Surat

SURAT - In the first conviction of its kind in the country, two foreign nationals were Thursday convicted by a court here for possession of banned diamonds.

SURAT - A bag with the inscription of a Godhra wheat mill is one of the many clues left behind by a gang of nearly 40 thieves that audaciously struck at a jewellery showroom in Kosamba town near here and walked away with 30 kg of goldware and cash worth Rs.6 crore ($1.3 million), leaving bystanders stupefied.

SURAT - Police had to fire in the air in this Gujarat city to disperse mobs after a minor skirmish between migrant labourers and autorickshaw drivers turned into a violent clash Monday.

SURAT - The lure of winning a Rs.100 bet made a labourer eat a dead snake but the decision, taken under the influence of alcohol, landed him in hospital in Gujarat's Surat city, a doctor said Wednesday.