Festive season likely to create 2-2.5 lakh jobs in H2 2026: ReportMumbai anticipates creating 2 to 2.5 lakh seasonal and gig jobs by late 2026. Festive hiring is projected to increase by fifteen to twenty ...
She became a wife at 11. 12 years later, she chose prison over living with her husband. At 24, she became India’s first woman to get a divorceIn an era where women’s rights were nothing more than a laughingstock in India and women were bartered away like cattle for marriage even b...
At 11, she was ordered to return to her husband. She chose jail and went on to become colonial India’s first practising female doctorAt 11, Rukhmabai was married to a 19-year-old relative but refused to live with him, choosing education and independence instead. Her husba...
Gujarat industry seeks easier access to incentives, lower cost of doing businessIndustry stakeholders say the opportunity for them lies in strengthening the link between its large industrial base and MSMEs while reducin...
Heavy rainfall inundates parts of Surat rural; Kim River in spate, traffic disruptedHeavy rainfall has caused significant waterlogging in rural South Gujarat areas. The Kim River overflowed, disrupting traffic and entering ...
NDRF rescues 67 people from floodwaters in Gujarat's Navsari; operation underwayThe NDRF rescued 67 people, including 25 women and 22 children, from flood-hit Sarikhurad village in Gujarat's Navsari district, with rescu...
India's biggest barrier for women who dream to work isn't a lack of jobs. It's unpaid careUnpaid care work, not job scarcity, keeps most Indian women out of the workforce in major cities, a new survey reveals. While female labour...
Kolkata, Surat top million-plus cities in entrepreneurshipKolkata, Surat, and Greater Hyderabad lead India's entrepreneurial landscape, housing over 22% of unincorporated businesses. These major ci...
From rough to radiance: Surat’s diamond industry that powers millionsNatural diamonds' value stems from human skill, transforming raw stones into meaningful treasures. India, particularly Surat, processes ove...
Gujarat BJP suspends its leader for circulating 'objectionable' picsAccording to BJP's Surat District Committee President Sandip Patel, the party received a complaint that Astik Patel had circulated the "obj...
Nearly 30,000 women join diamond trade in Surat, Saurashtra since April“Women were steadily coming into diamond cutting and polishing over the last five years. But the flow has increased post-Covid as they want...
Demonetisation ground report: Polyester hub in Surat yet to bounce back a year after note banAlmost 400,000 women who would earn Rs 300-800 per day by working from homes —sewing, stitching or pasting diamonds and other embellishment...
Congress plans drive for Gujarat urban seats, looks to woo students, youth votersThe strategy involves targetted campaign to catch youth voters, ward-level meetings and micro management of booths.
New auto service in Surat: By the women, for the womenSurat Municipal Corporation (SMC) launched Pink Auto Service of women auto rickshaw drivers to cater only to women passengers in the city o...
Charges framed against Asaram in rape case in GandhingarA court in Gandhinagar framed charges against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, paving the way start of trial, more than two years after the ...
Congress workers stage statewide protests against Giriraj Singh's remark"The police detained five Youth Congress members at Fatehgunj area of the city after they tried to burn Giriraj Singh's effigy," PG Patel s...
- 13 crushed to death by train in Surat
At least 13 people were crushed to death under a train in Udhna district on Wednesday night, Railway police said.