Gutka Ban

X user Garga Chatterjee took to the microblogging site on Tuesday to share a snapshot of the 'gutka' stain in the metro. The image showed red stains all over the door of the metro, with also some litter lying on the ground.

Authorities of Puri's Jagannath Temple have announced a complete ban on consumption of tobacco-related products like paan' and gutka' on the premises of the 12th century shrine from January 1, 2024.

Noting the "direct and pernicious impact" of smokeless tobacco on public health, the Delhi High Court Monday affirmed a ban imposed by the food safety commissioner on manufacture, storage and sale of gutka, pan masala, flavoured tobacco.

With visuals of the filthy patches left by spitting and trash by commuters, a recent video of Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium Metro Station is going viral online.

The Delhi High Court has quashed the notifications of the Food Safety Commissioner prohibiting the manufacture, storage, and sale of gutka, pan masala, tobacco, and similar products in the national capital in the interest of public health.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the fresh notices issued by the Tamil Nadu Assembly Privileges Committee to 18 DMK MLAs, including the Leader of the Opposition M K Stalin for displaying sachets of banned gutka in the House in 2017.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly Privilege Committee has issued fresh notices to Leader of Opposition and DMK president MK Stalin and his legislators on the issue of display of banned gutkha sachets in the House in 2017, seeking their response by Monday.

The Jharkhand government on Tuesday extended the prohibition on the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of Gutka and Pan Masala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients till July 25, next year.

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the manufacture and sale of pan masala, saying the move will help stop the spread of coronavirus.

The Assam government on Wednesday banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine for a period of one year with immediate effect.

The ban on betel leaves and tobacco products, including gutka, inside the Jagannath temple in Puri came into effect on Thursday.

In 2013, the manufacture, storage and sale of the chewable forms of tobacco, including gutka and pan masala, were banned by the Tamil Nadu government.

Tamil Nadu's health minister and the state police chief are among the people raided by the CBI today in the gutka scam involving bribes given at the top to skirt a ban on chewing tobacco. CBI teams started searches around 7 am at nearly 40 places in Chennai, among them the homes of state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar and the Director General of P...

The Maharashtra government today told the Legislative Council that sale of gutka, banned in the state, would be made a non-bailable offence.

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has banned paan masala and gutka or chewing tobacco in all government offices in the state. It reportedly took seconds for the 44-year-old priest-politician to pass the order, on an unscheduled visit to the old Chief Minister's office in Lucknow.

X user Garga Chatterjee took to the microblogging site on Tuesday to share a snapshot of the 'gutka' stain in the metro. The image showed red stains all over the door of the metro, with also some litter lying on the ground.

Authorities of Puri's Jagannath Temple have announced a complete ban on consumption of tobacco-related products like paan' and gutka' on the premises of the 12th century shrine from January 1, 2024.

Noting the "direct and pernicious impact" of smokeless tobacco on public health, the Delhi High Court Monday affirmed a ban imposed by the food safety commissioner on manufacture, storage and sale of gutka, pan masala, flavoured tobacco.

With visuals of the filthy patches left by spitting and trash by commuters, a recent video of Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium Metro Station is going viral online.

The Delhi High Court has quashed the notifications of the Food Safety Commissioner prohibiting the manufacture, storage, and sale of gutka, pan masala, tobacco, and similar products in the national capital in the interest of public health.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the fresh notices issued by the Tamil Nadu Assembly Privileges Committee to 18 DMK MLAs, including the Leader of the Opposition M K Stalin for displaying sachets of banned gutka in the House in 2017.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly Privilege Committee has issued fresh notices to Leader of Opposition and DMK president MK Stalin and his legislators on the issue of display of banned gutkha sachets in the House in 2017, seeking their response by Monday.

The Jharkhand government on Tuesday extended the prohibition on the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of Gutka and Pan Masala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients till July 25, next year.

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the manufacture and sale of pan masala, saying the move will help stop the spread of coronavirus.

The Assam government on Wednesday banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine for a period of one year with immediate effect.

The ban on betel leaves and tobacco products, including gutka, inside the Jagannath temple in Puri came into effect on Thursday.

In 2013, the manufacture, storage and sale of the chewable forms of tobacco, including gutka and pan masala, were banned by the Tamil Nadu government.

Tamil Nadu's health minister and the state police chief are among the people raided by the CBI today in the gutka scam involving bribes given at the top to skirt a ban on chewing tobacco. CBI teams started searches around 7 am at nearly 40 places in Chennai, among them the homes of state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar and the Director General of P...

The Maharashtra government today told the Legislative Council that sale of gutka, banned in the state, would be made a non-bailable offence.

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has banned paan masala and gutka or chewing tobacco in all government offices in the state. It reportedly took seconds for the 44-year-old priest-politician to pass the order, on an unscheduled visit to the old Chief Minister's office in Lucknow.