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DRI officers have busted a smuggling attempt involving the illegal import of Chinese-origin firecrackers, seizing 30,000 pieces at the Mundra Port and arresting the mastermind, the finance ministry said on Monday. In a continued effort under operation "Fire Trail" to counter the illicit import of firecrackers, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers intercepted a 40-foot container at Mundra port, originating from China. These containers were declared as carrying "water glass set" and "flower receptacle". A detailed examination revealed 30,000 pieces of concealed firecrackers/fireworks worth about Rs 5 crore hidden behind a front layer of water glass set, the ministry said in a statement. Earlier, in October 2025, DRI had successfully thwarted the attempts of illegal import of Chinese firecrackers at Mumbai and Tuticorin. The import of firecrackers is 'Restricted' and requires valid licences both from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and the Petroleum
Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state of making an excess payment of Rs 3,900 crore to Adani Power Mundra Limited (APMuL) over five years under two power purchase agreements (PPA), an allegation the government denied. Gujarat government spokesperson and cabinet minister Rushikesh Patel said the allegations were "misleading", stating that the payment was only interim and not final. The state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) paid Adani Power Rs 13,802 crore between October 2018 and March 2023 even when the latter did not submit any invoice or supporting documents of coal procurement (for its power plants), Gohil claimed at a press conference here. He produced a letter purportedly written by GUVNL dated May 15, 2023, to Adani Power Mundra seeking recovery of Rs 3,802 crore, excess payment made by the GUVNL towards energy charges under the two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) signed with the latter
The NIA on Monday filed a second supplementary chargesheet against 22 accused, including six Afghan nationals and seven firms, in the 2021 Mundra Port naroctics seizure case in Gujarat, an official said. Probe has established that funds generated through the sale of heroin were provided to operatives of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to further terrorist activities in India, the agency said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a chargesheet against 16 accused on March 14, 2022, and the first supplementary chargesheet was filed against nine others on August 29 that year. The case pertains to the seizure of over 2,988 kilograms of heroin at the Mundra Port in Gujarat. The consignment was sent from Afghanistan through Bandar Abbas in Iran. Initially, the case was registered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's Gandhidham unit in Gujarat. It was re-registered by the NIA on October 6, 2021. The supplementary chargesheet against 22 accused, who also include prime accus