Surat | A 26-year-old man collapsed and died while practicing garba at a community hall in Surat. Raj Modi, resident of Palanpur village, was practicing traditional Garba dance at the community hall of the Surat Municipal Corporation in the city on Wednesday when he abruptly complained of severe chest pain and collapsed while seated on […]
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Fire officers suspended for Surat blaze, state govt orders all coaching centres shut
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation on Saturday suspended two fire officers for granting a no-objection certificate to the building which was engulfed by a devastating fire here that claimed 22 young lives, hours after the manager of the coaching class where the deceased students were studying was arrested and two others booked for the incident. Municipal […]
Surat Fire Tragedy: Death toll rises to 23, two students on ventilator
Surat: The death toll in the Friday’s devastating blaze in Surat rose to 23 by Saturday, even as seven students battled for survival in hospitals, officials said. Two of the injured students were on ventilator and five admitted to intensive care units (ICU). The condition of four others was reported to be stable. Most of the […]
Devastating fire in Surat building claims 20 lives
Surat: With fire brigade personnel pulling out more bodies from the charred remains of a coaching centre in a Surat building which caught a major fire on Friday, the death toll in the tragic incident rose to 20, while 16 other students were injured. As many as 13 students of them were girls and three boys, […]
Devastating fire in Surat building kills 17 students
Surat: A devastating fire engulfed a coaching centre in a Surat building in Gujarat on Friday, killing 17 students. Official sources said some of the students were charred to death while some jumped off the four-storey building in panic and died as they fell. Fire Brigade sources confirmed that 17 students were killed in the […]
15 students die in fire at Surat coaching centre
Surat: At least 15 students were killed and several others injured in a devastating fire at a coaching centre atop a four-storey building in Sarthana area of Surat in Gujarat on Friday evening. Official sources said some of the students were charred to death while some jumped off the building in panic and died as they […]
Asaram’s son Narayan Sai gets life imprisonment in rape case
Surat: A court here on Tuesday sentenced 40-year-old Narayan Sai, the son of self-styled godman Asaram, to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. The sessions court, which had convicted him on Friday, also slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on him, asking him to pay this amount as compensation to the victim. He […]
Asaram’s son Narayan Sai too convicted of rape
Surat: The Surat Sessions Court on Friday pronounced Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram, guilty in a 2013 rape case. The quantum of sentence will be announced on April 30. Narayan Sai, 40, was arrested from Pipli near Haryana’s Kurukshetra in December 2013 after two sisters from Surat filed rape complaints against him and his […]
One day, they (Nehru-Gandhi) family will have to go: Modi
Surat | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday taunted the Nehru-Gandhi family asserting that the family which ruled for four generations was “on bail and one day they will have to go.” Addressing a massive youth conclave, where he received a cheering applause, he said, “You know one family which has ruled for four generations, […]
Modi stops speech when lensman faints
Surat : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday halted while speaking at a function held here after seeing a cameraman of a news channel faint. He quickly gestured officials to take care of the man. Modi was speaking after the foundation stone laying ceremony of the extension building of the Surat airport terminal. He was […]