Customs  

The three Tamil-origin women who were flying from Colombo in a Sri Lankan Airlines flight were held after custom officials suspected them of smuggling.

We need to follow the customs and practices of our forefathers and abandon west-oriented lifestyles, said vice president Venkaiah Naidu in Hyderabad. 
 

While screening the baggage at the airport in Hyderabad, CISF personnel found a Dubai-bound passenger carrying unaccounted foreign currency. They handed him over to the customs officials and the investigation is on.

Tamil Nadu customs officials seized 181 kg of cannabis worth Rs 27 lakh. The culprits were all set to smuggle them to Sri Lanka from Thoothukudi.

12-year-old was asked to sleep outside the house in a shed as part of menstruation customs when Cyclone Gaja made a landfall in Tamil Nadu

A lower court in Gujarat on Thursday declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a "proclaimed absconder" in a customs duty evasion case filed in March. The court also ordered him to appear in person on November 15.

Just when the protest took a nasty turn with devotees raising their voices against the entry of women into the Sabarimala shrine, TV Mohandas Pai shares his views on the Supreme Court verdict.

Along with delay in part payment of August salaries to pilots and management, the decision to impose 5 per cent customs duty on ATF also hit sentiment.
 

Rising fuel prices, intense competition and inability to pass on spiralling expenses have been negatively impacting the domestic airlines

A detailed personal baggage search of the passenger and the airport staff resulted in the recovery of two gold rods crudely given shape of kada (bangle), total weighing 600 gram and having total value of Rs 17.18 lakh, a customs department statement said
 

Customs officials near Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, seize ganja worth Rs 15