Surat Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani on Tuesday spoke to India TV during its special coverage #ZilaSammelan on how the city is dealing to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Thousands of workers across India are walking to their villages amid the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the story of a mother in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, specially stands out.
Three more persons, including two Surat returnees, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 160, official sources said.
Separate central teams visited Ahmedabad and Surat cities in Gujarat on Saturday to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in these two districts,officials said.
A Surat-based hospital has been shut after 12 medical staffs of the hospital tested positive for coronavirus, on Thursday.
Curfew will be imposed in five densely populated areas of Gujarat's Surat in view of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, news agency PTI has reported. It will be effective from Thursday midnight to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Gujarat coronavirus cases in the country are nearing 500-mark as confirmed patients are now at 493 while 23 people have died in the state. In Gujarat, a total of 19 districts have been affected by the novel coronavirus positive cases.
In a shocking incident, female trainee clerks of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were made to stand naked together for a medical test at a civic body-run hospital in Gujarat.
Surat diamond industry is staring at a loss of Rs 8,000 crore in the next two months is exports to Hong Kong are hampered amid Coronavirus outbreak.
The fire brigade got a call around 4 am about the blaze in Raghuvir Celeum Center, a large textile market located in Saroli area, said the official. Several shops were gutted in the blaze which spread rapidly because of the dress material and other cloth items stored there, an official said.
A loud explosion was caught on camera after a truck carrying LPG cylinders collided with a bus in Surat on Thursday. Both the vehicles erupted in flames soon after the collision. A video of the explosion shows huge fireballs escaping in the air after the explosion.
In a letter to the director of Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, Air India authorities proposed to commence flight operations between Bhubaneswar and Surat from January 20, airport officials said.
Yashwant Ponikar, his son Bhavesh (7) and nephew Bhupendra (11) were killed when the motorcycle they were travelling in was hit by a speeding city bus on Dindoli bridge in Gujarat's Surat city, an official said
A video showing drunk Ganpati 'bhakts' 'welcoming' the god with liquor has gone viral. The revellers, as they should be called, can been seen holding what appear to be beer bottles. Almost everyone is drunk, dancing under influence, in front of idol of Ganpati which is a god of wisdom. People are not only drunk themselves but they making others drink as well, right there on the street, right in front of Ganpati
With two children and his wife to support, the 35-year-old diamond artisan is clueless about his sustenance and has been on a job search for two months. He lost his job after serving for six years at a diamond factory, which now he doesn't want to name, saying it will bring bad luck.
The accused, Ajit Vishwakarma (20), a resident of Hirabaug locality in Surat was arrested from his house, where he had sexually assaulted the girl on Thursday, police said.
A direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Surat will start operating soon, said Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Monday. The direct flight will operate twice a week.
Clashes took place between police and public in Gujarat's Surat over denial of permission for a procession, on Friday. Section 144 has been imposed in the area.
The Gujarat High Court has sought a detailed report from the state government on the investigation into the Surat fire tragedy that claimed lives of 22 students of a coaching institute last month.
Most of the students who were killed in the fire were aged between 14 and 17. Some were expecting their Class 12 results on Saturday.
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