How can a film that has a character declare that secularism is an illness be taken seriously, asks Deepa Gahlot.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, a Tamil Nadu-based alleged dealer of narcotics, in connection with an international drugs trafficking investigation case.
Soaring fuel prices give birth to a jugaad system in Bihar's border towns abutting Nepal with residents smuggling in India-supplied cheaper petrol and diesel from the mountain kingdom.
The people suspected that Khan was smuggling cows but the allegation is yet to be verified, police said.
Over 60 kg of gold "concealed and smuggled" by several passengers on three flights coming from Singapore and Malaysia was seized at the Visakhapatnam airport by the directorate of revenue intelligence, officials said on Monday.
D Subbarao reiterated concerns over rising gold imports and its pressure on current account deficit.
Official sources did not specify the type of slaughterhouses which will be shut.
Based on the estimate, a courier bringing in 1 kg of gold currently worth around $40,000 at world prices could earn $470 if not caught.
'Customers are coming in; if they aren't buying, they are at least visiting the stores, which was not the case before the Budget.'
The Congress demanded a National Investigation Agency probe into the matter while BJP state chief K Surendran courted arrest for forcefully entering the complex soon after the fire broke out. Fire department sources told PTI that their personnel at nearby Chenkalchoola were informed about the incident at 4.45 pm and by the time they reached the spot, the room was filled with smoke.
As govt tries hard to choke the metal import, entry through unofficial channels doubled to 60 tonnes in first 5 months of this financial year
Four Nepalese nationals were arrested here on Saturday for possessing 2.5 kilogrammes of unprocessed uranium, with one of them claiming that her father-in-law 'brought' it from India where he worked in a uranium mine some 20 years ago, police said.
An alert has been issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, lead agency to check smuggling and customs duty evasion, to all international transit points across the country, official sources said.
The Punjab police has arrested a Border Security Force jawan for allegedly helping in cross border smuggling of weapons and narcotics.
riminals smuggle an estimated $30 billion in US currency into Mexico each year from the US, researchers said.
WGC had earlier estimated around 200 tonnes of gold was brought into India through smuggling in calendar year 2013.
'The work of a film-maker is going out and making films.' 'And if you are in prison for 15 years, you can't make films.'
According to the statement, NIA investigations have revealed the involvement of the notorious terrorist-gangster syndicate behind the killing of Gogamedi, who was shot dead in the living room of his house in Shyam Nagar colony in Jaipur in December 2023.
The incident took place around 10pm at Umsyiem village near Dawki town, 100 km south of the state capital, when a mob attacked the outpost, officials said on Monday.
The war of words between the Samajwadi Party and Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma war turned personal on Sunday with SP leader Shivpal Yadav accusing the Union Minister of smuggling opium and using charas.
The Bangladesh government makes good earning out of the cattle business.
Pehlu Khan's name was mentioned in the summary of the chargesheet.
Bishnoi is alleged to be the kingpin of a global syndicate involved in smuggling of fire arms and wildlife.
A video purportedly showing gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, lodged in Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Central Prison since August 2023, speaking to Pakistan's gangster Shahzad Bhatti on a video call surfaced on Tuesday, prompting the Gujarat government to order a probe.lawr
The smuggling came to light when their baggage were passed through an X-ray machine following a tip off.
Recent regulations may have caused official gold imports to fall dramatically but evidence of smuggling is rising.
15% of India's gold this year is likely to be smuggled in or arrive via other unofficial channels to beat a 10% levy imposed by the government
At a time when Bihar is facing acute shortage of fertilizers, particularly urea, authorities are unaware of rampant smuggling of fertilizers to Nepal and Bangladesh from the border districts of Bihar.
Police on Wednesday also said the incident was not connected to a case involving a reputed gang killing in India, The Fresno Bee newspaper reported.
There was one case of cow-smuggling against Umar at the Govindgarh police station of Alwar, which was registered in 2012.
Kolkata hangs its head in shame as the hope of a government with a moral compass and a heart in the right place recedes into the distance, notes Payal Singh Mohanka.
A vessel allegedly smuggling cigarettes and some other items from Dubai and carrying a banned satellite phone was intercepted off the Mumbai coast, and five Indians on board were taken into custody, Coast Guard and police officials said on Thursday.
Large quantities of fertilizers are smuggled through Nepal to China, where they are used as raw material for making explosives used to blast rocks for laying roads, a top secret intelligence report to the prime minister has revealed. Farmers are reeling under acute shortage of fertilisers because of this, the report said, estimating the illegal export from ten border districts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of Rs 1500 crores.
In a letter written by Director General of DRI Najeeb Shah, Air India has been asked to sanitise its staff, especially those involved in ground-handling duties, official sources said.
Flight attendants, football coaches, renegade robots, underwater superheroes, it's all there on OTT this week.
The central agency asked Banerjee to appear at its Kolkata office on Friday morning, he said.
'You cannot give authority to citizens to start policing the State.'
The Madras high court on Friday upheld a trial court order convicting over 200 men, including forest and police officials and sentencing them to various prison terms for atrocities committed against tribals including rape, where the victims included a minor girl and a pregnant woman.
The finance ministry on Friday informed a parliamentary committee that smuggling of fake currency has totally stopped post demonetisation and the tax department has seized Rs 515 crore in cash, including Rs 114 crore of new currency notes, up to January 10.
The government has asked jewellers to provide information on purchases of gold bars or jewellery worth more than Rs 500,000 by the end of this month, a move seen keeping a check on big transactions amid rising smuggling.
