India
Indian city force arrest 7 men for smuggling petroleum products
NEW DELHI: The City Task Force arrested seven persons on Friday for allegedly smuggling petroleum products such as petrol and...
India’s DRI seizes smuggled cigarettes worth Rs. 32.7 lakh
COIMBATORE: Smuggled foreign brand cigarettes valued at Rs. 32.7 lakh were seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) personnel at...
Mangaluru Air customs seizes foreign currency at airport
MANGALURU: Officials of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar here seized foreign currency of valued 9,000 Saudi Arabian...
Mumbai customs seizes 6.2kg gold worth Rs 1.54cr, arrests 7 smugglers
NEW DELHI: The Air Intelligence Unit of Mumbai Customs today seized 6.2 kg of gold worth Rs 1.54 crore in...
Qatar based Doha Bank to expands its operations in India: CEO R Seetharaman
KOLKATA: Qatar-based Doha Bank is keen to expand its operations in India. Speaking at an interactive session at the Bengal...
Aqua farmers looking forward to upgrade Bandar port
VIJAYAWADA: Aqua farmers in the Krishna- Godavari region are looking forward to the upgrade of Gannavaram Airport and facilities at...
Krishnapatnam port sees rise in customs revenue, container volume in 2014-15
CHENNAI: The container traffic volume and Customs revenue contribution of Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) for 2014-15 has reported a...
Customs investigating gold flow into Cochin International Airport
KOCHI: More skeletons are likely to tumble out of the cupboards of gold smuggling syndicate based in Muvattupuzha as the...
India sets customs clearance facility at ports to ease trade
NEW DELHI: The government has set up Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees (CCFCs) at ports to ensure expeditious customs clearance...
Kochi Air Customs foils bid to smuggle 1500kg gold at airport
KOCHI: Constable Basheer had worked at the immigration wing as a security assistant from 2011 to April, 2015, but got...
Bangladesh’s trade deficit with India over $4b: Commerce Minister
DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has claimed Bangladesh gains from its trade deficit with India. He, however, offered no explanation. “The...
Magi ban reveals deficiencies in Indian food test system
NEW DELHI: The recent ban on Maggi noodles puts a lens on the deficiencies of the food regulator to test...
India’s coffee exports rise 11.49% to 92,368 tons in April-June
NEW DELHI: Coffee exports rose 11.49 per cent to 92,368 tonne in April-June but the unit value realisation was lower...
India’s petroleum products exports slip 6% in 2014-15
MUMBAI: India’s petroleum product exports slipped in 2014-15, the first time in six years, as domestic demand for products such...
Indian Gujarat becoming cigarette smuggling hub
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is fast becoming the preferred transit point for cigarette smugglers in the country. Over the past three months...
Kochi customs arrests man for allegedly illegal gold smuggling
KOCHI: Busting an international racket involved in gold smuggling, Customs officials today arrested a Kerala police constable, who worked on...
Indian Customs arrests woman for smuggling gold at Sardar int’l airport
NEW DELHI: A woman was arrested here today for allegedly smuggling gold at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Customs...
Emigration officer arrested for smuggling 1,500kg gold at airport
KOCHI: The emigration officer who was arrested in connection with the smuggling of around 1,500 kg of gold through the...
Indian Revenue Intelligence seizes 3.39cr cigarette sticks in 3 diff raids
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is fast becoming the preferred transit point for cigarette smugglers in the country. Over the past three months...
Indian customs arrests 3 in gold smuggling at Cochin airport
NEW DELHI: The probe into the operation of a Muvattupuzha-based gold smuggling racket through the Cochin International Airport Limited received...
