Gitanjali Gems: News
03 Jun 2021
IndiaMehul Choksi denied bail by Dominica court over illegal entry
Mehul Choksi - the 62-year-old fugitive founder of India-based Gitanjali Group - has been denied bail by a court in Dominica for illegally entering the Caribbean island country from Antigua and Barbuda.
05 Aug 2018
IndiaIndia submits extradition request for Mehul Choksi to Antigua
India has submitted a request to Antigua to extradite Mehul Chokdi, Gitanjali Gems chairman, one of the key accused in the Rs. 12,000cr PNB scam.
20 Jun 2018
IndiaHow is Nirav Modi traveling with revoked Indian passport?
It's been months since Nirav Modi started playing cat-and-mouse with Indian authorities. Recently, after reports emerged he was in the UK, he left for Brussels within two days.
11 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiEmbattled billionaire Nirav Modi seeking political asylum in UK: Reports
Billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi has headed to the UK seeking asylum alleging "political persecution" in India, the latest reports claim.
02 May 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Over 23,000 bank-fraud cases involving Rs. 1-lakh-crore in 5 years
Over 23,000 cases of fraud involving a whopping Rs. 1-lakh-crore have been reported in the past five years in various banks, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
11 Apr 2018
Delhi High CourtNirav Modi's company directed to tell him to come back
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed diamantaire Nirav Modi's company, Firestar Diamond, to ask him to return to the country, dubbing him a "fugitive".
28 Mar 2018
MumbaiPNB scam: Nirav Modi's close aide arrested by ED
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a "close" associate and the Vice President of a firm of diamantaire Nirav Modi in connection with a money-laundering probe in the over Rs. 12,000cr PNB scam, officials said on Wednesday.
08 Mar 2018
IndiaNo passport, can't return: Mehul Choksi tells CBI
Repeating what Nirav Modi submitted to investigating agencies, his uncle Mehul Choksi, Gitanjali Gems chairman and an accused in the Rs. 12,650cr PNB scam, has refused to return to India citing revocation of passport, among others.
07 Mar 2018
IndiaPNB scam: CBI arrests Gitanjali VP, "brain behind the conspiracy"
Gitanjali Group vice-president Vipul Chitalia, who had escaped India along with chairman Mehul Choksi, was nabbed from the Mumbai airport yesterday morning, as soon as he landed from Bangkok.
06 Mar 2018
MumbaiPNB Scam: CBI detains Gitanjali Group Vice-President Vipul Chitalia
The CBI has detained Vipul Chitalia, Vice-President of Gitanjali Group of Companies, as part of its probe into the Rs. 12,636cr Punjab National Bank fraud.
01 Mar 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)PNB-scam: Nirav Modi 'busy' with business, refuses to join probe
Nirav Modi, accused in the massive PNB scam, has refused to join the CBI investigation citing business engagements abroad.
27 Feb 2018
IndiaPNB scam: Nirav Modi's Firestar Diamond files for bankruptcy
Even as billionaire Nirav Modi battles allegations of committing India's largest bank fraud of Rs. 11,400cr, his international jewelry brand, Firestar Diamond Inc, has filed for bankruptcy in the US.
27 Feb 2018
IndiaNirav Modi case: Fraud amount could be Rs. 1,323cr more
The PNB scam, one of the biggest frauds in India's history, was initially estimated at Rs. 11,400cr, but the bank now says the amount of unauthorized transactions could be Rs. 1,300cr more than that.
22 Feb 2018
Priyanka Chopra JonasNow, Kangana and Bipasha accuse Gitanjali Gems of infringement
Days after Priyanka Chopra took a stand against Nirav Modi's jewelry brand, Kangana Ranaut and Bipasha Basu have accused Gitanjali Gems, which has been founded by Modi's relative Mehul Choksi, of default of payments and breach of contract.
16 Feb 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Gitanjali shares fall for third day, investors lose Rs. 300cr
Shares of Gitanjali Gems fell for the third straight day today. It dropped another 20%, closing at Rs. 37.45 on NSE.
16 Feb 2018
IndiaNirav Modi scam: Massive cover-up by banks, media and govt?
For seven years, billionaire Nirav Modi and his associates managed to dupe one single bank of a whopping Rs. 11,400cr, and it apparently never found out till now.
08 Feb 2018
IndiaAfter steep rise, Nirav Modi stares at a sharp downfall
When he was young, India's premier jeweler Nirav Modi aspired to be a music conductor, but that was not to be.
21 Dec 2017
Reliance CommunicationsMahesh Bhupathi, Lara Dutta take Gitanjali Gems to insolvency
Mahesh Bhupathi and Lara Dutta, brand ambassadors of Gitanjali Gems, have taken the company to insolvency as operational creditors.
