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smuggle gold worth Rs 1.9 crore from Dubai to Bengaluru, a couple used their two small children as a cover, pretending to return from a family tour to the Gulf. The incident happened at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru when a team from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) received a specific tipoff. The couple, a 36-year-old man and his 33-year-old wife, accompanied by their eight-year-old daughter and two-year-old son, were intercepted upon getting off an Emirates airlines flight.

Wipro Consumer Care Ventures –the venture capital arm of Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, Mirabilis Investment Trust, and She Capital, along with existing investor Fireside Ventures. The funds will be used to enhance distribution growth, expanding reach into non-metro cities and international markets. It will be also employed for brand-building and marketing initiatives.

ALSO READ: IND vs AFG T20I series: Virat Kohli to miss first match due to personal reasons, confirms Rahul Dravid “He told the team management that he had mental fatigue because he had been on the road continuously and wanted to spend time with his family back home. Instead, he chose to travel to Dubai and was seen partying," Hindustan Times quoted a source as saying. But his close acquaintances say if he has been given a break, how does it matter where he spends his time? As per details, Kishan last played for India in the third T20I against Australia at Guwahati on November 28, 2023.

IPL 2024 Dates and Venue: Despite the upcoming general elections in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in the country, an ANI report said. As per the report, the much-awaited annual sporting event is likely to start on March 22, the tournament's dates align closely with the announcement of the election schedule. Addressing concerns, a BCCI source told ANI, «There is nothing like that, to shift the tournament outside the country, as the general election will also be at the same time.

Catch the LIVE Updates on PM Modi's Gujarat visit herePM Modi in Gujarat LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a bilateral meeting here on Tuesday and hailed the rapidly transforming India-UAE partnership, officials said. Four MoUs were signed between India and the UAE in the presence of the two leaders, including one between the Gujarat government and DP World, a multinational logistics company based in Dubai, they said.

A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says the longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA.”

Interviewing solutions provider InCruiter has raised Rs 1.1 crore (about $132,351) in revenue-based funding from GetVantage. Founded in 2018, InCruiter provides services to 300 firms from a total of six offerings including interview-as-a-service, interview subscription, interviewing scheduling software, exit process automation software and candidate sourcing services.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has recently added the non-custodial crypto wallet imToken to its Investor Alert List.

paddy procurement scam and discuss security concerns of the local ED establishment in the backdrop of the attacks on the search teams of the central probe agency in West Bengal, official sources said Tuesday. The ED chief, who landed in Kolkata midnight, is also expected to meet the injured officials along with senior officials of the agency's Kolkata-based regional office on Tuesday, the sources said.

The electric vehicle unit of troubled Chinese property developer China Evergrande says its vice chairman has been detained by police on “suspicion of illegal crimes.”

business setup consultants in Dubai, has been creating waves with its unrivalled knowledge of business structuring, family offices management as well as continuity planning, trust creation and corporate banking and transaction advice. The driving force behind RadiantBiz is the CEO Rizwan Ansari, an experienced banker from the UAE with an outstanding experience of guiding teams to achieve success. Ansari's extensive understanding of finance and banking for business places RadiantBiz unique in the creation of prosperous results for its customers, globally and locally.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday after Saudi Arabia slashed the prices of its Asian crude exports to over two-year lows, although losses were limited as traders watched for any potential supply disruptions from the Middle East.

Insurtech startup Riskcovry has raised around $4.5 million in a bridge round of funding led by Dubai-based business-to-business fund Morphosis Venture Capital. Indian financial services player IIFL also participated in this round. The round has a small secondary component which offered liquidity to some of its employees and exit to early investors.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), the operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital, are locked in a tussle over the development of a proposed air train. This train is designed to connect the airport’s three terminals, its cargo hub, and Aerocity, a zone hosting numerous hotels and office complexes. Two key issues dominate the debate: the project's financing and the number of stops the air train should have.

probe agencies, invested the alleged proceeds of crime (PoC) in crypto currency, bogus diamond trade, stock and offshore real estate, the ED probe has revealed. In the 1800-page supplementary prosecution complaint (PC) equivalent to a charge sheet, the federal anti-money laundering agency has also claimed that one of the accused, Asim Das, the courier who allegedly delivered the money to former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Bhupesh Bagel, and who had subsequently retracted his statement claimed that he did this 'under influence'. In a fresh statement Das has claimed that he stands by his original statement.

Marico Q3 Update: Domestic volumes see low single-digit growth amid weak rural demand; details here Titan reported a robust 21 percent growth in domestic sales for its jewelry division, attributed to a substantial increase in the number of buyers and a modest improvement in average selling prices. “ Suitable investments in exchange programs and consumer offers were carried out during the festive period to maintain growth momentum. Wedding segment contribution improved marginally YoY," the company said.

“Transition finance” is shaping up to be one of the new year’s most important subjects for anyone professing to care about the climate crisis.

Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh charge sheet before a special court in Raipur in a money laundering case investigation linked to alleged illegal betting and gaming through the Mahadev online book app, official sources said Thursday. The federal agency will share this second prosecution complaint (charge sheet) with authorities in Dubai to secure either the deportation or extradition of the two main promoters of the app-- Ravi Uppal and Sourabh Chandrakar, they said.

Quicker and cheaper than its larger rival Bitcoin, Tron has overtaken its rival as a platform for crypto transfers associated with groups designated as terror organisations by the EU, Israel, the US and other countries, according to a Reuters analysis.

New Year’s Eve? Have an intimate celebration with your near and dear ones! Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu welcomed 2024 on a super romantic note! The ‘Pokiri’ actor took to Instagram on January 1 and shared a cute picture of himself hugging his wife Namrata Shirodkar. Dropping the picture, the superstar wrote, “Spontaneity. Laughter. Love. Adventure. Growth." In the picture, the star is shown hugging his wife lovingly and planting a kiss on her cheeks. The post went viral on the picture and video-sharing site, gaining more than a million likes! The star recently spent a vacation in Dubai with his wife, son Gautham, and daughter Sitara in Dubai. On the work front, the superstar is busy with his next project ‘Guntur Kaaram’. Directed by Trivikram Srinivas, the movie is said to be a high-octane action drama. Aside from Babu, the film also stars Sreelela, Jagapathi Babu, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Ramya Krishna etc.

Star Sports’ broadcast of IPL Auction 2024 which was held on December 19, has equalled the highest viewership for any ‘mini’ auction in BARC history. The live auction was watched by 22.8 million viewers, which is 29 per cent higher than last year.