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30 Aug 2023

Gold Worth Rs 8.9 Lakh Concealed In Nutella Jars Seized At Trichy Airport

A gold bar of 24 K purity and weighed 149.000 grams, valued at Rs 8.90 lakh was extracted from gold powder ingeniously concealed in a Nutella jars

09 Jan 2023

Customs seize USD worth Rs 32 lakh hidden in Ghutaka pouches in Kolkata: WATCH

A passenger who hid 100 dollar currency notes worth over Rs 32 lakh in Ghutaka pouches was intercepted by customs in Kolkata.

06 Aug 2018

CBI arrests 19, including customs officials, over organised smuggling racket

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 19 people, including six customs officials, in connection with an organised smuggling racket. The arrests were made at Trichy International Airport in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

17 Dec 2017

Gold smugglers get creative, hides shipment in microwave transformer

In the period from January till October this year, at least 110 kg of gold, valued at Rs 37 crore, has been seized from smugglers at the IGI airport here.

19 Nov 2017

Gold smugglers now prefer Europe over Gulf countries: Customs

Recent cases of gold seizure show that smugglers are opting for the European route and newer modus operandi, officials said.

Demonetised notes

09 Apr 2017

People sending demonetised notes abroad by courier: Customs

The customs department has unearthed a new modus operandi of sending demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes abroad by courier in a bid to get them converted here later.

25 Dec 2016

About 75% of targeted 60,000 officers trained for GST

In order to implement the new indirect tax regime, the NACEN has already trained about three-fourth of the targeted 60,000 field officials for the same.

18 Nov 2016

Ethiopian woman held for smuggling gold at IGIA

An Ethiopian woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold worth Rs 89 lakh at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.

29 Aug 2016

SHOCKING! 2.5 kg gold dumped in Air India plane toilet? - SEE PICS

A whopping 2.5 kg of gold dumped in Air India plane toilet, has been seized by customs.

Indirec tax collections

09 Aug 2016

Indirect tax collections up 30% to Rs 2.71 lakh crore till July

Indirect tax collections rose by 29.9 percent during April-July period of the current fiscal to Rs 2,71,719 crore, mainly due to impressive growth in central excise duty mop-up.

26 Jul 2016

Jallikattu: Customs, traditions have to pass legal and constitutional test as well, says SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed that customs and traditions have to pass a legal and constitutional test, telling Tamil Nadu which held 'Jallikattu' (bull fighting) was a 5,000-year-old sport and should not be stopped for being allegedly cruel to the bull, that child marriage was also an age-old tradition before it was outlawed.

20 Jul 2016

Security beefed up at airports post Istanbul terror attack

Security at airports across the country has been beefed up in the wake of Istanbul terror attack, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

17 Jul 2016

Customs clearances to get paperless from 2017

Imports will become easier from the next year as the CBEC is planning to go paperless and move towards a completely integrated Customs system for facilitating documentation and fast-tracking clearances of consignments.

Duty free shops

11 Jul 2016

Flyers can now buy duty-free goods worth Rs 25,000

Flyers coming in from abroad can buy goods upto Rs 25,000 from duty-free shops in international airports across the country, a five-time jump from the current limit.

31 Mar 2016

Nothing to declare! Flyers not to fill customs form from tomorrow

The move is part of a new and simplified measure announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Budget for 2016-17.

28 Jan 2016

PM Modi calls for strict action against officials on grievances related to customs, excise

Modi, who chaired his ninth interaction through PRAGATI - Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation - urged all secretaries whose departments have extensive public dealing, to set up a system for top-level monitoring of grievances immediately.

India's industrial activities

09 Dec 2015

Indirect tax collection grows by 34% in Apr-Nov period

Reflecting improvement in industrial activities, indirect tax collection jumped 34.3 percent to Rs 4,38,291 crore during the first eight months of current financial year.

Overseas travellers

23 Oct 2015

Govt eases penal provisions for customs, excise offences

In a bid to reduce harassment of overseas travellers, the government today eased the penal provisions by raising fourfold to Rs 20 lakh the limit of undeclared or mis-declared baggage that will attract arrest or prosecution.

10 Oct 2015

Dr Subhash Chandra Show: Women need to believe in their own self and strength

08 Oct 2015

India, South Korea customs sign agreement

India and South Korea on Thursday signed an Authorised Economic Operator Mutual Recognition Agreement (AEO-MRA) on the sidelines of the 11th Asia Europe meeting of directors general-commissioners of customs (ASEM) currently underway here.

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