Gold’s Own Country: A lucrative trade fueled by rival gangs and high demandIn the world of gold smuggling in Kerala, intricate schemes unfold, often involving carriers from the UAE, rival gangs, and strategic maneu...
20 Apr, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
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World’s biggest lockdown chokes Indian gold smuggling routesIllegal shipments of gold to India are estimated to have slowed to a trickle of about 2 tons a month, and may total about 25 tons this year.
21 Sep, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Intelligence agencies got wind of Pathankot attack on Friday itselfAn advanced team of about 50 Black Cat commandos was rushed to Pathankot in a special aircraft on Friday evening, while about 110 more rush...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
Pathankot attack: Terrorists may have sneaked in through Bamiyal villageThe terrorists, official sources said, crossed over near Shakargarh in Pakistan to Bamiyal village and later changed into Army fatigues.
13 Jul, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
Time to come out with comprehensive gold policy: Y V ReddyRecalling the experiences faced by the Centre in 1990, he said the govt had very little gold of its own and most of the metal put out in th...
29 Jan, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
Newly married couples being used as carriers to smuggle goldSmuggling syndicates are luring newly married couples to sneak gold into the country as part of a new modus operandi to avoid suspicion of ...
20 Sep, 2015, 01.08 PM IST
London: The new source of gold smuggled to IndiaLondon is turning out to be the new gold source for being smuggled into India and crew members of airlines are increasingly under the scann...
01 Aug, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Don't rush to buy gold; yellow metal likely to weaken in coming monthsAccording to most experts we spoke to, you should wait. The bear market in gold has resumed and prices will not move up anytime soon.
16 Mar, 2015, 08.26 AM IST
Kerala's jewellery hub becomes big destination for smuggled goldKoduvally is reckoned to be one of India's densest jewellery hubs. The number of gold merchants here is today perhaps more than even in Dub...
03 Oct, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
Restrictions on gold import: Smugglers resort to ingenious methods to sneak in the yellow metalAs long as the restrictions on import of gold remain, there will be no stopping this clandestine flow of the metal, according to authoritie...
27 Jul, 2014, 10.25 AM IST
Steep duty spurs smuggling of goldWith a rise in customs duty on gold imports, smugglers have been resorting to extreme measures to sneak in small amounts of the precious me...
30 Jun, 2013, 06.04 AM IST
Weak rupee makes gold smuggling, bets attractiveGold prices are rising faster in India than overseas. And this has brought back a profit opportunity, legal, not-quite-legal and illegal.
15 Sep, 2012, 10.30 AM IST
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