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A saleswoman displays a gold necklace at a jewellery showroom in Kolkata

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Last october, S K Patra was away from home, travelling for official work. He remembered two days ahead of his third wedding anniversary that he had not bought a gift for his wife. "A colleague suggested I buy it from an online jewellery vendor, who would deliver the gift at home," he recalls. Patra logged on to caratlane.com and was glad to see a 15 per cent discount on products. As buyers become accustomed

Vision India plans Rs 1,750-cr realty projects

Chennai-based Vision India Real Estate is planning to launch two projects with a total cost of Rs 1,750 crore. The company will invest around Rs 300 crore, apart from the land cost, which will be

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Gold imports fall 32% on strict govt measures

Gold imports to India declined 32.4 per cent in 2011-12, as the government stepped up measures to control the precious metal's flow into the country, including rises in import duties. A Reuters poll

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Use of gold in diamond jewellery increases

The unabated depreciation in the rupee has forced diamond jewellery manufacturers and exporters to change the content mix of ornaments in favour of gold, to keep the price of finished products

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Sensex ends 157 points down

A weakening rupee and fears about widening fiscal deficit dragged the market down from positive territory past noon and pushed the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty down to a negative close on

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SDA pitches for diamond and jewellery courses at ITIs

Feeling the dearth of skilled manpower to handle modern technology, the Surat Diamond Association (SDA) is pitching for diamond polishing and jewellery fabrication courses in state-run Industrial

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