Surat: Kumbh Sthapan ceremony was performed today to mark auspicious beginning of Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) today in festive and positive mood on Vijaya Dashami (Dussehra). Vijaya Dashami is considered and auspicious day to begin the works. Therefore this day was chosen to mark beginning of SDB, which is going to formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi on December 17 this year. The Kumbh Sthapan was performed in presence of Lok Sabha member Darshanaben Jardosh. Around 1...Read More

Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday is on September 17th, and he will be turning 73 years old. BJP workers are making preparations to ensure that Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations are special. An architect from Surat has created a diamond portrait of PM Modi with the intention of gifting it to him on his birthday. This jewelled portrait is made up of 7200 diamonds. Surat-based architect Vipul JP Wala is the creator of this Diamond portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He to...Read More

Surat: The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Southern Gujarat Chamber Trade and Industry Development Center have organised 'Sparkle International Gems & Jewellery Exhibition- 2022' at Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium, Athwalines Surat on 16th, 17th and 18th December 2022. Over 30 jewellery brands from across India will participate in it. The exhibition is organised on a B2C basis. The special artisans and jewellery designers havae been designing the jewellery to be ...Read More

Surat: The police nabbed 13 accused who allegedly looted diamonds worth crores of rupees from a bus going to Surat from Amreli. The accused burglars were travelling in the bus going to Surat from Amreli as passengers. Five cars overtook the bus late in the night near Ahmedabad. They stopped the bus and looted 1000 packets of diamonds. The packets are of various sizes. The market price of the diamonds is estimated to be in crores. The Ahmedabad and Anand police immediately surrounded and nabbed t...Read More

Surat: Air Intelligence Unit (Custom) in Surat held Pathan Javedkhan Liyakat Ali with Rs. 6.45 crore diamonds during checking of passengers of Surat - Sharjah flight. Pathan was sent to judicial custody by local court. Pathan (47) resident of Mohammadi Masjid Maholla in Surat bad went through boarding to catch Surat - Sharhaj flight of Air India. The passengers were stopped at departure hall for custom check. Himmat Singh, Inspector of Air Intelligence Unit found diamonds in plastic pouch of...Read More

Surat: The diamond industry of Surat is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to allow export and import trade to be carried out in Indian currency instead of foreign exchange. The diamond industry of Surat will now be able to pay in Indian rupees for the rough diamonds it imports from Russia. The diamond industry of Surat imports rough diamonds mostly from Russia, payment for which is made through the importer’s bank in India using the services of a med...Read More

Surat: The International Gemological Institute has certified a 30.18-carat lab-grown diamond developed by Carp Impex Lab of Surat as the world’s biggest lab-grown diamond. Hitherto, a 14-carat lab-grown diamond developed by the same laboratory in 2021 held the status of the world’s biggest lab-grown diamond. The biggest lab-grown diamond has been obtained by the chemical vapour deposition process, and it has H colour and VS2 clarity. The diamond took 28 days to be grown in the labor...Read More

Surat: Five packets of diamonds worth Rs 13 lakh, which the delivery man of a diamond factory in Surat lost accidentally, have been successfully recovered by the police from a rickshaw driver. On the other hand, the police commissioner also offered an “Encouragegment” award of Rs 11,000 for the rickshaw driver, who honestly kept them in safe custody for 8 days in order to return them to the rightful owner. Jigar Dakshesh Thakar, who works as a deliveryman at the diamond factory, on May 18...Read More

Surat: The inauguration of Surat Diamond Bourse is likely to take place in April 2022 at the hands of Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi. Surat diamond bourse  is part of Rs 2900 crore Surat DREAM city project.  About per cent work of under-construction Surat diamond bourse has been completed. The gardening, interior, cleaning and finishing works are pending and likely to be completed by March or April 2022. The size of construction is about 66 lakh square feet. There are 9 towers with 15 flo...Read More