Govt plans to end Free Movement Regime with Myanmar to check influx of illegal migrants, insurgentsUnder the FMR, every member of the hill tribes, who is either a citizen of India or a citizen of Myanmar and who is resident of any area wi...
02 Jan, 2024, 07.43 PM IST
Assam Governor asks Army to put a stop to smuggling from MyanmarThe Governor mentioned the illegal smuggling of arms, gold, drugs and liquor through Myanmar via Moreh and requested Indian Army to play a ...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Pandemic-battered gold demand in India to rebound in 2021Goldsmiths had one of the worst years in 2020, when demand slumped by more than a third to 446.4 tons, the lowest since 1994, as the pandem...
28 Jan, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Northeast’s arms smuggling routes now turn goldenArms smuggling took a hit with the decline in insurgency after 2013-14, the DRI report said. “But as the routes and the network of carriers...
06 Dec, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
Gold futures gain as coronavirus death toll crosses 630Gold futures were up 0.18 per cent to Rs 40,424 per 10 grams.
07 Feb, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
Anti evasion wing of Mumbai Central GST busts major illegal gold movement channel“The customs and GST officials have raised their drive to curb evasion of import duty or of the GST,” said a government official speaking o...
17 Jan, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Yellow metal may take grey route by year endFlow of recycled gold likely to rise 15 per cent this year on high prices and rural distress
02 Aug, 2019, 10.49 AM IST
Guns earlier, now gold smuggled from Myanmar is worrying India"Gold is the biggest contraband from Myanmar," T Bijando Singh, superintendent of the Imphal division of customs and stationed at Moreh alo...
29 Jun, 2019, 11.22 AM IST
Elections 2019: Taxmen told to step up vigilance to curb illegal flow of currency, liquorThe CBIC's instructions follow a multi-departmental meeting called by the Election Commission earlier in the month on sharing of intelligen...
24 Mar, 2019, 12.03 PM IST
Gold import duty may not be cutIndia’s trade deficit touched a three-year high of $14.88 billion in December 2017.
18 Jan, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
Demonetisation: Will there be a spurt in weddings?The government sees the transfer of illegal funds to assets like gold and foreign currency as inevitable but of limited utility as the volu...
18 Nov, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
Crackdown on gold smuggling leads to drop in discount offered from 5% to 1%James Jose, secretary, Association of Gold Refineries and Mints said the discount has already dropped to 1% and “hopefully by the end of th...
15 Sep, 2016, 09.03 AM IST
North Korea apologises to Bangladesh over gold smuggling diplomatBangladeshi issued Son Young's expulsion order after releasing him under the Vienna Convention after the brief detention for interrogation.
10 Mar, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
Income Tax department to keep watch over use of black money in pollsAn Air intelligence unit has been made operational in all airports at Patna, Gaya and Ranchi to keep a watch over passengers in chartered a...
13 Mar, 2014, 03.08 PM IST
Won’t sell conflict gold to India: DubaiIndustry officials say that conflict gold is allegedly sold to cash-for-gold dealers in Dubai.
12 Apr, 2013, 07.08 AM IST
Weak rupee makes gold smuggling, bets attractiveGold prices are rising faster in India than overseas. And this has brought back a profit opportunity, legal, not-quite-legal and illegal.
15 Sep, 2012, 10.30 AM IST
- Illegal flow of Gold to Nepal from India across porous border showing upward swing
Under friendship treaty, India and Nepal enjoy open border in between that does not demand visa for citizens to cross it. That facilitates ...
27 Aug, 2012, 03.59 PM IST