Are diamonds forever? Surat’s sparkle wanes as war and tariffs cut deepDiamond hub Surat has been grappling with challenges aplenty in recent years, with tariffs being the final nail in the coffin. Can diversif...
15 Jul, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
Essar Steel Metal Trading buys luxury duplex in Mumbai’s Worli for Rs 42 croreThe deal values the luxury pad at more than Rs 1.44 lakh per sq ft, making it one of the costliest apartment transactions in the country. T...
23 Dec, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
UAE-based businessman Talwar’s family buys sea-facing luxury villa Raheja Arbour in Mumbai’s WorliThe property with nearly 21,000 sq ft built-up area has three large duplexes with a private garden and an infinity swimming pool on the ter...
04 Aug, 2021, 08.34 AM IST
Essar Group sells residential property on Mumbai’s Worli sea face for Rs 185 croreThe deal for the property that is known as Panhar, which has nearly 20,000 sq ft carpet area property known as Panhar was registered on Fri...
31 Jul, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
Nepal SC issues interim order against govt's move to export sand, pebbles, stones to IndiaA joint bench of Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, justices Mira Khadka, Hari Krishna Karki and Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha asked the gover...
18 Jun, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Gujarat diamond baron Savji Dholakiya to gift 600 cars to staff this DiwaliFour employees, including a physically challenged female employee have reached New Delhi where they will be given keys of their new cars by...
25 Oct, 2018, 11.06 PM IST
This diamond merchant gifts Rs 1-crore Mercedes to employeesDiamond trader Savji Dholakia has gifted Mercedes-Benz GLS 350d SUVs worth Rs 1 crore each to three employees for completing 25 years of se...
29 Sep, 2018, 06.17 PM IST
What is really going on behind Surat's high-tech, labour-intensive diamond industry?The diamond market is deserted. Young people are now moving into the textile industry. In the meantime, the world’s luxury seekers keep Sur...
01 Oct, 2017, 09.41 AM IST
We have to be number one in gems and jewellery sector: PM Narendra Modi"Enough of just diamond cutting and polishing. We need to make consumers across the globe interested in 'designed in India' jewellery," Mod...
17 Apr, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate many projects in Gujarat tomorrowModi will then visit Silvassa town in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where he will address a gathering apart from inaugurat...
16 Apr, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to begin two-day Gujarat visit with roadshow tomorrow"The PM is scheduled to land at the Surat airport at 6:45 PM. From there, he will embark on a roadshow over an 11-kilometre stretch."
15 Apr, 2017, 08.30 PM IST
MBA denied job at firm over religion; Maharashtra government to order probeZeeshan who has posted a letter of the company on his Facebook account yesterday got support from all quarters who slammed the firm for dis...
21 May, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Perks in India Inc get fancy; top talent gets iPhones, MercsLast Diwali, Surat-based Hari Krishna Exports created a flutter by announcing expensive gifts like cars, flats and jewellery worth Rs 50 cr...
11 Jan, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
When employees got sparkling bonusA company’s value lies in how closely aligned the gains of its employees are with the gains of the company (read, its employer).
22 Oct, 2014, 05.18 AM IST
Surat-based diamond companies to start an airline serviceFour Surat-based diamond companies have come together to start an airline service to connect Surat with smaller cities in Gujarat.
21 Oct, 2014, 10.54 PM IST
Surat diamond firm gifts 491 cars, 200 two-bedroom houses & jewellery to 1,200 staffThose who owned a house were eligible for a car while the employees who had both a house and a car were given jewellery, CMD Savji Dholakia...
20 Oct, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- Surat diamond industry decides to offer performance bonus to check attrition
For the first time in 50 yrs, Rs 65K-cr Surat diamond industry has decided to offer its workers a performance bonus.
07 Apr, 2010, 02.13 AM IST