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Man carrying gold worth ₹1.91 crore arrested at Delhi airport

Upon X-ray screening of the passenger's baggage, suspicious images were observed. A check on the DFMD (Door Frame Metal Detector) revealed no beep sound.

A passenger was caught at the Delhi airport carrying 2 kgs of gold(AP)

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Published on Apr 27, 2025 03:54 PM IST

ANI |

Quashing Volkswagen's $1.4 billion tax bill can be 'catastrophic': Customs dept

The scrutiny of 12 years of Volkswagen shipments resulted in India's highest-ever demand for back taxes related to import duties.

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Published on Mar 24, 2025 12:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan

Dubai to India: Limit on gold you can bring without paying customs duty

Indian travellers often buy gold in Dubai due to lower prices and cultural significance. They can bring back up to 1 kg with duty after six months.

Indians carrying gold above the permitted limit should declare their “dutiable” gold and enter the red channel.(Representative Image)

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Published on Mar 10, 2025 04:15 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Man from Punjab held with 16kg ganja at Kochi Airport

The air customs, Kochi, seized approximately 15.9 kg ganja (cannabis) from the passenger Balwinder Singh Negi, a resident of Ludhiana, said an official release on Thursday. He came from Bangkok on flight TG 347 at 11.09 pm, carrying the contraband in a bag. A detailed investigation is underway, officials said.

A man from Punjab has been arrested for attempting to smuggle about 16 kg ganja through Kochi International Airport, customs said here on Thursday. (Representational image)

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Published on Feb 14, 2025 08:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kochi

Govt scraps custom duties on waste and scrap of dozen critical minerals

The government will also launch a policy for recovery of critical minerals from tailings or by-products of mining, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Sansad TV)

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Published on Feb 01, 2025 01:18 PM IST

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National Customs Day: A peek into India’s only Customs & GST Museum in Goa

National Customs Day: Housed in a 400-year old building, Goa’s Customs & GST Museum is the only one of its kind in India. Here’s a quick peek into this museum.

Explore India's only Customs and GST Museum in Goa on National Customs Day.(Preeti Verma Lal)

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Published on Jan 26, 2025 07:06 AM IST

ByPreeti Verma Lal

3 arriving from Bangkok smuggle hydroponic weed worth ₹16 crore

MUMBAI: Customs seized 15.9 kg of hydroponic weed worth ₹16 crore from three Kerala passengers at CSMIA, arrested under NDPS Act.

3 arriving from Bangkok smuggle hydroponic weed worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>16 crore

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Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:37 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

Govt fixes gold import data after confusion over count

The double counting happened because the migration of data recording system from NSDL to the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange Gateway was not finished

The error arose from issues related to interoperability between two data collection systems recording the same data — in this case gold imports — the first counting shipments of gold to special economic zones and again capturing supplies to domestic tariff areas. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jan 10, 2025 04:50 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal

Customs duty cut on gold set to be reviewed

The government is reviewing customs duties on gold, considering a hike due to increased imports and declining gem exports after last year's duty cut.

In the case of gold, imports of the precious metal surged after a sharp duty reduction in July last year, but exports of finished goods such as gem and jewellery contracted, the people said, requesting anonymity. (REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 06, 2025 04:00 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi

Taste of Life: Origin, evolution of feasting during ‘Gatari’ celebration

As many labourers and farmers would be too inebriated to work and would lie down flat on the streets the next day, ‘Amavasya’ was also known as ‘Adawi Amavasya’. ‘Adawi’ means flat in Marathi. ‘Adawi Amavasya’ came to be known as ‘Gatari Amavasya’ sometime later

Dough lamps were offered to the “Gods of Lights” and then eaten by children and men on “Deep Amavasya”. (Sagar Waman Damle)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2024 09:22 AM IST

ByChinmay Damle

Court denies bail to traffickers who procured drugs from Netherlands

Mumbai court rejects Ravi Rai's bail plea in drug import case. Customs seized MDMA, cocaine, heroin from Netherlands parcel. Bail denied due to gravity of offence.

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Updated on Aug 06, 2024 07:34 AM IST

ByKaruna Nidhi

CBI arrests customs officer for accepting bribe of ₹80,000

The CBI caught the accused, Kumar Saket, red handed on Tuesday, while allegedly taking the bribe sum of ₹80,000 in his office at Courier Cell, International Courier Terminal, Sahar, Andheri East. The agency also conducted a search at the residence of the senior customs official in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai

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Updated on Jul 18, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

Tata Hospital doctor duped of ₹8.13 lakh by fraudsters

Doctor from Tata Hospital cheated of ₹8.13 lakh by fraudsters posing as Customs & RBI officials after befriending a woman on social media. Case registered with Bhoiwada police.

