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Manipur Police arrest multiple militants; seize contraband including suspected WY tabletsSecurity forces in Manipur have apprehended multiple active militants from various Valley-Based Insurgent Groups, including PREPAK PRO, PLA...
Could your next pack of cigarettes be funding criminal networks? Inside Western Canada’s billion-dollar contraband tradeWestern Canada faces a surge in illegal cigarette trade. This market links with organized crime. It affects public health and diverts gover...
GST authorities uncover Rs 104 cr tax evasion in illicit tobacco trade, 61 cases detected in Q1GST authorities detected 61 cases of illicit tobacco products, involving Rs 104.38 crore in tax evasion, during the first quarter of FY25. ...
How Delhi Police nabbed nearly 100 narco offenders in one night during raids at nearly 800 locationsDelhi Police launched Operation Kavach 9.0 targeting narcotics. Simultaneous raids occurred at 794 locations across Delhi. Police arrested ...
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United StatesA small firm near Chicago is under scrutiny for importing millions of unauthorized Chinese vapes into the U.S., becoming a key player in th...
Flouting of rules by pan masala manufacturers: NGT issues notice to CentreThe National Green Tribunal has asked the central government for a response. This concerns the enforcement of plastic waste rules. The rule...
GST Council clears "track and trace" mechanism, cigarettes and pan masala likely first targetsThe GST Council will track cigarettes and pan masala to stop tax evasion. A unique code will be placed on products. This will help the gove...
Tobacco product makers to face Rs 1 lakh penalty, if packing machines not registered with GST authoritiesManufacturers of pan masala, gutka, and similar tobacco products will face a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh if they fail to register their pack...
Income tax dept detects Rs 335-cr black money after raids on Pune tobacco group"Total undisclosed income amounting to Rs 335 crore has been detected so far," CBDT said. The group is based in Pune's Sangamner area and i...
Income tax search and seizure drives unearth undisclosed income over Rs 785 croreThe group is engaged in packaging and sale of tobacco and related products besides generation and distribution of power, FMCG and real esta...
GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unitThe firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco pro...
Cabinet approves accession to protocol under WHO framework convention to eliminate illicit tobacco tradeThis will be applicable to both smoking and chewing or smokeless tobacco (SLT) forms as negotiated and adopted under Article 15 of the WHO ...
Cigarette, tobacco smuggling incidents jump 136% in 2yrs: ReportMaximum revenue loss to the exchequer came from illicit trade of tobacco products, mobile phones, alcoholic beverages, it said.
Disincentivise cigarette smuggling through tax policy: FAIFA"We appeal to the government to have a taxation policy, that disincentivises cigarette smuggling," FAIFA General Secretary Murali Babu said...
High taxes on cigarettes impact farmer’s incomeHigh taxes on cigarettes may have led to a drop in sale of domestic brands of cigarettes, but it has impacted farmer’s income and also incr...
Smuggling of cigarettes into India increases four times: WHOCigarette smuggling into the country increased four-fold between 2012 and 2014, seizure data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (...
Health secretary stresses on need to check illicit tobacco tradeDirectorate of Revenue Intelligence's seizure data indicates a four-fold increase in the value of seizures of smuggled cigarettes in 2014 a...
In a first, US bans bidi products from Indian companyThe ban is first one issued by the FDA under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
US cracks down on websites selling bidis, Indian cigarettesFDA said that their several products have been found to be "adulterated" under relevant regulations and did not carry the required permits ...
- HC seeks report on cases related to cigarette sale
The Bombay High Court has asked the Food and Drug Administration commissioner to file a detailed report within four weeks on the status of ...