Raju Desai

The abrupt return of mayor Raju Desai midway through the tour of Pune and Kanpur has created a lot of embarrassment and loss of face for a section of the ruling BJP in the civic body. Desai returned home leaving the study tour halfway that he had insisted and organized on behest of a Gurgaon-based agency that runs a waste to energy plant and operates in that city for the collection of door-to-door garbage, has cast a lot of doubts even in the unassuming minds of partymen.

The abrupt return of mayor Raju Desai midway through the tour of Pune and Kanpur has created a lot of embarrassment and loss of face for a section of the ruling BJP in the civic body.

The fate of the 40-metre-high skyscraper, proposed by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) hangs in balance with the state government unlikely to clear the file before January 26.

A couple who live together in Ghatlodia were attacked by the woman's relatives, who are against the relationship. On Wednesday night, a group of men led by the woman's cousins smashed up the man's car and other vehicles outside the couple's home.

City unit Congress president Ashok Jirawala said, "It came to our notice that property tax dues were pending. We have paid them and the issue is over."

Actor Milind Gawali is currently winning the audience's hearts with his performance as Aniruddha in the TV show Aai Kuthe Kay Karte.

The diamond city's glitter has been noticed by the world. Surat ranks fourth in a global study of fastest developing cities conducted by The City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank on urban affairs.

After dumping the proposal of setting up a tertiary water treatment plant last year, the ruling party has once again realized the need for such a plant looking at the future need of water in the city.

Despite adopting zero encroachment policy on 17 main roads of the city, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) the desired results are no where visible.

The divisions within the ruling BJP in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is out in the open following the infighting among the leaders over the issue of contracts for door-to-door garbage collection and waste to energy project.

A major fire erupted in Indian Oil's Salaya-Mathura pipeline near Detroj in Ahmedabad on Tuesday evening.

The city has set its eyes on becoming one of the smarter cities of the world in the next few years and has thus identified four major challenges that need to be tackled to achieve its aim.

A 55-year-old man approached the Naranpura police after he was asked to pay Rs 8 lakh as interest over the principal amount of Rs 55,000 by his creditors.

The India Renal Foundation (IRF) and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) jointly organised a public awareness rally to commemorate the World Kidney Day on Thursday.

Residents in Adajan-Pal have heaved a sigh of relief as the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) inaugurated the down-lane of the Adajan flyover bridge connecting Sardar bridge to Gujarat gas circle on Friday.

Around seven years ago, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) decided to rope in private parties to maintain its traffic islands.

Don't be surprised if you find your local corporators surfing on their laptops with internet connections in the coming days...

It is a crunch time for the two BJP factions, one headed by city party president Purnesh Modi supported by Navsari MP C R Patil and the other by his predecessor Pravin Naik, also a former Rajya Sabha MP, supported by Surat MP Darshana Jardosh.

As expected, squabbles in the city unit of BJP led to the postponement of the announcement of the list of the selected candidates for the posts of executive engineers and town development officer in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).

Thousands of households in Adarsh Society area in mayor Raju Desai's Athwa ward received sewerage water in the drinking water pipelines on Wednesday.

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) proposes to set up a separate cell for climate change.Perhaps it would be the only civic body in the country to do so when ever that happens in the next few days.

Recently Surtis were treated to a visual extravaganza of sorts when popular city models strutted their stuff...

Does any tier two city in the country have an official residence for its mayor on land worth Rs 50 crore? The answer to this question would be in the negative.

One Raju Desai lodged a complaint with Naranpura police here on Saturday against his brother Vishnu Desai, Vishnu’s son Darshil and his wife Rekha for attacking him with sticks. Raju in his complaint stated that he and Vishnu stay in a joint family.

On black spot on the otherwise developing Surat city is its underdeveloped and filthy railway station, which is leaving a bitter impression among travelers.

The Surat Tree Watch, a unique drive launched on World Environment Day on Sunday, aims at counting the number of trees and their species in the city by July 5.