"Government fully committed": India in active pursuit of Nirav Modi's extradition from UKIndia is determined to bring fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi back from the United Kingdom. New Delhi is in constant communication with Brit...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
US tariffs to erode Indian diamond export revenues, warns CrisilIndian diamantaires face challenges as a 10% US tariff on natural diamond imports threatens export revenues, potentially declining by 8-10%...
29 Apr, 2025, 01.24 PM IST
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's solar plant, Pedder Road flat up for auction to salvage PNB duesThe Debt Recovery Tribunal-I in Mumbai has put up a solar power plant belonging to a group entity of Nirav Modi, the absconder diamantaire,...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
Indian diamantaires seek pause on rough stones' supplyThe overall gross exports of cut and polished diamonds between April and August of FY24 was $ 7028.31 million - a decline of 30.27% from $1...
20 Sep, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Congress slams Centre after Interpol drops Mehul Choksi's name from Red Notices listThe attack came after the name of Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,000-crore scam in the Punjab National Bank, is understood to have been removed ...
21 Mar, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
Ukraine war set to take sheen off diamantaires, sales seen falling by 30% in Q1: ReportThe sweeping economic sanctions on Russia also covers Alrosa, the biggest Russian diamond miner that meets as much as 30 per cent of global...
09 Mar, 2022, 10.38 PM IST
Dominica Court extends stay on Mehul Choksi's deportation, allows him to meet lawyersThe Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) on Friday, after taking note of submissions made in the Mehul Choksi's habeas corpus petition, r...
29 May, 2021, 08.04 AM IST
Diamantaires offering perks to skilled cutters and polishers amid massive manpower shortage in Surat“There is a shortage of manpower at the diamond cutting and polishing units. Diamantaires have in many cases increased labour charges and t...
25 Jan, 2021, 09.29 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
Diamantaires, jewellers may get dollarised credit limitsThe move will help these borrowers shield themselves from fluctuations in the dollar-rupee exchange rate.
16 Dec, 2019, 07.58 AM IST
Diamantaires weigh shifting manufacturing units abroad as high import duties hit hardColin Shah, vice-chairman of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, told, “The high import duty of 7.5% on both cut and polished diamond...
26 Nov, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
ED gets director in Nirav Modi's company as key witnessThe director had fled from Modi’s “captivity” from a third country where the diamantaire had “shifted” him to Dubai.
30 Mar, 2019, 11.48 AM IST
Nirav Modi extradition: CBI team likely to leave for LondonThe 48-year old diamantaire is accused of swindling over 2 billion USD from state-run Punjab National Bank in collusion with his uncle Mehu...
27 Mar, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
GST officials, GJEPC in crosshairsGST Mumbai officials are insisting that diamantaires,cough up 3% GST plus 15% penalty.
12 Jan, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
Ebola outbreak dulls diamond industryWith some 1,400 people dying from the deadly hemorrhagic virus in West Africa, the diamantaires have halted their visits for the past coupl...
07 Sep, 2014, 11.24 AM IST
- Indian diamond traders, US body lock horns
A battle of supremacy has erupted in the diamond world with Surat's diamantaires locking horns with US-based Rapaport Diamond Trading Netwo...
26 Aug, 2010, 04.35 AM IST
- Stronger Re big respite for rough diamond importers
Rising rupee may have pushed down the revenue of the domestic firms, but local diamond industry, which imports rough diamonds worth around ...
21 Jun, 2007, 02.48 AM IST