Diamonds Snatched

A senior Bengal BJP leader, Samik Bhattacharya, was attacked today at Mohanpur, 50 km from Kolkata, while on way to Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district to attend a party function. The windscreen of his car was smashed, the driver assaulted and Mr Bhattacharya abused, dragged out of the car and thrashed, as he was on way to attend a party ...

A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to $12 million was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist, the museum confirmed Wednesday.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

The Congress is hoping to snatch some seats from the BJP this time by capitalising on the 'anger' factor of Patidars and the traders.

A big diamond snatched by Bentley-driving bandits in a brazen, $20 million London robbery has popped up in a Hong Kong pawn shop, says a jeweler who's suing in New York to try to get it back. The more than 16-carat yellow diamond was among those snatched in a July 2007 holdup at a Graff Diamonds Ltd. branch in London, the tony London-based jeweler ...

In a broad daylight robbery, diamonds worth Rs 2 crore were snatched from a courier delivery person in Mumbai's suburban Vile Parle.The delivery person was carrying the diamonds from the airport when two men on a bike snatched the bag from him and fled.The diamonds had come on a Jet Airways flight from Delhi.More details are awaited.

A senior Bengal BJP leader, Samik Bhattacharya, was attacked today at Mohanpur, 50 km from Kolkata, while on way to Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district to attend a party function. The windscreen of his car was smashed, the driver assaulted and Mr Bhattacharya abused, dragged out of the car and thrashed, as he was on way to attend a party ...

A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to $12 million was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist, the museum confirmed Wednesday.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

The Congress is hoping to snatch some seats from the BJP this time by capitalising on the 'anger' factor of Patidars and the traders.

A big diamond snatched by Bentley-driving bandits in a brazen, $20 million London robbery has popped up in a Hong Kong pawn shop, says a jeweler who's suing in New York to try to get it back. The more than 16-carat yellow diamond was among those snatched in a July 2007 holdup at a Graff Diamonds Ltd. branch in London, the tony London-based jeweler ...

In a broad daylight robbery, diamonds worth Rs 2 crore were snatched from a courier delivery person in Mumbai's suburban Vile Parle.The delivery person was carrying the diamonds from the airport when two men on a bike snatched the bag from him and fled.The diamonds had come on a Jet Airways flight from Delhi.More details are awaited.