India, China to scan unorganised Ind Aug 27, 2009
Other cities considered for the surveys include Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province of China, and Surat, Indias diamond and textile hub. Both the cities witness huge numbers of migrant workers and daily wage earners. (India Times)
India hotspot for new infectious diseases: Report Aug 21, 2009
Other zooneses in India include incidences of Japanese encephalitis in UP, the Surat plague, leptospirosis and more common infections such as rabies and anthrax. Worldwide, the study found that disease emergences have roughly quadrupled over the past 50 years. (India Times, India)
Gujarat beaches polluted Aug 13, 2009
"Initially we thought that the substance was dumped by some ship in high sea. But our investigation confirmed that it was crude oil which might have spilled from either Bombay High in Maharashtra or from the drilling in Hazira region in Surat district," he said. Nanda said a four-member team, comprising representatives of Environment and Forest department, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), are probing the source of... (India Times)
Swine flu: 12 deaths in Pune, India toll rises to 19 Aug 13, 2009
The figures include five from Ahmedabad, four from Surat and one from Navsari, Saxena said. In Navsari, a 14-year-old boy has been infected by the virus. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Residue spread across Gujarat beaches raise stink Aug 10, 2009
Rape of South Gujarat beaches - Surat - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... SURAT: Come Sundays and there is not enough parking space on the approach to beaches of south Gujarat. (India Times, India)
Century's longest solar eclipse tomorrow Jul 22, 2009
The Indian cities through which the shadow of total eclipse passes are Bhavnagar, Surat, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gaya, Patna, Bhagalpur, Jalpaigudi, Guwahati and Dibrugarh. The countries to witness the path of the Moon's umbral shadow are India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Longest Solar Eclipse of 21st Century to Pass Over India, China Tomorrow Jul 21, 2009
It will pass over the cities of Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Varanasi and Patna, according to NASA.. Residents of Mumbai wont get a view of a full eclipse as the path will move just north of the city, according to the U.S. space agency. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Century's longest Solar eclipse on July 22 Jul 19, 2009
In India, the shadow sweeps over the cities of Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Varanasi and Patna. Travelling across Bhutan, the eclipse will be visible in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar), before reaching China at 06:35 IST, he said. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Air disasters timeline Jul 16, 2009
11 December: crashes on a domestic flight during its third attempt to land at Surat Thani, Thailand, killing 101 people. 2 September: from New York to Geneva crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada killing all 229 people on board. (BBC News -- Africa)
Top Article: Don't Miss The Bus Jul 15, 2009
For example, Delhi's and Pune's BRT and Volvo buses in Bangalore have been in the news for apparently not meeting expectations while systems like shared CNG three-wheelers in Surat and shared Maruti car taxis in Shillong seem to be serving mobility needs, being safe, accessible, affordable and convenient to use. The point being made is each city has unique transportation and traveller characteristics. (India Times, India)
Why eclipse fever is raging through an India village Jul 15, 2009
Surat in Gujarat and Patna in Bihar are also expected to be excellent locations for good views. The villagers have never seen anything like it. (BBC News -- Science)
Lalit Group to invest Rs 1,500 cr Jul 11, 2009
The company has already identified seven locations, including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Faridabad, Ahmedabad and Surat, for the initial set of mid-market hotels. It plans to take the total number of such economy hotels to 25 in the next 3-4 years. (India Times)
India deaths from toxic liquor hit 112 Jul 11, 2009
Congress party supporters attacked the offices of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Ahmadabad and Surat, the state's diamond trading hub, witnesses said ... In Surat, members of a women's rights group raided a bootlegging shop Thursday, destroyed the liquor stocks and handed over the owner to police. (MSNBC -- International)
'LeT planning repeat of 26/11' Jul 8, 2009
The report, which claims that the Indian intelligence agencies have confirmed the Gulf link to terror in India, mentions 26/11 and last years blasts in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Surat as LeTs operations that were financed by its Gulf cells and masterminded by its Gulf-based operatives and carried out in collusion with IM and SIMI. ... It was also found by the probe agencies that it were the Gulf-based operatives that had masterminded and executed a series of blasts in Bangalore,... (India Times)
