Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 13 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested a BCA student on charges of transporting hybrid ganja worth Rs 35 lakh in Mangaluru city, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as 21-year-old Suhana, a resident of Sagar in Shivamogga district.According to the police, the accused brought ganja from Chennai and sold it to students in the coastal city of Mangaluru.Police further stated that several criminal cases had already been registered against her in Beng…
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Washington, April 20 (IANS) India and the United States began a fresh round of trade negotiations here on Monday aimed at giving a final shape to the much-awaited trade deal between the two countries.A team of around a dozen Indian officials arrived in the US capital for the three-day talks scheduled from April 20 to 22. The delegation is led by India’s chief negotiator, Darpan Jain, an Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, along with representatives from the Customs Department a…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The government has rolled out a set of customs and logistics facilitation measures to help exporters handle cargo that has been stranded or returned due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.The measures allow exporters to bring back cargo into the domestic system while easing storage and handling costs, as shipping lines suspend bookings and Gulf ports operate under restrictions due to the Iran war. The steps are aimed at prevent…
Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has uncovered an alleged illegal breeding and sale racket of exotic animals and birds operating from a residential flat in the Navrangpura area of the city, officials said on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence, officers raided a flat at Ravalbhai Apartment, where they found a large number of foreign species being kept and bred inside cages within the residential premises.Officials said several of the species are rare and fetch high prices …
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) A Special CBI Court has sentenced a man possessing multiple passports to four years’ imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000, said an official on Tuesday. The case, investigated by the CBI, came up before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai, on Monday, the official said in a statement.The Special Court convicted and sentenced Ubaidullah alias F. Hameed alias Ubaithullah Khan Faizal to imprisonment for forgery and securing multiple passports.The C…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who is gearing up for his upcoming streaming series ‘Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web’, has lauded the customs department. The actor spoke with IANS recently, and lavished praise on the customs department for their research and groundwork.He told IANS, “I think they do a lot of good to our country as far as our economy goes. I think when there are dutiful products that are brought into the country, and the duty is not paid, that costs our …
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a long-absconding Proclaimed Offender, Sarit Vij alias Sarat Kumar Vij, in connection with a Rs 58 lakh fraud involving the Customs Department. A reward of Rs 10,000 had been announced for information leading to his arrest, the agency said in an official statement on Thursday.The CBI had registered the case on June 1, 1999, against Joseph Kuok, then Superintendent at the Inland Container Depot (ICD), Tughlakabad, Delh…