'Writers are always nervous.' 'If you go to a party, you will notice that the writers are always in a corner of the party, looking anxious, sweating and tense about something or the other.' 'I am that kind of person.'
The first tranche of sovereign gold bond for 2022-23 will open for subscription for five days from June 20, the Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday.
The singer hit the red carpet in a jaw-dropping purple silhouette.
You know the celebrated Raksha Bandhan songs. Subhash K Jha lists the ones you don't.
'Tis the season to be jolly! But for one hotel in Spain, it's also the season to be extravagant, ostentatious and over the top. The Kempinski Hotel Bahia, near Marbella, Spain has put up a Christmas tree adorned with diamond-encrusted decorations and upcycled jewellery from Bulgari and Cartier, making it possibly the world's most expensive one at $15 million.
Shree Jagannath Sena, a Puri-based outfit, submitted a memorandum to the President, seeking her intervention to facilitate the process of bringing back the Kohinoor diamond to the 12th-century shrine.
Thanks to an ambiguous law on the import of platinum alloys, some bullion importers are making big profits. A handful of them are importing refined gold cloaked as platinum alloy. Gold attracts 15 per cent import duty, as opposed to platinum alloy that invites a duty of 10.75 per cent. Industry sources say this is a case of mis-declaration and duty violation.
Consumers have to watch out for four marks on hallmarked gold jewellery: BIS mark, purity in carat, assay centre's name and jewellers' identification mark.
Social media posts and messages related to the marriage ceremony were widely circulated on WhatsApp groups and the woman's family members also received telephonic threats, he said.
Banks and friendly neighbourhood jewellers can serve as good channels to provide liquidity for gold deposits with built-in incentives for them, suggests Harsh Roongta.
Gold and silver became costlier in the country following the international price rise over the expectations of negative interest rates in the US, the rising trade tensions between the US and China and the weakening of the rupee.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday passed a bill providing internal reservation of 10.5 per cent for Vanniyars, a most backward community in government jobs and in admission to educational institutions.
Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Don't expect the synthetic stones to surpass natural ones anytime soon because the world's biggest miners of diamonds aren't looking to get into man-made diamonds.
Do you need help with your Ganesh Chaturthi outfit? Get inspired by these celebs who have nailed festive dressing.
While we still recover from her glitzy allure as a 10th century royal in all her Chola era bedecked glory, Sukanya Verma looks at the many times she made our jaws drop as silver screen's undisputed jewel queen.
Regaining the lost sheen, sales of gold jewellery and coins are set to touch pre-COVID levels in volume terms on the auspicious Dhanteras as easing pandemic concerns and pent up demand saw consumers flocking to stores to buy the precious metal. Increased footfall at stores and brisk sales online as well as relatively softer gold prices compared to record Rs 57,000 per 10 grams level in August spurred increased buying, especially light weight offerings, on Tuesday. Dhanteras is considered to be auspicious for buying precious metals and other valuable items.
India's Ratan Tata aims to transform his once-stodgy conglomerate into a global powerhouse. But can it thrive after he steps down?
In our special series on the India You Didn't Know, the youngest MP in Parliament talks about a unique dance form from the pristine Minicoy island in Lakshwadeep.
On Ashaji's 89th birthday on September 8, Subhash K Jha revisits some of her lesser-known classics.
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The most important institutions have been and are being undermined with almost no resistance, warns Aakar Patel.
The DMK and its allies submitted a list of pending assembly bills with the Raj Bhavan.
But retailers say this enthusiasm, which helped push prices back up again, is faltering with some investors looking for another fall before they buy more.
An extraordinary 34-carat 'Princie' diamond from the mines of Golconda in South India, once owned by the world's richest man - the last Nizam of Hyderabad fetched a whopping $39 million at an auction.
Thrillers, horrors and real-life inspired stories dominate the OTT scene this week.
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A special court here on Friday allowed 'restoration' of properties worth Rs 500 crore of fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi 's firms to Punjab National Bank (PNB). This is the third such order in a span of about two weeks, with the total value of properties owned by Nirav Modi's companies being restored in this manner now standing at approximately Rs 1,000 crore.
The high court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if he is extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated $2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case. Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay heard from Andrew Forrester, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Cardiff University, and Seena Fazel, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Oxford University, in the final stages of the extradition appeal being pursued by the 51-year-old diamond merchant. The two psychiatrists weighed up Nirav's level of depression, which could pose a "substantial" or "elevated" risk of suicide.
"The Congress ideology...the ideology it follows has been existing in India for thousands of years. Just like the RSS has its icons, the Congress has its own icons... they are different icons. But, we have them, it is about bringing this ideological ocean and allowing our people to swim in it," he said.
The actor turned showstopper for a jewellery brand.
'It was because of the strength of Helenji's performance that I was even called on stage to present her with the coveted Black Lady.'
The Bill provides comprehensive legislation to prohibit unregulated deposits, with punishment for those promoting such schemes or defaulting on repayment.
Get Ahead keeps tabs on the Swarovski crystal jewellery unveiled for Lakme India Fashion Week 2005!
We go behind the scenes of Katrina's latest shoot.
Smriti Mundhra's documentary The Romantics has many, many, gems about one of Bollywood's most successful film-makers and more importantly, his iconic father, Yash Chopra.
If you thought the Tata Nexon EV was it, wait till you drive the new Tata Nexon EV Max with more battery power, says Rajesh Karkera. Photographs and video: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com.
Bhatti Ramanadikshutulu, the chief priest of Kodandaramaswamy temple in Tirupati created a stir when he told the reporters that he had mortgaged a diamond necklace worth lakhs of rupees two years ago for an amount of Rs 9 lakhs to a moneylender.
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