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Updated on Jul 07, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Old laptops, CPUs worth ₹4.11 Cr seized by Customs, importer arrested

SIIB(I) at JNCH seized 4,600 laptops, 1,546 CPUs worth ₹4.11 crore from UAE without DGFT approval. Importer arrested in Mumbai and Delhi, cash seized. Similar shipments found at Delhi Air Cargo.

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Updated on Jun 11, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

Consumer goods and medicine supply to be hurt as imports held back in ports

Customs officials hold imports of consumer goods and medicines over concerns of FTA abuse for paying lower import duties.

FMCG, appliances, and medicine supply likely to be impacted

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Published on Jun 08, 2024 12:29 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan

2, including Tharoor’s aide, held at Delhi airport for smuggling gold: Officials

The customs officials said that an Indian national, who arrived from Bangkok on Wednesday after exiting the aircraft, allegedly handed over the gold to Shiv Kumar Prasad, Tharoor’s former personal assistant

One has been booked by officials for smuggling gold (Representative Photo)

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Updated on May 30, 2024 01:41 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘Digital house arrest’ conmen finally trapped by cyber cops

According to the police, the men are linked to Cambodian nationals and have duped over ₹1.5 crore from innocent people across India, the details of which are being ascertained.

For Representation Only (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on May 23, 2024 07:06 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

8 officials relieved of duties after 29 gold ‘smugglers’ flee from Lucknow airport

Some of the passengers, including a woman, confessed to concealing gold in their stomach. Subsequently, the DRI transferred the passengers to the customs department on Tuesday

After a tip-off from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence that some passengers were arriving with illegal gold and cigarette sticks worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3.5 crore from the UAE, the suspects were detained at the airport after disembarking from the Sharjah-Lucknow flight on Monday morning. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Man held for smuggling gold worth ₹63 lakh hidden in his rectum

Customs AIU arrested Suban Bashir Ali at Mumbai airport for smuggling 1.09kg gold worth ₹63 lakh in rectum. Accused confesses smuggling for monetary benefit. Bail hearing on Monday.

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Updated on Mar 11, 2024 07:38 AM IST

ByManish K Pathak

Sri Lanka’s environment minister resigns after arrest over immunoglobulin procurement scandal during his tenure as health minister

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Updated on Feb 06, 2024 04:53 PM IST

PTI |

Passengers from Dubai taken to Mumbai airport domestic terminal; probe launched

Vistara said the airline’s teams worked with security agencies and the relevant authorities to ensure that the customers were taken to the designated area

Vistara said the airline was revisiting and tightening standard operating procedures to avoid any recurrence. (REUTERS/Representative)

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Published on Feb 05, 2024 01:57 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

International Customs Day 2024: Date, history and significance

International Customs Day 2024: From date to history, here's all that you need to know about the special day.

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Published on Jan 25, 2024 04:47 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

12 gold chains seized at Delhi airport, passenger arrested

Customs at Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital have arrested one person and seized 12 gold chains worth ₹2.78 crore, officials said on Sunday.

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Published on Dec 17, 2023 07:59 PM IST

ANI |

Cocaine worth ₹220 cr seized from Indonesian ship at Paradip port in Odisha

The Indonesian bulk carrier named MV Debi anchored at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal was on its way to Denmark

A kg of cocaine is worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 crore in the international market.(Representational)

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Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:01 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Diwali 2023: 7 important traditional customs that define the festival of lights

Diwali 2023: From lighting diyas to making colourful rangolis, here are seven of the most significant customs that play a central role in Diwali celebrations.

lifestyle

Published on Nov 05, 2023 10:34 AM IST

ByAkanksha Agnihotri

Use tech, share actionable intelligence to deter illegal trade: Sitharaman

Sanjay Malhotra said the fast-evolving modern digital world has blurred boundaries of nation states and created a daunting challenge for enforcement agencies

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the inaugural session of the Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters 2023 organised in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI)

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Published on Oct 30, 2023 08:25 PM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal

Make your celebration more special this Eid

Celebrate Eid-ul-Adha with these delicious recipes: Goat Biryani, Meat Pulao, Namak Gosht, Meat Lahoriya, and Turkish Adana Kebab.

Eid-ul-Adha is incomplete with biryani. To add more fun to the celebrations, make goat biryani or choose from other recipes.

lifestyle

Updated on Jun 29, 2023 04:42 PM IST

ByRuchika Garg, New Delhi

3 booked for smuggling foreign currency acquitted as Customs fail to bring witnesses

The accused have been identified as Suresh Hole, 61, Rajendra Bhutada, 61 and Bharati Bhutada, 54 – all of them are residents of Pune.

