India : National Museum to exhibit Nizam’s jewelry
August 14, 2006/Fibre2fashion.com, India
Jewelry collection of the Nizam of Hyderabad will be displayed in National Museum and leading diamond jewelry retailer Jacob Diamond will also be the part of it.This exhibition will start in first week of November, informed National Museum Director General A K V S Reddy.
The museum, where this collection is to be displayed, will be given Hyderabadi look with royal architecture.
Government has spent Rs200 crore in 1995 to purchase this collection and to protect that, tight security has been arranged by CISF personnel.
August 15th, 2006
Safe containing 60 million yen, jewelry stolen from house of construction firm boss
Mainichi Daily News, Japan
EBINA, Kanagawa — A safe that contained 60 million yen in cash and about 20 pieces of jewelry was stolen from the home of a man who operates a construction business here, police said.
The safe was kept in a closet on the second floor of his home in Ebina. There were traces that the safe had been dragged from the closet on the second floor to the entrance on the ground floor.
Officers suspect that more than two people were involved in the crime because they found two types of footprints in the hallway of the house.
The man’s daughter noticed the safe was missing when she came home, and alerted police on early Sunday morning. (Mainichi)
August 15th, 2006