Bombay HC upholds ban on gutka, pan masala
September 17th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) In a major victory for the Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court Saturday upheld its decision to ban tobacco flavoured gutka and pan masala in the ... Read more...
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Gutka ban welcome, needs to be effective, say Delhiites
September 11th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Delhi government's decision to ban gutka, a form of chewing tobacco, and related products has been widely welcomed though there is scepticism over how ... Read more...
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Punjab bans gutka, pan masala
August 27th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) Punjab Monday ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the ... Read more...
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Court asks Delhi to decide on tobacco ban plea
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government to decide within two weeks upon a petition seeking a ban on tobacco products in the ... Read more...
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Jharkhand bans sale, manufacturing of gutka
July 24th, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 24 (IANS) The Jharkhand government Tuesday banned manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of 'gutka' (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) in the state, said an official.The Jharkhand cabinet meeting chaired ... Read more...
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Uttarakhand is biggest tobacco consumer in north: Survey
July 21st, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Uttarakhand has earned the dubious distinction of being the state with highest consumption of tobacco products, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, according to a survey ... Read more...
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Haryana bans gutka, pan masala from Aug 15
July 20th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) The Haryana government Friday announced a ban from Aug 15 on the manufacturing, storage, distribution or sale of gutka, pan masala, zarda and other chewable products ... Read more...
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Check tobacco promotion, sales: Voluntary group to FSSAI
June 20th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An anti-tobacco voluntary group Wednesday sought intervention of India's food safety authority to check promotion and sales of tobacco products in the country as part ... Read more...
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Gehlot presents populist budget with eye to coming polls
March 26th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 26 (IANS) With an eye to the coming state assembly elections by the end of next year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who also holds the finance ... Read more...
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Land and vehicle taxes up; liquor to cost more in Kerala
March 19th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Land and vehicle taxes will go up in Kerala from next month. And so would the prices of cigarettes and liquor, according to the Rs.289.25 crore ... Read more...
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Experts say excise duty hike was expected
March 16th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday proposed a two percentage point hike in peak excise duty from 10 percent to 12 percent. Market analysts said ... Read more...
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Gains and losses from Budget 2012-13
March 16th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Here is what you gain and what you lose on account of the budget proposals presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday:Gains:- Minimum exemption limit for income tax raised to ... Read more...
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Apex court upset at former judges giving opinion on matters
January 29th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to attach opinions by former apex court judges to their PILs in a ... Read more...
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Apex court angry over ex-judges’ opinions filed by litigants
January 28th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid ... Read more...
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Pan masala makers want curbs to go
October 20th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Pan masala makers approached the Delhi High Court Thursday seeking an end to central government regulations restricting them from producing and selling their products that ... Read more...
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Chewing tobacco joins ‘banned foods’ as oral cancer cases rise
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Chewing tobacco, like gutka and paan masala, has been included among banned "food products" in the government's new food safety guidelines. The move has been ... Read more...
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Is tobacco plastic sachet ban being implemented, SC asks
August 25th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) More than five months after the ban on the use of plastic pouches to pack chewing tobacco and pan masala came into effect, the Supreme ... Read more...
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Exploring northeast’s rich heritage, through fashion (With Images)
August 8th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Yana Ngoba and Raj Singh, husband-wife designer duo from the northeast, have showcased the rich tribal heritage of Arunachal Pradesh through a fashion show in ... Read more...
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Himachal takes green road to plastic disposal
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh plans to surface 150 km of state roads this fiscal by adding shredded plastic waste to tar, a minister said Tuesday."Molten plastic with liquid ... Read more...
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Smuggled Indian pan masala poses cancer threat to Africa
July 28th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) African teenagers, especially school kids, are addicted to Indian 'gutka' and pan masala smuggled into their countries, an Indian health ministry official said here Thursday, ... Read more...
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Cancer victim writes to PM for ban on tobacco products
June 1st, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A 35-year-old cancer victim has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pleading with him to impose a ban on tobacco products such as gutka ... Read more...
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Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on tobacco sachets (Lead)
April 14th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to lift a ban on the sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets and asked the central government to file ... Read more...
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Nepal ignores India’s cancer concerns over betel nut
April 2nd, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 2 (IANS) While pressing for trade concessions from its largest business partner India, Nepal, however, has been stolidly ignoring New Delhi's growing health concerns with government and customs ... Read more...
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Delhi to host national consultation on smokeless tobacco
March 29th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A two-day national consultation will be held here April 4-5 by the ministry of health and family welfare in association with the World Health Organisation ... Read more...
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Plastic gutka sachets banned, really?
March 6th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) On a lazy afternoon in the Delhi University area, 19-year-old Naresh Singh is whiling away his break at a cigarette shop. As he leisurely chews ... Read more...
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Deadline for ban on gutka in plastic sachet stays (Lead)
February 17th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a setback for chewing tobacco manufacturers, the Supreme Court Thursday declined to extend the March 1 deadline banning the marketing of tobacco products in plastic sachets.An ... Read more...
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No sale of tobacco products in plastic pouches from March: Supreme Court
February 17th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): Taking note of government's submission that 90 percent of oral cancer cases in the country are on account of chewing tobacco, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused ... Read more...
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Government mandates plastic bags of 40 microns thickness
February 7th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Taking the fight against polluting plastic a step further, the environment ministry Monday notified that plastic carry bags should be of a minimum thickness of 40 microns ... Read more...
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Himachal bans plastic cups, plates
January 29th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 29 (IANS) After imposing a ban on the use of all types of polythene bags made of non-biodegradable materials, Himachal Pradesh has decided to ban disposable plastic products from August ... Read more...
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Himachal’s plastic waste drive may earn it national award
January 12th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 12 (IANS) An innovative scheme launched by Himachal Pradesh to remove polythene wastes by using these to surface roads may win the state government a national award, an official said ... Read more...
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Curbs imposed on tobacco items’ ads on Gujarat public transport buses
January 1st, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 1 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has imposed curbs on advertisements of tobacco products on public transport buses in the state.The bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil ... Read more...
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‘Industry pressure led to deferment of tobacco warnings’
December 17th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The new and graphic pictorial warnings on tobacco products were deferred due to pressure from the tobacco industry, including ITC and the Pan Shop Owners Association, an ... Read more...
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Siliguri environmentalists support ban on sale of tobacco in plastic sachets
December 10th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
By Tarak SarkarSiliguri (West Bengal), Dec.10 (ANI): Environmentalists and anti-tobacco groups in West Bengal's Siliguri district supported the decision of supreme court to ban the sale of tobacco products packed in plastic.SC's ... Read more...
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No sale of gutka, pan masala in pouches from March 2011
December 7th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) In a major setback for manufacturers of gutka (chewing tobacco) and pan masala, the Supreme Court Tuesday imposed a ban, from March 2011, on these products' sale ... Read more...
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Supreme Court bans sale of ‘gutkha’, ‘pan masala’ in plastic pouches
December 7th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a ban on the sale of tobacco products like 'gutkha' and 'pan masala' in plastic pouches from March 2011, while asking ... Read more...
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