Tag: Surat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat is geared “for the worst situation” as cyclone Ochki, that left a trail of destruction in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, is expected to make landfall near Surat by Tuesday midnight, officials said. The authorities have closed schools in the region till Wednesday. The Coast Guard has called back around 13,000 fishing boats that […]

Berhampur: A large number of migrant workers, engaged in textiles industry in Gujarat’s Surat, are on their way home to villages in Ganjam district to cast their votes during the three-tier panchayat polls next month. The usually-sleepy railway stations of Berhampur, Keshapur and Chhatrapur are suddenly seeing a surge in passengers alighting from Okha-Puri and […]

Surat: More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the Odisha Parba festival on the opening day of the two-day extravaganza today in Surat. The festival will showcase the rich culture, heritage, history and legacy of Odisha. The event organised by Odia Samaj will be held at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) in […]

Bhubaneswar: Non resident Odias residing in Surat of Gujarat have come forward to extend their helping hand to the Fani victims back home in Odisha by sending relief materials including water bottles, biscuit packets, sugar and flattened rice. According to sources, the relief materials were collected and sent via train to Bhubaneswar. “We have sent […]

Surat: Several students of a coaching class jumped off a commercial complex after it caught fire Friday afternoon, officials said. At least 23 people died in the fire and the death toll may rise, informed Surat Police Commissioner Satish Kumar Mishra. The fire engulfed the third and fourth floor of the Taxshila Complex here, the […]

Surat(Gujarat): During the fire mishap at the Takshila Complex in Surat yesterday, a youth turned messiah for many students by giving them a new lease of life. Upon hearing screams for help and spotting smoke billowing out of the building, the youth, Ketan, arrived at the spot and immediately launched a rescue operation and saved […]

Surat: Bidding adieu to close ones is probably the toughest task, but for parents, the decision to donate the organs of a dying son can take no less than extraordinary courage. One such family from Ganjam district decided to make their son Suraj Behera ‘immortal’ by donating his heart, eyes, kidneys and liver to save […]

Surat: A team of the Rajasthan and Gujarat child rights commissions, the former’s anti-human trafficking unit and an NGO jointly rescued 138 children in the 10-16 age group from Surat on Sunday, officials said. These children were brought from Rajasthan to work in the city’s textile sector, hotels and as domestic workers, they said. The […]

Surat: A major fire broke out in a seven-storey market in Gujarat’s Surat city in the wee hours of Tuesday, engulfing several shops in the complex, a fire official said. While there was no report of any casualty so far, the fire brigade declared a ‘brigade call’ and deployed over 60 fire tenders, water tankers […]

New Delhi: With some of the 100 selected Smart Cities lagging behind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi will guide Amritsar and Ahmedabad will help Chandigarh in implementing projects under the mission. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will […]

Surat: A 49-year-old man from Odisha staying in Surat, who was recently declared brain-dead by the doctors at Kiran Hospital here, has given a new lease of life to six persons. Bipin Pradhan, a resident of Bhatapada village under Kabisuryanagar block of Ganjan district was reportedly working as a supervisor in a weaving unit at […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha government making registration mandatory for people stranded outside the state & intending to return after the COVID19 lockdown ends on May 3, as many as 4.86 lakh people have registered themselves on the dedicated website. During the daily press briefing today, Odisha govt spokesperson Subroto Bagchi informed that in the past 48 […]

Bhubaneswar: Citing that COVID19 cases in Odisha have doubled since his last address in a short span of time, Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik today said that the next few days are crucial for Odisha as people from other states will return and any mistake or lapses in handling the situation can lead to an […]

Ganjam: As many as 217 Odia migrants who were stuck in Gujarat’s Surat amid the nationwide lockdown following COVID-19 outbreak have finally arrived in Ganjam today after a journey of over 60 hours. As per reports, the first lot of stranded migrants from Surat boarded in four buses on Monday and reached Seragad and Dharakot […]

Maharashtra: As many as five persons were injured after the bus ferrying migrants from Surat to Odisha’s Ganjam district overturned near Karanja on Nagpur-Amravati National Highway (NH) in Maharashtra on Sunday. All the injured including two bus staff and three migrants have been admitted to the nearby Karanja hospital in Maharashtra, said sources. The bus […]