India, UAE sign deal on customs cooperation
April 1st, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 1 (IANS/WAM) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters.The agreement was signed between visiting Indian ... Read more...
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Abhishek thanks fans for wishing Ash on baby shower
October 19th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It was a grand baby shower ceremony for mother-to-be Aishwarya Rai and while celebrities had poured in to congratulate her, Abhishek Bachchan has thanked ... Read more...
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First private consignment reaches Tripura via Bangladesh
September 29th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 29 (IANS) The first private goods consignment via Bangladesh Thursday reached Tripura from Kolkata although Dhaka is yet to sign a full-fledged treaty with New Delhi on transit ... Read more...
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India to aid Ethiopia in implementing customs valuation system
June 16th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, June 16 (IANS) India will provide technical assistance to Ethiopia on implementation of a WTO compliant customs valuation system in the east African country, where weaknesses in tax ... Read more...
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Nepal ignores India’s cancer concerns over betel nut
April 2nd, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 2 (IANS) While pressing for trade concessions from its largest business partner India, Nepal, however, has been stolidly ignoring New Delhi's growing health concerns with government and customs ... Read more...
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Rahat Ali thanks Indian Govt for support, very good treatment during detention
February 24th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 24(ANI): Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has appreciated the Indian Government's efforts to secure his release following his detention at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly attempting ... Read more...
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International Customs Day celebrated in Delhi
January 27th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.27 (ANI): Indian Customs celebrated International Customs Day on Thursday at function held here.S. Dutt Majumder, Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, was the chief guest.Trade organizations ... Read more...
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Kiwi team claims ’six-figure sum’ from Delhi CWG
January 23rd, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 23 (ANI): The controversial Delhi Commonwealth Games is in the headlines again after sporting authorities in New Zealand claimed that they are owed a 'six-figure sum' by the event's organisers ... Read more...
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India accused for not paying millions to Delhi CWG international contactors
November 28th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 28 (ANI): An internationally renowned major events producer, Ric Birch, has said India should be barred from hosting the Olympics because the Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers had failed to pay ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4: Sara And Ali’s ‘Haldi’ Ceremony Takes Place
November 11th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Â Bigg Boss 4 house has been on a total celebration mode for the last couple of days or so. What with the wedding of Sara Khan and ... Read more...
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Katy Perry Ties The Knot With Russell Brand In Gala Indian Wedding
October 25th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Russell Brand tied the knot with his lady love Katy Perry in one of the most extravagant manner on October 23, in the presence of family ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi traders’ strike hits trade with India
October 12th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 12 (IANS) A strike by Bangladeshi traders demanding improvement of infrastructure, including roads in their country along the border, has badly hit the neighbouring nation's trade with India, officials said ... Read more...
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Globe-trotting Tibetan runs into customs wall in India
September 24th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Dharamsala, Sep 24 (IANS) A globe-trotting Tibetan from the US has hit the 'great wall' with the Indian customs at Chennai as he entered India to complete the last leg ... Read more...
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UN blames captain for Pak bound ship’s detention by India
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has blamed the captain of the Pakistan-bound ship carrying decommissioned weaponry from a UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia responsible for the circumstances leading to ... Read more...
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Goa police on lookout for LTTE cadres, sympathisers
April 21st, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 21 (IANS) Police are keeping an eye on Sri Lankan Tamils possibly working on fishing trawlers and in the mushrooming hotel industry in coastal Goa after the union home ministry ... Read more...
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Sweat Lodge Death Guru Can’t Make Bond
February 22nd, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Flagstaff, AZ Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Despite earlier stories attesting to the wealth of James Arthur Ray, his attorneys are requesting that the judge lower his bond. A judge has set ... Read more...
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Jamdani saris a big hit at India International Trade Fair
November 20th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Jamdani saris are known for their fine texture, elegant colours and their steep price tags - but visitors to the ongoing India International Trade Fair nevertheless flocked ... Read more...
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Communication gap in ‘UAE’ aircraft? (Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 3:37 pm ICT by IBNS
Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS) Indian customs on Sunday night detained an aircraft apparently belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force after it landed in Kolkata for refuelling and ... Read more...
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Shark jaw, gold in commode: contraband turns treasure in Goa (Feature)
August 3rd, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) A two-century-old river-front mansion in the Goan capital called the Blue Building is proud of the contraband it houses. For, it's a delightful museum of ... Read more...
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Socialite Sheetal Mafatlal’s bail plea hearing today
June 9th, 2009 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 9 (ANI): The Mumbai court will hear a bail plea of Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, today.Sheetal was on Monday sent to judicial custody till June 12 by the ... Read more...
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Socialite Sheetal Mafatlal sent to judicial custody
June 8th, 2009 - 9:30 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 8 (ANI): Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, was on Monday sent to judicial custody till June 12 by a Mumbai court. She was detained on Sunday upon arrival from ... Read more...
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NRI socialite Sheetal Mafatlal sent to jail till June 12
June 8th, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Socialite Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, was remanded to judicial custody till June 12 by a court here Monday, a day after she was arrested for carrying ... Read more...
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Dismal start to Nathu La border trade between India, China
May 4th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Oberoi
Nathu La (Sikkim), May 4 (IANS) The fourth season of the border trade between India and China through the fabled Silk Road resumed Monday, although bureaucratic red tape from ... Read more...
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Nine patrol vessels deployed for India’s coastal surveillance
December 13th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) In a significant step towards strengthening India's coastal surveillance, the Indian Customs Saturday commissioned nine advanced patrol vessels and announced plans to acquire 100 more within the next ... Read more...
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Several Pakistani stalls remain vacant at trade fair
November 15th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Pakistan is partner country at this year's India International Trade Fair that opened Friday, but its exhibitors complain that cumbersome procedures have kept a third of their ... Read more...
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Third time lucky for South African cricketer Bosman
April 24th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by admin
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, April 24 (IANS) For South African cricketer Loots Bosman it was a case of third time lucky - after failing twice to enter India to join the Mumbai ... Read more...
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Burger sold for Rs.400,000 at McDonald’s Chennai
April 1st, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) A vegetable burger, that ordinarily is priced at Rs.42, was sold for a whopping Rs.400,000 at McDonald's first Chennai outlet Tuesday. Kick-starting its first outlet at Ascendas IT ... Read more...
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India asked to cut bitter duties on Angostura
March 6th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by admin
By Paras Ramoutar
Port of Spain, March 6 (IANS) High customs, excise and other levies on Angostura aromatic bitters (AAB), a premier export of Trinidad and Tobago, might be renegotiated with India, a ... Read more...
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London-borne Qantas passengers bear Delhi heat for 6 hours at IGI airport!
March 3rd, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Mar 3 (ANI): Nearly 400 people onboard a 14-hour Singapore-London Qantas flight were forced to spend two days in the same clothes in scorching Delhi heat, after the plane made an ... Read more...
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