Traditionally, workers in Surat get a fortnight to a month-long holiday for Diwali, said industry executives.

Though the diamond manufacturing units are scheduled to reopen on July 14 after a fortnight of shutdown, traders said the units may not be ...

There will be some recovery in demand in fourth quarter.

India is the world's largest cutting and polishing centre of rough diamonds, processing as many as 14 out of every 15 rough diamonds in the...

Diamond mining companies such as De Beers, ALROSA, Rio Tinto and Dominion Diamond have also not forced Indian processors to lift higher vol...

The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells its products under the 'Amul' brand, has decided to increase prices...

Four Surat-based diamond companies have come together to start an airline service to connect Surat with smaller cities in Gujarat.

An unlikely casualty of the Indian election season is the country's diamond trade. That's because the model code of conduct bars transactio...

Diamond units, most of which operate from houses, see hectic activity, thanks to 24x7 power supply ensured by the Jyotigram Yojana.

A rough estimate shows that diamonds worth Rs 25 crore flew into the air at the time of the blast.

Many workers, who knew that at least a few precious gems would be scattered in nooks and crevices, came to hunt for them.

For the first time in 50 yrs, Rs 65K-cr Surat diamond industry has decided to offer its workers a performance bonus.

The world’s largest, employing more than 4 lakh workers - are now taking extra efforts to regulate workers so as to minimise attrition whic...

Diamond workers in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Amreli districts went striking demanding parity in wages after a 20 per cent hike was declared by ...

The State Bank of India (SBI) board has decided to provide pension benefit to employees of State Bank of Saurashtra.

For Gujarat’s jewellers, silver is not shining. Surging metal prices and a low demand for the white metal have prompted many silver jewelle...

Surging metal prices and a low demand for the white metal have prompted many silver jewellery manufacturers from Rajkot to explore newer ma...