Troops of the 110th Battalion of the Border Security Forces intercepted a vehicle found to be loaded with a large quantity of clothing items worth more than Rs 10 lakh, "meant to be smuggled into Bangladesh," an official statement from the BSF said on Wednesday.
The annual World Economic Forum that was held in Davos last week proved to be a significant milestone for Karnataka, as the state attracted investment proposals worth over Rs 23,000 crore.
Hyderabad Customs officials seized heroin worth Rs 41.44 crore at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from a passenger arriving from Singapora, an official said on Sunday.
Terming his Davos visit "successful," Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said several memoranda of understanding worth over Rs 3,53,000 crore (approx) were signed over three days of the Davos summit and businessmen were excited to invest in the state.
In a major development at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 in Davos, the Government of Telangana and the Adani Portfolio of Companies signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) totalling over Rs 12,400 crore.
According to an official press release from the Delhi Finance Minister's Office, "In the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) meeting held recently, Finance Minister Atishi approved these three projects, including new District Court complexes in Rohini Sector-26, Shastri Park and Karkardooma.
"A contraband substance covered in a polythene bag, discovered as brown sugar weighing about 748 gms (worth 1.5 crore rupees) was recovered from his possession during the search," said police.
Cochin Customs arrested two and recovered gold worth 67.29 lakhs in two separate cases on Tuesday. In the first case, Cochin Customs arrested one and seized gold worth Rs 40.67 lakhs from a family who came from Sharjah.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) conducted different drives over the zone and apprehended nine people for the illegal sale of railway tickets.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu distributed a relief package worth Rs 9.88 crore as the first instalment to aid 1388 disaster-affected families in Sirmaur district.