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Hyderabad: A book 'Stop - Don't Buy Jewelry Until You Read This' written by author Devansh Alijar aims to educate people about the precautions to take when buying gold and diamond jewelry, as well as the scams that can occur in this process. The book launch event was held in Jubilee Hills on Sunday. On this occasion, author Devansh said that people from all walks of life, from the poor to the rich, buy gold and other jewelry in their lifetime. However, very few people are aware of the methods used to determine the price of gold, wastage, making charges, and carat counting in diamond jewelry. As a result, many people are cheated in various ways, he says. The book aims to provide comprehensive information on the topics that one needs to know when buying jewelry, including price transparency, misconceptions, and tricks.
Chennai, June 08: In a shocking case of blackmail, extortion and murder in Chennai, a 27-year-old doctor from Asthampatti near Salem, identified as Dr Santosh Kumar, has been arrested by the Kodungaiyur police for killing a 26-year-old woman who allegedly blackmailed him using his nude pictures. The victim, Nithya, a resident of Sattuma Nagar in Thiruvottiyur, reportedly posed as an IT professional working in Ambattur and extorted money from multiple men. She had befriended Dr Santosh online and gradually began blackmailing him, threatening to leak his nude photos to his family. Police said s ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
Puri: Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will be dressed up in Rajarajeswar Besha, also known as Suna Besha on Sunday. The Trinity will be adorned with over 208 kg of gold ornaments on their chariots in front of the Singhadwar. Devotees will be allowed to witness the ritual from 6.30 pm to 11 pm. The temple and district administrations have made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth darshan of the Trinity. Chief Administrator of Shri Jagannath Temple Administration Arabinda Padhe said, discussions were held with all nijogs of Srimandir to ensure all rituals a ...Read More >
Surat: The Amroli police in Surat have launched an investigation into a puzzling incident where an accountant working with a diamond firm reported that four fingers of his left hand were mysteriously severed after he fell unconscious near the Variyav Bridge. According to Tarpara's statement, he had gone to meet a friend near Vedant Circle and stopped on his way home to relieve himself. He claimed he suddenly lost consciousness and woke up to find the fingers of his left hand missing on Sunday ni ...Read More >
Chennai, May 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three men have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an elderly couple in Tamil Nadu's Erode district on April 28, said police on Monday. The accused also allegedly confessed to their involvement in a triple murder that occurred in Tiruppur district in November 2024, currently under investigation by the CB-CID. The arrested have been identified as P. Aachiappan (48), N. Madeswaran (52), and R. Ramesh (54), all residents of Arachalur in Erode district. The victims, Ramasamy (72) and his wife Bakkiyam (63) of Megaraiyan Thottam, Uchimedu near S ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the state. The water levels of most major rivers and their tributaries were showing a receding trend o ...Read More >
Pune: Pashan resident Kushagra Agarwal rushed to the jewellers last week as soon as gold prices reduced slightly, to Rs 95,784 per 10g, as he had to buy gold for his son's wedding. With a Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 per 10 g reduction in the price of gold, jewellers expect many other residents in the city to walk into stores in the coming days. The gold industry has been struggling to find buyers over the last six months as prices have been consistently rising. The price of gold, which was hovering around the Rs 1 lakh mark last month for 10g, is now trading at Rs 96,800/10g grams, excluding GST. Aga ...Read More >
Puri: Lord Jagannath and His Siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra were adorned with 208 kg gold ornaments during the 'Suna Besha' ritual on chariots Sunday, an integral part of the annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri. The devotees can have 'darshan' of the deities from 6.30 pm to 11 pm, said the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). According to temple sources, the deities adorn around 30 different designs of ornaments which include gold, diamond, silver and other precious metals. "Initially, around 138 designs of ornaments were used during the era of King Kapilendra Deb in 146 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Union Minister Smriti Irani is making headlines once again -- this time not for her political work, but for her return to television. The actress-turned-politician will be seen reprising her iconic role of Tulsi Virani in the reboot of the hit daily soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. The makers recently unveiled the first look of Smriti Irani from the reboot. Dressed in a maroon saree with a rich zari border, Smriti completes her Tulsi look with a large red bindi, traditional gold jewelry, and a black-beaded mangalsutra. The look has already stirred nostalgia among longtim ...Read More >
