Surat, August 9 : Gujarat police have found another live bomb near Amroli Bridge in Katargam area of Surat. Saturday’s finding takes the total number of bombs found in the last fortnight in the city to 25.

“We have found a bomb from Katargam area. It is similar to the ones that were found earlier. We have defused it,” Deputy Commissioner of Police V. Chandrasekhar said.

“The bomb squad opened the packet and defused it,” he added.

Reportedly the bomb was found outside Hanuman Temple which devotees throng on Saturday’s.

Ahmedabad/ Surat, July 31 : The Gujarat Government and police believe that the planting of bombs in the city was impossible without the support of the locals.

A government official said: "Though the conspiracy has a pan-national angle, it could not have been possible without the local support."

Surat Police Commissioner R M S Brar said: "The terrorist operations of such massive scale is not possible without local support. The planting of bombs, the selection of places, transportation of explosive materials was impossible without their support."

The Surat Crime Branch carried out massive combing operations this morning.

New Delhi  - A live bomb was found in the western Indian city of Surat Wednesday, bringing the number of unexploded bombs found there over two days to 19, police said.

The explosive was found in a busy market area a short distance from a site visited by Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat state, four days after 21 bombs exploded in Ahmedabad, the state's principal city, killing at least 50 people and injuring 200.

Modi, who visited five Surat sites where bombs were discovered Tuesday, said terrorists were waging a "proxy war" against India.

Surat, July 30 : As Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today visited Surat to take stock of the security situation here, another live bomb has been found in the city.

According to latest reports, the bomb has been spotted in the Baroda Prestige area in Varacha by local residents.

Modi announced a reward of Rs 51 lakh for information leading to terrorists involved in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad and planting of bombs in Surat.

He said, "We are fighting a war against terror and we will deal with it with utmost strictness."

Surat, July 30: Surat Administration has ordered a full day closure of schools, colleges, parks, malls and cinema halls in the city a day after 18 bombs were defused from different places here.

Diamond and textile units are also likely to remain closed.

The administration has tightened the security in the wake of deadly serial blasts in Ahmedabad and Bangalore and the recovery of bombs from residential areas which are usually crowded.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi today visited Surat to take stock of the volatile security situation there.

Yesterday, the bombs were found in and around Varacha area, where most of the diamond polishing units of the South Gujarat city are located.

Surat, July 29 : Several live bombs have been found in different places in Surat today, out of which three bombs were defused in the residential areas of Varacha, confirmed police.

The first two bombs were found in Labheshwar and Santoshinagar areas of Varacha. They were kept inside an abandoned bag. A third was found hanging on a tree behind the Matavadi Police outpost in the Varacha area this morning.

The police have sounded a ''high alert'' in the city in the wake of live bombs being found within a span of three hours.

The bomb contents have been sent to a forensic science lab for analysis, police said.