Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Customs department on Monday busted a meticulously planned operation to sneak in around half kg of gold into Delhi via Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The authorities apprehended the smuggler, after receiving a certain Intelligence input and recovered gold worth lakhs. Around 473 grams … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Aizawl, March 22 (IANS) Assam Rifles and Customs officials, in a joint operation, have seized a consignment of areca nuts, also known as Burmese betel nuts, valued at Rs 1.08 crore in Mizoram, officials said on Saturday. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, a large quantity … Read more
Aizawl, March 8 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Friday emphasised the need to preserve the rich traditions of Mizo ancestors, particularly the practice of Hawihhawmna, showing respect through both words and actions. The Chief Minister graced the state’s most significant cultural festival, ‘Chapchar Kut’ and he was present on the opening day of the … Read more
Agartala, Feb 27 (IANS) In a major haul of drugs, the Assam Rifles, along with other law enforcing agencies, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 24 crore in Tripura in two separate incidents in the last 24 hours and arrested one person, officials said on Thursday. A defence spokesman said that … Read more
Kochi, Feb 20 (IANS) In what’s believed to be a family suicide, the bodies of three people were found at the official customs quarters in Kochi on Thursday night. The dead have been identified as Manish Agarwal an IRS official from Jharkhand, his sister Shalini and their aged mother Shakunthala. Manish belongs to the 2011 … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced exemptions on basic customs duty on 36 life-saving drugs and also gave a big boost to medical tourism. “Basic customs duty exempted for 36 life-saving drugs, while 6 life-saving drugs will have 5 per cent customs duty,” the FM said, as she … Read more