Surat: 550 grams of gold contained in two capsules were found in the private parts of a lady who arrived at Surat airport from Dubai. The lady, who arrived on an Indigo flight at around 5:30 pm, is from Pardi in the Valsad district. She was stopped by the Customs department staff on suspicion. It was found that she had visited Dubai four times in a year and returned. During screening, it was realized that she had smuggled items in her private parts. With the permission of the court, her X-...Read More

Surat: Surat Police have nabbed two persons with 192 pre-active sim cards before a flight to Dubai. The persons were under watch of Police over tip off of criminal activity. It is learnt that pre-active sim cards are eventually offered to those from India on foreign tour abroad. Such sim cards are bought and activated using third party details and documents and therefore one on foreign visit can use them for unlimited talk, because the telephone company would send bill to third party whose n...Read More

Ahmedabad: A passenger of Spicejet flight from Ahmedabad to Dubai could be seen in a viral video in heated argument with the airline staffer at the counter, following the delay in flight departure. The flight from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport for Dubai was delayed by 6 hours. A passenger was angry as the staff was clueless on departure time. An angry passenger could be seen in the video demanding compensation for delay as he was in all possibility going to miss a...Read More

Surat: In the Summer schedule which shall be effective after 31st March, the Air India Express will operate Surat - Dubai flight on fix uniform time. Presently this flight operates on different times on different days. After 31st March, this flight between Surat and Dubai will operate on four days a week - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 6.15 pm. It will land at Dubai at 7.55 pm. The flights will leave Dubai at 8.55 pm and reach Surat at 1.30 am. Meanwhile, another flight to ...Read More

Surat: The city of Surat, the second largest city of Gujarat will not just get a flight connectivity to Dubai but also to Hong Kong from December 17. Lok Sabha member from Navsari and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president in Gujarat, CR Patil has in a Facebook post made this announcement and conveyed thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. According to the details shared by Patil, the Indigo flight departing Surat at 21.20 hours will...Read More

Ahmedabad: A SpiceJet flight, en route from Ahmedabad to Dubai (SG 15), was unexpectedly rerouted and impounded by its lessor on November 30. Now, in the latest development, the flight has been released following an order from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court. A SpiceJet spokesperson has revealed during the hearing on December 7 (Thursday), the DIFC Court ruled in favor of SpiceJet, lifting the earlier freezing order. The judge not only revoked the order but also called for...Read More

Gandhinagar: Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi will be meeting a minister, diplomats and business leaders on first day of his visit to the United Arab Emirates(UAE). On the first day of his visit, he will be meeting the global partnership and diplomatic delegates and also do one to one meetings with important CROs and businessman who intend to invest in Gujarat. He will also discuss Gujarat's achievements, future development programmes, future industry sector development in Gujarat ...Read More

Sabarmati: The Gujarat government and the Riverfront Development Corporation held roadshows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in Middle Eastern nation United Arab Emirates to raise funds from the sale of 49 plots of Sabarmati riverfront and to develop the riverfront as a more effective recreational destination. It is learnt that three of Dubai's largest developer groups have shown interest in plots on the riverfront. Representatives of this developer group will visit the riverfront in the coming days. ...Read More

Surat: Police has nabbed Farhan Patel in Rs. 25.26 crore gold smuggling case in which 48.20 kg gold is seized by DRI. DRI has alleged that Farhan Patel had smuggled one kg gold and handed it over to Mumbai. In another trip to Dubai, Farhan had handed over 1 kg gold to immigration officer at Surat airport in washroom. Farhan was produced in court and sent on one day remand. Police have earlier arrested Uvesh Imtiyaz Sheikh, Sakib Mustak Atashbajiwala and Yasir Sheikh in this case along wi...Read More