54 kg of gold worth Rs 41 crore, Rs 10 crore in cash seized from abandoned vehicle in MP
The seizure was made in the wee hours of Friday on a tip-off.
The seizure was made in the wee hours of Friday on a tip-off.
It said that the gold prices are up 28% in USD till November-end.
Delhi customs have seized about 440 grams of gold from three passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
As the prices of gold and silver continue to rise amid geo-political tensions, ace global investor Jim Rogers has an advice for people: stay invested in precious metals and nothing can teach us better about bullion than Indian women.
According to Delhi Customs, on the basis of intelligence developed by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), a passenger arriving from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Delhi via Kuwait was intercepted after crossing the Green Channel of Customs.
Bull run continues in the bullion market amid high uncertainty and with the likelihood of new coronavirus cases not declining…
The centuries old gold market of the city has seen a drastic fall in sales during the past few months. Even after the reopening of shops, the gold traders have not seen a day with good income.
Besides the gold and silver reserves, these temples have around Rs 400 crore in cash and banks as fixed deposits.
The industry has been hoping that the import duty on gold would be slashed from 12.5 per cent to 4 per cent in this year’s budget which would have brought much relief to the sector which has been reeling due to liquidity crunch.
On Wednesday, gold on the international futures market COMEX was trading at $1,591.35 an ounce with a gain of $17.05 or 1.08 per cent in the February contract, while gold traded up on Comex to $1,612.95 per ounce during the previous trading, which is the highest after February 2013. On February 19, 2013 the gold rose to $1,617 an ounce.
