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  Government waives full customs duty on key petrochemical products to ensure supply stability

  Business | April 02, 2026 10:20 IST

  The 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 | December 29, 2025 18:56 IST

  Customs 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 | June 07, 2024 23:30 IST

  The 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 | January 23, 2024 12:11 IST

  The 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 | November 11, 2019 17:01 IST

  Two 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 | November 08, 2019 15:24 IST

  The 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 | August 26, 2019 17:07 IST

  The 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

  July 17, 2015 18:15 IST

  New 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 | March 07, 2015 14:39 IST

  Mumbai: 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