, May 23, 2009
Surat, India's diamond hub has been badly hit by the global meltdown. ...
05:31 PM, Mar 01, 2009
Abdul Sattar, a native of Malappuram in Kerala was arrested in Hyderabad. ...
05:23 PM, Jan 21, 2009
Some localities have decided to not rent, sell or trade property with Muslims. ...
08:54 AM, Dec 15, 2008
No imports of uncut diamonds between November 25 and December 31. ...
08:46 AM, Nov 18, 2008
Most of their money has been wiped out due to the stock market free fall. ...
03:07 PM, Oct 16, 2008
Diamond demand is drastically down following the global economic crisis. ...
02:14 AM, Oct 14, 2008
Former Gujarat minister Mohammed Surti has been convicted in the 1993 Surat bomb blasts case. ...
01:54 PM, Oct 04, 2008
Policemen in Surat have decided to do their duty in an innovative way. ...
05:31 PM, Oct 03, 2008
