Kohinoor Diamond

How King Charles has avoided a 'Kohinoor' controversy at his coronation

At the coronation ceremony on 6 May, Queen Camilla has chosen to forgo the traditional crown used for the monarch’s partner due to it being embedded with the Kohinoor diamond. Instead, she is using Queen Mary’s Crown

Camilla to wear Queen Mary’s crown without Kohinoor: Has British royalty scored a diplomatic win with India?

Britain’s Queen Consort Camilla will wear the Queen Mary crown without the prized Kohinoor for the coronation ceremony scheduled for 6 May. The diamond has been a source of contention for India, who has demanded its return and had said that it serves as an ‘unwelcome reminder of the Empire’

Camilla to wear Kohinoor crown as Queen: India, other countries' claims to the diamond explained

The 105.6 carat diamond has been a matter of contention between India and England since time immemorial with the former claiming time and again that it should be returned

GDP nosedives to 6-year low: Economy needs rooted policy wonks, not supercops with harsh approach to macroeconomics

The NDA government's acts, be it the controversial demonetisation of high-value currency notes in 2016 or the introduction of the IBC, displayed a fetish for a supercop mentality or an obsession with seeing itself as a torch-bearer for a market economy.

CIC slams PMO for 'not applying mind' on RTI application about recovery of ancient Indian artifacts from abroad

"PMO should not have transferred the RTI application at all. Instead, the PMO should have chosen to answer to avoid assumptions that there were no efforts at all," said the information commissioner

The Kohinoor's true (and bloody) history is traced by William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

William Dalrymple and Anita Anand spoke to Firstpost about how they uncovered the true history of the Kohinoor, the 'world's most infamous diamond'

Centre refuses to share details on India's efforts in Kohinoor retrieval

The Centre has declined to share details of India's efforts to get back the famous Kohinoor diamond from the UK, saying the matter was subjudice.

Pakistan's Punjab govt tells court Kohinoor cannot be brought back

The 108-carat famed Kohinoor diamond cannot be brought back to Pakistan as it was handed over to the UK under the 'Treaty of Lahore' in 1849, provincial Punjab government on Tuesday told the High Court.

Kohinoor wars: BJP hits out at Congress, claims it reversed earlier policy on diamond

Under attack for the government's U-turn on Kohinoor diamond issue, BJP on Wednesday claimed the Narendra Modi dispensation has revised the stand of previous governments on the issue.

Whose diamond is it anyway? All you need to know about the Kohinoor and its ownership

The Centre has said that the Kohinoor diamond was handed over to the Queen of England as per a legal agreement. It was was given to the British by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after he was defeated in the Anglo-Sikh War of 1849.