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Crimes reported this year dip to 8,877 as against 9,765 in 2019 Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: Krishna district has witnessed a 10 per cent decline in the overall crime rate, including crimes against women, property offences, bodily offences, road accidents and white collar offences this year, while the increase in enforcement cases such as seizure of gutka, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS), PDS rice, liquor and sand seizures continue t...

IMFL worth Rs 5 lakh seized in North Garo Hills, Meghalaya The Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) were recovered by the Excise officials in Mendipathar area of the North Garo Hills district of Meghalaya   |  28 Dec 2020 7:08 AM GMT North Garo Hills: The Meghalaya Excise officers seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) from North Garo Hills on Friday. The IMFL recovered are worth Rs 5 lakh. The seizure was made from a truck in North Garo Hills districts Mendipathar area. The excise officia...

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): The Dewan Negara today passed five Bills including the Finance Bill 2020, the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020, and the Excise (Amendment) Bill 2020. Also passed was the Free Zones (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Temporary Measures for Government Financing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020. The Finance Bill 2020 and the Temporary Measures Bill for Government Financing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020 were tabled by Deputy Financ...

Monday, 28 Dec 2020 06:08 PM MYT A general view of Dewan Negara at Parliament, Kuala Lumpur September 2, 2020. ― Picture via Twitter Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — The Dewan Negara today passed five Bills including the Finance Bill 2020, the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020, and the Excise (Amendment) Bill 2020. Also passed was the Free Zones (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Temporary Measures for Government Financing (Cor...

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Ludhiana: The police arrested four drug peddlers after more than 755kg poppy husk was recovered from them in Khanna on Sunday evening. The accused have been identified as Navjot Singh Nana, Amarjit Singh, both residents of Lopon village in Samrala, Sukhwinder Singh Jung of Adarsh Nagar in Samrala and Harmanpreet Singh Gaggi of Ber Khurd village in Payal. Khanna SSP Gursharandeep Singh Grewal said the arrests were made on a tip-off. A checkpoint was set up in Sadar Khanna and the truck was stopp...

Repeal law on liquor prohibition: Bihar Congress Pointing out the revenue loss for the fund-starved state, Ajit Sharma wrote, “There has been loss of Rs 4,000 crore-Rs 5,000 crore to the state exchequer because of the prohibition. Liquor mafia would be earning twice the amount.” December 18, 2020 1:34:05 am THE OPPOSITION Congress in Bihar has demanded repeal of the liquor prohibition law in the state, claiming that it was hurting the state exchequer while the liquor...

CUSTOMS Department offices can be used as detention centres in the near future, the House was told. Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Abd Rahim Bakri said this was made possible after the Dewan Rakyat passed the Excise (Amendment) Act 2020 which allowed Customs offices to hold suspects due to overcrowding in police lock-ups. “Suspects will be detained at gazetted offices during investigation before the cases are referred to the Attorney General’s Chambers, ” he said in winding up the debate...

KUALA LUMPUR: Come Jan 1, cigarettes will be subjected to taxes at all duty-free islands or duty-free zones. The move, one of the measures under the recently passed Budget 2021, is an effort to stem cigarette smuggling activities said to be rampant at duty-free islands and zones. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said cigarettes are one of the most smuggled items in the country. “From what we know, cigarette smuggling occurs on some duty-free islands throughout the country. “T...

By Alois Vinga FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube’s proposed amendments to eight key Acts allowing collection of tax in US dollars and the widening of tax free thresholds could soon see the light of the day following the gazetting of Finance (No.2) Bill. The Bill was gazetted on Monday, paving way for the budget debate among other related issues to commence. “The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Finance Act, the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Customs and Excise Act, the Toll Ro...