Civil Society Wants More Action on Conflict Diamonds Jun 30, 2009
According to GW's Harrowell, information on the flow of stones into and out of major cutting and polishing centres, like Surat in India and Antwerp in Belgium, was still very limited, creating a possible entry point for conflict diamonds into the legitimate multimillion-dollar market. "Once just one side of a diamond is polished it is no longer covered by the KPCS," she pointed out. (allAfrica.com)
Attacked in Australia but determined to stay on Jun 29, 2009
Hailing from Surat in Gujarat, mop-haired Desai says that he will surely apply for PR and that is one crucial reason why he is here. His friend, Hardik Bipinbhai Patel, also from Surat was pursuing a course in commercial cookery here and was attacked two weeks ago. (India Times, India)
Local diamond sales double Jun 27, 2009
SURAT: India that polishes diamonds for the world, is now keeping a few more stones for itself ... "Recession has sent the message across to those who were looking for the right opportunity to invest in polished diamonds. Over the last three months alone, the domestic demand for polished diamond has gone up from 2% to 4%, and this is increasing," said Praveen Nanavati, past president of Surat Diamond Association ... According to the Surat diamond industry, the demand is now on a recovery path... (India Times)
Pantaloon's to open 9 malls by Dec Jun 23, 2009
"We plan to expand Central in some of the country's other consumption centres such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Surat, Mumbai, Vizag, Jaipur, Thane, Raipur and Nashik," he said. The retail major has also sought to raise additional long term funds of up to Rs 1,000 crore in one or more tranches through issuance of securities to various investors. (India Times)
Hit & run: Cars new choice of rapists Jun 20, 2009
Within days of the rape inside moving cars in Surat and Bhopal, an 18-year-old British girl was assaulted by two men inside a taxi near Palampur in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday evening ... In Surat, the three youth who raped a 17-year-old girl on June 13, drove around the city for about 25 km and filmed the gory act ... Within days of the rape inside moving cars in Surat and Bhopal, an 18-year-old British girl was assaulted by two men inside a taxi near Palampur in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday... (India Times, India)
Mumbai woman gangraped in Bhopal Jun 19, 2009
The incident comes six days after a similar case in Surat where a teenaged girl was gangraped by three youths in a car. SP (Bhopal) Jaideep Prasad said, The couple left the Asaram Bapu ashram at around 8. (India Times, India)
Model forces maid into prostitution Jun 18, 2009
MUMBAI: The Versova police have booked a small-time model for forcing her 17-year-old maid to solicit clients at various places across Mumbai, Pune and Surat. No arrest has been made yet. (India Times, India)
More >> Jun 17, 2009
Indias consumption of natural fibre to MMF that stands at 50:50 against the world ratio of 35:65 can only be changed if policy changes are incorporated in the existing system, adds chairman of Surat Art Silk Cloth Manufacturers Association Arun Jariwala. A policy would ensure removal of price barriers and ease of sourcing to the consumers, he adds. (India Times)
119 Ahmedabad schools get 0% Jun 5, 2009
Besides, 12 schools each in Vadodara and Surat districts recorded zero per cent pass percentage, while 13 schools from Panchamahal district figured in this category ... Of those schools with 100 per cent result, Rajkot district topped the list with 36 schools, while Ahmedabad city and Anand district stood second with 31 schools each and Surat came third with 29 schools. (India Times, India)
Fear wins out as Indian student heads for home Jun 2, 2009
But Suketu Modi, 18, from Surat in western India, returned home five months ago from Melbourne out of fear, long before the recent incidents. Ecstatic at his father agreeing to let him pursue his "Australian dream", Modi left his family's flourishing hotel business last year to study at the Holmesglen Institute in Melbourne, but was bashed on a train as he travelled home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NAASR to host illustrated talk on Armenians in India Thursday Jun 1, 2009
Dr. Khalidi s lecture will give an overview of India s Armenian diaspora, its churches, cemeteries, and related art, in such locations as Kolkata (Calcutta), Bombay, Delhi, Agra, Surat, Hyderabad, Madras, Dhaka (in modern Bangladesh), and elsewhere. Dr. Omar Khalidi has a Ph. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Race attack deals crushing blow to IT dream May 31, 2009
SURAT: Leaving behind his family's booming hospitality business in Surat, Suketu Modi flew to Australia with a dream of making it big in information technology ... The 'curry bashing', as it is known there, left him so scared that he packed up within a week to return to Surat. (India Times, India)
It's a good time to buy property overseas May 28, 2009
