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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicGold smuggling

Topic: Gold smuggling

1,064 kg gold worth Rs 800 crore from China to Delhi via Tibet—ED unravels smuggling racket ITBP busted

Racket started unravelling with arrest of 2 men from Ladakh-China border carrying gold worth Rs 80 cr. Gold came from China via Tibet, was received in Ladakh, then moved to Delhi jewellers.

Copper bangles, bribes, hawala—CBI action in Chennai airport gold export scam 3 yrs after DRI bust

CBI has booked four customs officials, who had been suspended earlier, and five other individuals, including businessmen, in the case.

Along Bangladesh border, BSF seizes gold worth over Rs 4 cr concealed in cycle tyres, bike seat cover

On Wednesday, BSF seized 20 gold biscuits worth Rs 2.31 crore from inside a bicycle’s tyre. The day before gold worth about Rs 2.43 cr confiscated at Laxmipur border outpost.

Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara under ED lens as probe in Ranya Rao gold smuggling case deepens

The agency raided 16 locations, including some tied to the Congress MLA, after investigators traced unaccounted funds linked to the gold smuggling network.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao, co-accused Tarun Konduru Raju get default bail in gold smuggling case

Both of them were also barred from leaving the country without prior permission from the court and must refrain from committing any similar offences during the bail period.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao, held in gold smuggling case, claims DRI officials assaulted her

In a letter to additional director general of DRI, Ranya claimed that she has been wrongly accused of carrying more than 14 kg of gold upon her return from Dubai.

Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: Karnataka CM orders probe into alleged protocol violations, IPS’s role

Karnataka's additional chief secretary Gaurav Gupta appointed as the investigating officer. Siddaramaiah has sought a report within a week.

Watch CutTheClutter: Kannada actor Ranya Rao’s arrest & India’s growing gold smuggling crisis

In Episode 1618, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how government policies and gold smuggling are connected, and why the smuggling curse is back.

Ranya Rao gold smuggling arrest: Kannada actress ‘misused’ VIP protocol to try & skip frisking

DRI is yet to determine how many times Rao travelled abroad & if she ‘misused’ protocol every time, it is learnt. She is the step-daughter of a senior Karnataka IPS officer.

Canadian gold heist reverberates in India as ED raids wanted Mohali man in rare ‘suo motu’ action

Former Air Canada manager Simran Preet is said to be part of a nine-member gang suspected to be behind sensational $20 million gold heist from Toronto airport.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.