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Updated on May 19, 2023 12:31 AM IST

ByCharul Shah

Amritpal’s wife stopped from boarding flight to UK

After questioning for around 3 hours, pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal’s wife was asked to return to Jallupur Khera — radical leader’s ancestral village

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Updated on Apr 21, 2023 12:52 AM IST

ByAnil Sharma

The focus of G20 is sustainable tourism

The G20 presidency provides a strong platform for India to promote its agenda of developing sustainable/green tourism practices

During India’s year-long presidency of the G20, we will host over 200 meetings in 59-plus destinations. (HT)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 06:58 PM IST

ByArvind Singh

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Upon X-ray screening of the passenger's baggage, suspicious images were observed. A check on the DFMD (Door Frame Metal Detector) revealed no beep sound.

The scrutiny of 12 years of Volkswagen shipments resulted in India's highest-ever demand for back taxes related to import duties.

Indian travellers often buy gold in Dubai due to lower prices and cultural significance. They can bring back up to 1 kg with duty after six months.

The government will also launch a policy for recovery of critical minerals from tailings or by-products of mining, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

National Customs Day: Housed in a 400-year old building, Goa’s Customs & GST Museum is the only one of its kind in India. Here’s a quick peek into this museum.

MUMBAI: Customs seized 15.9 kg of hydroponic weed worth ₹16 crore from three Kerala passengers at CSMIA, arrested under NDPS Act.

The double counting happened because the migration of data recording system from NSDL to the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange Gateway was not finished

The government is reviewing customs duties on gold, considering a hike due to increased imports and declining gem exports after last year's duty cut.

As many labourers and farmers would be too inebriated to work and would lie down flat on the streets the next day, ‘Amavasya’ was also known as ‘Adawi Amavasya’. ‘Adawi’ means flat in Marathi. ‘Adawi Amavasya’ came to be known as ‘Gatari Amavasya’ sometime later

Mumbai court rejects Ravi Rai's bail plea in drug import case. Customs seized MDMA, cocaine, heroin from Netherlands parcel. Bail denied due to gravity of offence.

Doctor from Tata Hospital cheated of ₹8.13 lakh by fraudsters posing as Customs & RBI officials after befriending a woman on social media. Case registered with Bhoiwada police.

SIIB(I) at JNCH seized 4,600 laptops, 1,546 CPUs worth ₹4.11 crore from UAE without DGFT approval. Importer arrested in Mumbai and Delhi, cash seized. Similar shipments found at Delhi Air Cargo.

Customs officials hold imports of consumer goods and medicines over concerns of FTA abuse for paying lower import duties.

The customs officials said that an Indian national, who arrived from Bangkok on Wednesday after exiting the aircraft, allegedly handed over the gold to Shiv Kumar Prasad, Tharoor’s former personal assistant

According to the police, the men are linked to Cambodian nationals and have duped over ₹1.5 crore from innocent people across India, the details of which are being ascertained.

Some of the passengers, including a woman, confessed to concealing gold in their stomach. Subsequently, the DRI transferred the passengers to the customs department on Tuesday

Customs AIU arrested Suban Bashir Ali at Mumbai airport for smuggling 1.09kg gold worth ₹63 lakh in rectum. Accused confesses smuggling for monetary benefit. Bail hearing on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s environment minister resigns after arrest over immunoglobulin procurement scandal during his tenure as health minister

Vistara said the airline’s teams worked with security agencies and the relevant authorities to ensure that the customers were taken to the designated area

International Customs Day 2024: From date to history, here's all that you need to know about the special day.

Customs at Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital have arrested one person and seized 12 gold chains worth ₹2.78 crore, officials said on Sunday.

The Indonesian bulk carrier named MV Debi anchored at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal was on its way to Denmark

Diwali 2023: From lighting diyas to making colourful rangolis, here are seven of the most significant customs that play a central role in Diwali celebrations.

Sanjay Malhotra said the fast-evolving modern digital world has blurred boundaries of nation states and created a daunting challenge for enforcement agencies

Celebrate Eid-ul-Adha with these delicious recipes: Goat Biryani, Meat Pulao, Namak Gosht, Meat Lahoriya, and Turkish Adana Kebab.

The accused have been identified as Suresh Hole, 61, Rajendra Bhutada, 61 and Bharati Bhutada, 54 – all of them are residents of Pune.

After questioning for around 3 hours, pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal’s wife was asked to return to Jallupur Khera — radical leader’s ancestral village

The G20 presidency provides a strong platform for India to promote its agenda of developing sustainable/green tourism practices

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