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Government waives full customs duty on key petrochemical products to ensure supply stability
Business | Apr 02, 2026, 10:20 AM ISTThe goods on which the customs duty has been exempted include Methanol, Anhydrous ammonia, Toluene, Styrene, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Vinyl chloride monomer, Poly butadiene, Styrene butadiene and Unsaturated polyester resins.
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Hydro ganja worth Rs 6.23 crore seized at Bengaluru airport, three arrested
Karnataka | Dec 29, 2025, 06:56 PM ISTCustoms officials said the ganja was carefully packed and hidden inside the luggage to avoid detection. A detailed examination led to the recovery of the high-grade cannabis, following which the passengers were taken into custody.
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Custom officials seize gold worth Rs 3.91 crores, arrest 5 persons at Chennai airport
Chennai | Jun 07, 2024, 11:30 PM ISTThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) acting on specific intelligence seized over 6 kg gold from Chennai airport and arrested five individuals involved in smuggling the gold into India.
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Government increases import duty on gold and silver findings, precious metal coins to 15 per cent
Business | Jan 23, 2024, 12:11 PM ISTThe increase in the import duty, effective January 22, is aimed at regulating imports and supporting the domestic economy.
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Two arrested by customs for smuggling Rs 75 lakh worth gold at Delhi airport
India | Nov 11, 2019, 05:01 PM ISTTwo men have been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing Rs 75 lakh at the Delhi airport
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Nirmala Sitharaman takes crying kids in stride at official function
India | Nov 08, 2019, 03:24 PM ISTThe event was attended by the officers passing out as the 69th batch of IRS (Customs and Central Excise), along with their family members. The proceedings began and a few children in the audience were heard crying, while some talked on, even as the parents tried hard to calm them
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22 tax officials retires on graft charges
India | Aug 26, 2019, 05:07 PM ISTThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) - the agency that overseas GST and import tax collections - compulsorily retired 22 superintendent rank officers under Fundamental Rule 56(J) on corruption and other charges, official sources said.
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Service Tax: New guidelines for returns' scrutiny from August
Jul 17, 2015, 06:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Announcing new guidelines for the manual scrutiny of service tax returns from August 1, the finance ministry on Friday said while scrutiny and anti-evasion work will be the domain of the Central Board of
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Gold seizure at Mumbai international airport surges by 300%
India | Mar 07, 2015, 02:39 PM ISTMumbai: Gold seizure by Customs at the Mumbai international airport has increased by over 300 per cent this fiscal till February compared to same period last year."During the last fiscal we had seized 272 kilograms