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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Gujarat BJP vice president quits after rape charge by Surat girl
Ahmedabad : Gujarat BJP vice-president and former legislator from Kutch Jayanti Bhanushali on Friday stepped down from his post after a 21-year-old girl from Surat filed a police complaint of rape and blackmail against him. Photo : Facebook The complaint says that the girl came in contact with Bhanushali for her admission in a fashion […]
IndiGo flight to Surat from August
New Delhi : Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Friday said that it will commence flight services to Gujarat’s Surat from August. According to the airline, it will operate new flights to and from Surat connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Jaipur. “To provide more enhanced connectivity across India, IndiGo will operate three new routes, including […]