The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided nearly 40 locations in Chennai, including the premises of several top ministers, police officers and revenue officials, in connection with the 2017 gutkha scam. The homes of Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran, ex-DGP S George, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar were also searched.[Read More…]
Tag: Tobacco
SC refuses Centre’s plea to ban cautionary notice on Tobacco and Cigarette packets
The Supreme Court has refused to ban the notification issued by the central government regarding the tobacco product. The Center issued notification regarding giving graphic warnings on tobacco and cigarette packets. The court has also refused to ban the government’s decision in which a helpline number will be written to[Read More…]
Bengal paan shop owners protest against Centre’s advisory
Protesting against the Centre’s advisory proposing a ban on tobacco and paan shops from selling food items, shop owners here on Tuesday said this could lead to a drastic fall in their daily sales and affect their livelihood. “To avoid a harmful product, you can’t adopt a blanket ban on[Read More…]
Tobacco product shops can’t sell non-tobacco products: Health Ministry
In a significant decision, the union health ministry said that the shops selling tobacco products will not be allowed to sell non-tobacco products that may draw the attention of children. The government has also asked the state governments to develop a method under which shops selling tobacco products would need[Read More…]
Illegal smuggling of tobacco, gold at the Mumbai airport
Two passengers Vijay Kumar Natvarlal Rupapara and Manish Kumar Mansukhlal Khambani holding Indian passports on their departure to Lubumbashi via Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Air flight no. ET 641 were stopped at the airport. The passengers were allegedly attempting to export 5869 pouches and 900 tins of tobacco products, 185.5 kgs of[Read More…]