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Surat fish market named after PM Modi sparks row; civic body says approval pending›

A new fish market in Surat faces controversy after being named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some traders object, citing the Prime Minister's vegetarian diet and personal beliefs. The Surat Municipal Corporation clarified that the official naming process for the market is not yet complete. The Surat Fish Merchant Association claims they independently passed a resolution for the naming.

In Gujarat, two deaths from toxic liquor in two days: 5 are in critical condition, one is brain dead; treatment continues for 25 people.›

In Gujarat, which has a ban on alcohol, 9 people have died so far from consuming spurious liquor. Meanwhile, Sanjay Singh Dodiya, a young man living in Surat, was declared brain dead on Friday. This young man had also attended a liquor party in Bhavnagar on the night of August 16th. After drinking, Sanjay returned to Surat that night. By morning, his condition had become extremely critical. He was admitted to INS Hospital in Surat. Sanjay had been...

A junior doctor in Gujarat, distressed by ragging, committed suicide: The four accused seniors have been suspended for 6 months and ordered to vacate the hostel.›

Here is the translation of the given Hindi text into English: Harsh Pandya, a first-year resident doctor studying at Government Medical College (GMC) in Surat, Gujarat, committed suicide on Sunday due to harassment from his peers. Four seniors from the college, Anuj Maheshwari, Dikshit Dhevariya, Nirali Vasave, and Hinaben Bhut, have been accused of ragging him. The college administration has suspended them for six months and ordered them to vacate their hostels.

Daughter murdered for demanding food, accused mother gets bail: Gujarat High Court stated that this is a collective failure of society and the government's moral responsibility to protect the weak.›

The Gujarat High Court has granted bail to the woman accused of beating her two-year-old daughter to death for demanding food. The court termed this incident as a collective failure of society. A bench of Justice Hasmukh D. Suthar said that the incident is heart-wrenching. Hunger is not just an economic issue, but a matter of human dignity, justice, and conscience. This incident reflects the failure of the social welfare system. It is a moral test for the state and society.

For the first time, a heart was transported via Vande Bharat train for transplantation: A green corridor was created from Surat to Ahmedabad, covering a distance of 250 km in 217 minutes.›

For the first time in the country, a heart was transported from Surat to Ahmedabad via the Vande Bharat Express train for transplantation. A green corridor was created from the hospital to the station for this heart transplant. The heart was then taken to a cardiac teaching hospital in Ahmedabad for transplantation. According to the railway, during this entire event on Friday, the Vande Bharat covered the 250 km distance from Surat to Ahmedabad with approximately