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Modi govt planning to slash import duty of electric vehicles to 15% from 100% after Tesla proposal committing manufacturing in India, says report

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2023

A Reuters report says that Indian govt will cut import duty of electric cars to 15% if the companies commit to manufacturing in India

News Reports

Kolkata customs department recovers $40,000 concealed in gutkha pouches from a passenger going to Bangkok

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2023

Kolkata customs department has recovered 40,000 US dollars worth over Rs 32 lakh concealed in gutkha pouches

News Reports

Kerala’s Zeenat Banu hides gold in sanitary pad, Md Iqbal wraps gold in condom and puts in his rectum: Both arrested at Mangaluru airport

OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2022

Zeenat concealed gold worth Rs 86.89 lakhs in a sanitary pad inside her underwear whereas Iqbal concealed it inside his rectum as four balls wrapped in celluloid based tape and condom, as per reports.

Media

Hindustan Times’ Mint wants brands to cancel YouTuber Gaurav Taneja for ‘politically motivated’ posts

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2022

unapologetic display of Hindu way of life by Gaurav Taneja seems to have not gone well with 'liberal-secular' media.

Crime

Operation Desert Storm: Customs and DRI joint team seizes 23kg gold from Kerala airport, 23 arrested

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2022

The joint team seized nearly 23 kgs of smuggled gold and arrested 23 smugglers, making it the largest single-day haul of yellow metal in recent times in the country.

News Reports

Mundra port: DRI and customs intercept possible radioactive substances sent from Pakistan to China

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2021

The statement by the Adani group informed that the cargo which was intercepted by the DRI and Customs officials at the Mundra port in Gujarat’s Kutch district was en route from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China.

News Reports

Value of watches Rs 1.5 cr, not Rs 5 cr: Here is the statement by cricketer Hardik Pandya after customs seized two luxury watches

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

After customs seized two luxury watches from cricketer Hardik Pandya, following his return from UAE, he has issued a statement on Twitter

News Reports

Customs officials seize two luxury watches worth Rs 5 crores from cricketer Hardik Pandya at airport

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2021

Hardik Pandya did not have invoices for the watches, nor had he declared these watches to customs, as per reports.

News Reports

All efforts to influence investigation in gold smuggling case failed: Outgoing Customs Commissioner lashes out at Kerala govt, police

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2021

Lashing out at the Kerala government, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said he doesn't report to CM and that his reporting officer is Union Finance Minister, who he claims is very supportive

Interviews

Did you know that you can get tax free income if you inform govt about smugglers? This and more as OpIndia’s Nirwa Mehta chats...

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2021

All things you may or may not wanted to know about pichhe se sona kaise nikalta hai.

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