Surat: Heavy rain lashed parts of South Gujarat today, with nearly 14 inches of rainfall reported in Umarpada taluka of Surat district during a 6-hour period from 6 am to 12 noon. Other than Surat, Bharuch, Narmada, and Vadodara districts also witnessed heavy rain during this period. Umarpada in Surat received 13.9 inches of rain in just 6 hours, followed by Netrang in Bharuch with 7.3 inches, and Garudeshwar in Narmada with 5.7 inches of rainfall during this period. Surat, Bharuch, Narmad...Read More

Surat: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has nabbed a head constable from Umarpada taluka here in a bribery case involving Rs. 50,000. According to the details of the case, the accused, Prafulbhai Shankarbhai Patel, who works as the head constable in section-3 of the Umarpada police station, demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000 for not revealing the name of the complainant in a prohibition crime case filed at Umarpada police station. Since the complainant was not willing to pay the bribe, ...Read More

Surat: In line with the Prime Minister's vision to avail best possible education facilities in tribal areas, the state government has allocated Rs 25.58 lakhs to be spent on starting science and commerce streams at a college in Umarpada. The decision was taken in response to the representation made by former education minister Ganpat Vasava before current education minister Jitu Vaghani. After this, students from Umarpada and surrounding villages will now be admitted in the science and commer...Read More