Brokers claim buyers in cities like Surat, Bhubaneshwar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kolkata and Amritsar are also showing interest. "Its really a good time to buy property overseas since prices in most of these markets are even cheaper than in some top Indian cities. The demand is more in Dubai, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and London," C.B. Richard Ellis CMD (South Asia) Anshuman Magazine told ET.. (India Times)
States alerted on regrouping of SIMI May 25, 2009
In Gujarat, police have been asked to keep a special watch over places like Vadodara and Surat. Though the surveillance list has 73 names procured from call lists of SIMI members arrested from MP, Bihar, AP and Maharashtra. (India Times, India)
SBI attracts 548 kg gold in two months May 24, 2009
"Our branches in four centres of Gujarat - Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara, have arracted 548 kgs of gold in the last two months," a senior SBI official said. "Gold desposit scheme has done exceptionally well especially in Ahmedabad with 80% of deposits coming to bank vaults are from the city out of the total gold deposits of 548 kilograms recieved so far from across the state," he added. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Raising the banners Apr 29, 2009
Other shop owners say they usually buy the cloth from mills in Surat, Ahmedabad and Delhi. Rest of the job is then entrusted to a contractor who usually gets items stitched from small households, situated in a distant suburb in Mumbai. (India Times)
Evolution of Sethiji to CEOji Apr 3, 2009
Around the same time, Surat merchant Virji Vohra, counted among the worlds richest merchants , lent money to the English. The merchants of Surat were akin to the Venetians in India and used their wealth to command absolute control ... When Aurangzeb, in financial doldrums, sought an interest-free loan from the Surat merchant-bankers at the imperial camp, they simply refused on the grounds that it would set a bad precedent. (India Times)
Gujarat to get over 50 CBSE schools Mar 30, 2009
Interestingly, Surat has got permission to start 13 CBSE schools the highest in the state followed by Vadodara (9), Valsad (6), Bharuch (7), Ahmedabad (4), Navsari (3), Kutch (2), Junagadh (2), Anand (2) and one each in Panchmahals, Kheda and Bharuch. Gandhinagar will also set up three CBSE schools from the coming academic year. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Diamond ind forcing layoffs in India Mar 29, 2009
Eight out of 10 of the world's diamonds are processed in the busy trading city of Surat where diamond cutters work round the clock sorting, cutting and polishing stones to meet export orders from Europe and the United States. But the biggest global economic slump in decades has forced mass layoffs in Surat's multi-billion-dollar diamond trade that employed about a million workers directly or indirectly before the crisis hit ... "Diamonds aren't a necessity," said Rohit Mehta of the Surat Diamond... (India Times)
India battles its urban wild Mar 21, 2009
The city of Surat was badly impacted. Indeed, even as India transitions as an emerging economy and global business hub, the intermeshing of high growth pockets with arenas that still need reform creates its own set of peculiarities. (Asia Times Online)
26/11: India expects Pak to act fast Mar 18, 2009
In yet another strange, if not downright silly, question, Pakistan also asked India about what it described as links between diamond merchants in Surat and Hindus in Pakistan. According to Pakistan, the Malegaon blasts may have been sponsored by some of these diamond merchants. (India Times, India)
Poll fever masks India's gloom Mar 18, 2009
The diamond trade in the Surat district of Gujarat, western India, is a classic case study. Export orders from their largest clients, the US, have fallen to an all-time low. (Asia Times Online)
Sketching the face of terror Mar 15, 2009
Adds Surat artist and software-developer Tamal Roy, "We have such few good police artists that it's easier and probably simpler to develop moderate resemblances using software.". Text. (India Times, India)
Jobs: ‘There is no survival' Mar 10, 2009
In Surat, the heart of India's gems and jewellery industry, where 70 per cent of the world's diamond-polishing takes place, at least 200,000 people have lost jobs since October ... Already, school enrolment in Surat is said to be down by nearly half. (Globe and Mail)
Surat woes: Diamond jobs not forever Mar 9, 2009
SURAT: For Jaysukhbhai Patel, a job cutting diamonds in the western Indian city of Surat was the ticket to a better life for him and his family of four ... The woes of Surat reflect a wider downturn for India's export sector, which accounts for a fifth of Asia's third largest economy ... Surat is the heart of the industry, built on the skills of its craftsmen, its cheap migrant labour and its legendary entrepreneurial spirit. (India Times)
Diamond sector may sparkle again Mar 7, 2009
