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The world's largest office building is not the Pentagon. It is a complex in Surat
Fp Explainers •Surat Diamond Bourse in Gujarat's Surat is all set to become the world's largest office space, surpassing the Pentagon. Nine rectangular buildings make up the 15-storey complex, which is situated on 35 acres of land. A spine in the middle connects them all
Meet the 8-year-old diamond heiress, who is giving it all up to be a Jain monk
•Devanshi Sanghvi was, until this week, an heiress to the Rs 5 billion Sanghvi and Sons jewellery business in Gujarat's Surat. She has given up all her material possessions to enter the Jain monkhood
Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Gujarat
•According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 10.26 am in 61 kilometres Southeast of Surat
Gujarat polls: AIMIM announces names of two candidate for seats in Ahmedabad, Surat
•The party has fielded its state chief Sabir Kabliwala, a former Congress MLA, from Jamalpur-Khadia in Ahmedabad, its Dalit face Kaushika Parmar from Danilimda (SC) seat and Wasim Qureshi from Surat-East
Fake notes from 'Reverse Bank of India' seized in Surat
•The bogus notes were being transported to Mumbai for use in a movie, police said
Gujarat: Seven held for lynching ragpicker on suspicion of being thief
•The incident occurred in Surat's Amroli locality on the night of 25 September and a First Information Report was lodged at Amroli police station on Monday evening, an official said
PM Modi to lay foundation for infra projects worth Rs 29,000 crores on 2-day trip to Gujarat
Fp Staff •On a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat beginning 29 September, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of various infrastructural projects worth around Rs 29,000 crores in events spanning Surat, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Ambaji
India becoming world's fifth largest economy no ordinary feat, every Indian proud of it, says PM Modi
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually addressed beneficiaries of various government schemes and those present at a mega medical camp organised in Olpad area of Surat city in Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year
Gujarat: Incessant rain causes flood-like situation in Surat
Fp Staff •The state's 207 reservoirs are filled up to 80 per cent capacity, of which 86 have been put on high alert
Surat: School principal held for 'sexually harassing' student
•The victim, a 14-year-old boy, studies in Class 8 in the school