Puri: LordJagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will be adorned with 208 kg gold ornaments during the 'Suna Besha' ritual on chariots, an integral part of the annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri. The 'Suna Besha' ritual of the deities were held on Sunday and the devotes can witness the ritual from 6.30 pm to 11 pm, said the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). According to temple sources, the deities adorn around 30 different designs of ornaments which include gold, diamond, silver and other precious metals. "Initially, around 138 designs of ornaments were used ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): The Indian stock markets on Tuesday ended higher, recovering from the flat opening due to the news of a possible mini trade deal between India and the United States late in the night. Stock markets opened under pressure as concerns over US President Donald Trump fresh tariff measures took center stage. At the end of the trading session, the Sensex was up 270.01 points or 0.32 per cent, at 83,712.51, and the Nifty was up 61.20 points or 0.24 per cent, at 25,522.50. The Financial heavyweights helped Nifty and Nifty Bank close in the green. Kotak Ban ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): The Indian stock markets on Tuesday ended higher, recovering from the flat opening due to the news of a possible mini trade deal between India and the United States late in the night. Stock markets opened under pressure as concerns over US President Donald Trump's fresh tariff measures took center stage. At the end of the trading session, the Sensex was up 270.01 points or 0.32 per cent, at 83,712.51, and the Nifty was up 61.20 points or 0.24 per cent, at 25,522.50. The Financial heavyweights helped Nifty and Nifty Bank close in the green. Kotak B ...Read More >
Katra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to inaugurate multiple rail projects, including the world's highest Chenab Rail Bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, and the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link. These railway projects directly connect Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of the country. The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link is an all-weather railway corridor designed to provide seamless connectivity to the region through the rail network. During his visit, PM Modi reviewed the Chenab bridge, world's highest ra ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The RGIA police arrested one Satyanarayana for alleged involvement in an international human trafficking racket being run in the guise of a gold business, on Saturday. Satyanarayana was attempting to courier rolled gold jewellery samples to an agent in Muscat in Oman, RGIA Inspector Balaraju said. The arrest was followed by a complaint from one Lankapally Mary from West Godavari district, who lodged a complaint with the RGIA police two days back. In her complaint, Mary said that she was intending to go abroad for work when she came across Satyanarayana in August 2023. He promised ...Read More >
Gold Rate in India Today: The price of gold in India continued its downward trajectory and brought cheers among gold jewellery buyers. Falling gold rate in India today is a reflection of consolidating international prices of the bullion amid easing geopolitical tensions and improving trade prospects. Gold Rate in India today has plunged to its 10-day low mark of Rs 97,420 per 10 gram amid easing tensions between Israel and Iran. The precious metal prices jumped phenomenally over the past few days as clashes between the two nations were followed by United States air strikes on Iranian nuclear ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an ordinary murderer would not have inflicted such kind of injuries," the bench said on Tuesday.The natur ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has arrested a jeweller who had been absconding after allegedly cheating a fellow jeweller of gold, silver, and diamonds worth ₹12.77 crore. The accused, identified as Birju Kishor Kumar Salla (45), was arrested from a hotel in Gujarat where he had been hiding. According to the EOW, an FIR had been registered against Salla on June 10 at LT Marg Police Station. After evading arrest for several weeks, investigators tracked his location to Gujarat. Acting on a tip-off, the Gujarat Police detained Salla from the hotel and later handed ...Read More >
New Delhi, [India], July 5 (ANI): Nehal Deepak Modi, the brother of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, allegedly played a crucial role in laundering proceeds of crime in the high-profile Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case as well as actively involved in the "disappearance and concealment of assets" and "destruction of evidence", officials said on Saturday. Also Read | Mumbai Ranked Among '100 Best Food Cities in the World' in TasteAtlas List; Six Indian Cities Make the Cut. The revelation comes after Nehal Modi was arrested in the United States on the basis of an extradition ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday granted conditional future bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case related to the cash-for-job scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that Chatterjee shall be released on February 1, 2025 subject to the trial court framing charges before the winter vacation and examination of vulnerable witnesses by the second and third week of January 2025. The top court said upon his release Chatterjee shall not hold any public office but can continue as MLA. The bench said that a suspect canno ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Silver prices on Thursday, crossed USD 35 mark per ounce and hit its highest level since March 2012, boosted by a combination of factors such as weaker US dollar, rising geopoltical tension and robust industrial demand. 'With the trust in dollar decreasing silver appears to be a good avenue for money to move to and the Gold Silver ratio was recently above 1.10 so the only way forward was either silver prices rise up or gold prices fall, and thats what has happened silver has risen far more than gold,' said Mrinesh Jain Director, Bombay Bullion Metal Hub LLP. ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh has received investment proposals worth over Rs 15,710 crore during an interactive session held in Surat, Gujarat, on Sunday. In response to the strong investor interest, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced opening of a new office of Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) in Ahmedabad. The proposed investments are expected to create more than 11,250 jobs in the state. CM Yadav said the session is aimed to encourage Gujarat-based industrial houses -- especially from Surat -- to expand into Madhya Pradesh. He emphasised the natural sy ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 4: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha Friday said that he was proud to see women breaking barriers in agricultural sciences and technology. In his address at the 6th convocation ceremony of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), the LG said, "Proud to see our daughters breaking barriers and achieving success in Agricultural Science and Technology. It reflects a bright future for J&K and the nation." During the convocation, of the 5250 degrees of undergraduate, master's, and PhD, 2661 degrees were awarded to women, of the 150 stu ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 8 (PTI) A day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) completed repair and conservation work of the sacred Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Tuesday said the long-awaited inventory of valuables stored in the treasury may begin in August with the assistance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Responding to a question on the next step after ASI's conservation efforts, the minister said, "The inventory of the valuables in the Ratna Bhandar could be undertaken any time in August. The state government ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday granted conditional future bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case related to the cash-for-job scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that Chatterjee shall be released on February 1, 2025 subject to the trial court framing charges before the winter vacation and examination of vulnerable witnesses by the second and third week of January 2025. Also Read | Atul Subhash Suicide Case: Wife Nikita Singhania Absconds, Karnataka Police Arrest Her Mother, Brother From Uttar Pradesh's Jaunp ...Read More >
Mathura (UP), Jun 7 (PTI) Devotees visiting the Mathura-Vrindavan region for temple visits often get a taste of the antics of the large monkey population as the simians steal spectacles, caps and food from visitors. Aligarh-based diamond merchant Abhishek Agarwal and his family were left shell-shocked when a monkey snatched his handbag containing jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh during their visit to the Thakur Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. However, providence smiled on the Agarwal family as after an eight-hour effort, the police were able to corner the monkey and get the handbag back, a senio ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Raising concerns over the elevated gold prices, country's leading branded jewellery maker Titan said it "could see shifts in demand segments", though it will continue to prioritise topline growth driven by market share gains. "Gold prices are expected to remain high, given the geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties globally," said the latest annual report of Titan, which operates in the market with brands such as Tanishq, Mia by Tanishq, CaratLane and Zoya. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, June 27, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Friday Lucky Draw Res ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Smriti Irani revealed that "Some journeys come full circle -- not for nostalgia, but for purpose" as she gears up to return to the screen in her iconic role of Tulsi Virani after 25 years with "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" reboot. The actress-turned-politician shared a statement saying that, for her, returning to "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" is not just a step back into a role, but a return to a story that redefined Indian television and also reshaped her own life. "It gave me more than commercial success -- it gave me a connection with millions of home ...Read More >
Puri, Jul 7 (PTI) Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri on Monday announced that the ASI has completed repair of the 12th century shrine's 'Ratna Bhandar' (treasury) and inventory-related work will begin after approval of the state government. This was announced in a joint press briefing by SJTA Chief Administrator Arabinda Padhee and Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) Superintending Archaeologist, D B Garnayak here. ASI is the custodian of the 65-metre-tall imposing temple in the seaside town. "By the infinite grace of the Lord, the conservation and renovation work of th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Gold prices saw a significant rise of Rs 330, reaching Rs 79,720 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday. The increase was attributed to persistent buying by jewelers and retailers, according to the All-India Sarafa Association. On Wednesday, gold had closed at Rs 79,390 per 10 grams. Silver also followed the upward trend, climbing Rs 130 to Rs 90,630 per 10 grams, compared to its previous session's close of Rs 90,500 per 10 grams. Also Read: Today's Gold and Silver Prices in Different Cities Gold of 99.5% purity also surged by Rs 330, hitting Rs 79,170 per 10 grams, up ...Read More >