According to Surat Diamond Association president CP Vanani, If banks will lend money against polished diamonds, it will solve the liquidity problem of the industry, he said ... The recommendation to set up an education fund will help the workers to pay the school fees of children, said Babubhai Jirawala, president of Surat diamond workers association. (India Times)
Training for gems a priority: Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Gems Mar 1, 2009
Says Choksi, with proper training we can also move out of the small five or six clusters such as Surat to areas throughout the country. This will enable us to grow bigger and not just restrict ourselves to five to seven per cent of the world trade. (India Times)
IM man confession puts ATS in a spot Feb 28, 2009
The crime branch, while investigating the cars stolen from Navi Mumbai which were used in the 2008 blasts in Ahmedabad and planting of bombs in Surat, arrested Sadiq and 20 others last September. DGP A N Roy had then said that Sadiqs claims were part of an al-Qaida ploy to mislead investigators. (India Times, India)
Torrent India No. 1 among private power distributors Feb 28, 2009
TPL, which has a generation capacity of 1600 MW, presently distributes power in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat and Bhiwandi. Apart from entering UP, it will also start distributing power in Dahej, Gujarat. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
File: Govt unveils policy to push exports; $200bn target set Feb 27, 2009
While Srinagar will have a new office of the DGFT, Bhilwara in Rajasthan and Surat in Gujarat have been recognized as towns of Export Excellence for textiles and diamonds respectively. The government has also allowed export of blood samples without license after obtaining no objection certificate from the Director General of Health Services (DGHS). (India Times, India)
Confessions! Feb 22, 2009
"I knew all along my marriage would be a traditionally arranged affair. Ours being a typically Gujarati family, marriages were more of business deals and I knew my life too would follow the same path. I remember receiving a call from my mother while I was a graduate student in London informing me that my wedding had been fixed to a family friend's daughter from Surat. Initially I protested saying that we should at least meet once, but my mother scoffed at my request saying, 'What will you know... (India Times, India)
Kareenas dedication made her 'size zero': Rujuta Diwekar Feb 17, 2009
My sister, Ankita, too kicked a high paying job post IIM to start a school in Surat. Today Fountain Head is the first IB school in Surat. (Zee News)
Chargesheet against IM terrorists today Feb 17, 2009
MUMBAI: Mumbai Police will on Tuesday file chargesheet against 21 alleged members of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) for hatching the conspiracy to set off blasts in various cities including Delhi, Bangalore and Surat ... The terror group is alleged to have carried out blasts across the country since 2006 including the 2008 serial blasts in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore and Surat. (India Times, India)
Hepatitis D claims 12 lives in Modassa Feb 16, 2009
PALANPUR: Health department officials have swung into action in Modassa town, where 12 persons have died and 35 fallen ill due to the deadly hepatitis D virus since a week. Officials raided premises of 10 private medical practitioners and initiated a process of filing an FIR against one doctor, who was not using disposable syringes and not even sterilising them. (Times of India)
Modi govt only for the rich: Rahul Feb 15, 2009
SURAT: On Valentine's Day, he glittered brighter than the diamonds Surat is known for. And, though he proclaimed he doesn't believe in V-Day celebrations, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi won many hearts during his visit to Surat, mingling with polishers who lost their jobs in the slump. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Manmohan is PM candidate: Rahul Feb 15, 2009
Surat: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the prime ministerial candidate of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. "I have answered this question so many times in the past. Manmohan Singh is the prime minister (candidate) from the Congress and the UPA," Gandhi told reporters in reply to a query. (Sify.com, India)
RBI sets up task force for diamond industry Feb 13, 2009
Thousands of small diamond cutting and polishing units are located in and around Surat. One lakh jobs lost. (Hindu Business Line)
Rahul Gandhi to visit Surat, Valsad on Feb 14 Feb 11, 2009
SURAT: Congress leader and All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Surat and Daman during a day-long trip to south Gujarat on February 14. Gandhi's first stop will be at Varachha, where he would meet diamond workers and later visit families of those who committed suicide due to financial hardship, sources in Congress city unit said. (Times of India)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Netherlands supports Indias stand on WTO Feb 7, 2009
Mr. Heemskerk will visit Delhi, Pune and Mumbai during his visit and some members of the delegation would to go Bhavnagar, Surat and Bangalore. Printer friendly Send this article to Friends by. (Hindu)
