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Karnataka bans sale of gutka, pan masala, some tobacco products for a year
August 12, 2026 3:57 pm
Special inspection and enforcement drives are being conducted across Karnataka under the leadership of Food Safety Officers.
Why your neighbourhood paan shop in Maharashtra was probably shut on Tuesday
July 15, 2026 3:13 pm
Here's why thousands of pan shop owners across the state observed a bandh, what they are demanding, and why the FDA's crackdown has intensified.
Delhi HC upholds notifications banning manufacture, sale of chewing tobacco in Capital, sets aside single-judge ruling
April 10, 2023 7:42 pm
The pleas stated that the Commissioner of Food Safety was not empowered under the FSSA, or the rules and regulations made thereunder, to impose such a prohibition on manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of chewing tobacco.
Week on, Punjab rolls back plan to lift tobacco ban
January 08, 2016 1:53 am
On May 31, 2015, on World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation had honoured the Punjab government for its campaign to curb tobacco use.
No objection to larger tobacco warning: Agriculture ministry
August 14, 2015 3:02 am
The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules 2014 were notified in October last year and would have come into effect from April 1, 2015.
Maharashtra: State bans sale of manufactured chewing tobacco
July 22, 2015 2:37 am
CM Devendra Fadnavis had last week announced extension of the three-year ban on gutkha, pan masala, and floured scented tobacco/supari for another year.
Tobacco Ban: State calls for stricter measures, school heads to be accountable
July 10, 2015 6:47 am
According to a Government Resolution (GR), school heads will have to sign and fill up an undertaking with their picture.
HC seeks Delhi govt's reply on plea against ban on chewable tobacco
April 17, 2015 1:46 pm
Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to Food Safety Commissioner of the Delhi government while restraining it from taking any action against sellers till the next date of hearing on May 20.
Meet the beedi barons
April 13, 2015 5:55 am
Relationship between beedi trade and politics is as old as the business itself in India —dating back to 1910.
No coercive action on tobacco ban, government told
April 09, 2015 4:05 am
The company has also claimed chewing tobacco was distinct from gutkha or paan masala.
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