Torres Jewellery case: ED seizes Rs 6.3 crore cash from 'hawala' operatorsThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs 6.3 crore in cash. Raids were conducted in Mumbai and Surat. The action relates to the Torres Je...
10 May, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Ahmedabad resident cheated of Rs 51 lakh by fraudsters promising US visaThe victim, Shailesh Patel -- 48-year-old school van driver, lodged a complaint on Friday with the local police detailing the events leadin...
16 Jul, 2023, 10.46 AM IST
The jadugar and the art of front-runningAxis MF's former chief dealer Viresh Joshi ran an elaborate scheme to front-run the trades of his employer, avoid regulatory glare and move...
02 Mar, 2023, 10.03 PM IST
Is India's most-wanted man hiding behind cryptocurrencies?Cryptocurrencies made criminals richer and in 2021, criminals held $11 billion worth of funds with known illicit sources, compared to just ...
19 Feb, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
IT dept claims multi-crore tax evasion after raids on Gujarat diamond groupThe searches were launched on September 22 at 23 premises of the group, which is also in tiles manufacturing business, at Surat, Navsari, M...
25 Sep, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Two senior ED officers arrested by CBI for seeking illegal gratificationThe FIR further states “Thereafter P K Singh, Deputy Director is alleged to have demanded undue advantage of Rs 75 lakhs in the presence of...
02 Jul, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Diamond traders and jewellers panic as top 'Angadia' vanishesThe angadia, who has an office in the BDB , shuttered it on Wednesday noon , well before normal closing hours, and has been incommunicado s...
19 Jun, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
CAs to look into diamond couriers’ dealsStalemate continues GST commissionerate yet to return diamond parcels seized from angadias.
26 Jan, 2018, 12.54 PM IST
Diamonds in the rough as Angadias suspend operationsThe angadias, who have been ferrying rough diamonds from Mumbai to Surat and polished diamonds from Surat to Mumbai, have decided not to re...
16 Jan, 2018, 06.57 AM IST
Post demonetisation: Unconventional cash couriers see 60% fall in businessAngadias are cheap, trustworthy and, most of all, keep a low profile, typically travelling by second class on commuter trains.
08 Nov, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
Demonetisation cripples hawala operations: Mumbai PoliceHawala (informal and illegal money transfer) transactions of around Rs 2,000 crore take place in Mumbai every day, according to the police.
09 Nov, 2016, 09.54 PM IST
I-T probe finds Rs 203 crore undisclosed income in Aditya Birla Group caseWhen contacted, the company reacted saying, "in some quarters of the media, reports have been quoted totally out of context."
16 Jan, 2015, 03.47 AM IST
Change laws, put cash curbs to check black money menace: Special Investigation TeamSIT said that making tax evasion of Rs 50 lakh or more a 'predicate offence' would allow necessary action under Prevention of Money Launder...
12 Dec, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
Recent seizure by IT dept only a blip in angadias flourishing diamond tradeFor generations, men, many from Mehsana in Guj, have been 'Angadias' - unofficial, trusted couriers who ferry diamonds, jewellery & cash.
10 Jul, 2013, 12.30 PM IST
Cash, bullion worth Rs 200 crore seized in raids by NIA & ITThe final figure of total seizure was not confirmed by officers as counting of currency notes was on till Tuesday evening.
02 Jul, 2013, 07.40 PM IST
Why world's diamond polishing hub Surat has never seen Brussels-type heistSurat, the world's diamond polishing hub, has never seen a heist of the kind Brussels saw recently. The entire industry works on a system o...
03 Mar, 2013, 08.16 AM IST
- Why hasn't the way diamond is traded changed?
Why hasn't the way diamond is traded changed? One reason is the couriers for whom anonymity is a hallmark, trust the calling card. Sunday T...
04 Mar, 2012, 08.11 AM IST