A peon at the secretariat was pulled up by a bureaucrat as soon as he fished out a pouch of “paan masala“, and was reminded of the ban on c...

Attendance is up after the CM urged bureaucrats to be ready to work 18-20 hours a day, warning them not to take home official files.

Surveys reveal that in Delhi nearly 10.5% adults (16.7% males and 2.8% females) consume smokeless tobacco products.

ITC with the food business going up, with the personal care business going up, has to get something more than what it gets for the residual...

Maharashtra government has extended the ban on sale and manufacture of gutka as well as paan masala to include all types of processed or pa...

Sale and manufacture of gutka has been banned in Maharashtra and Delhi since July 2012 and September 2012 respectively.

A decreasing acreage coupled with negligible carryover stock might firm up tobacco prices.

Stressing on the need to increase awarenesses among masses about ill-effects of tobacco, Delhi Health Minister A K Walia on Tuesday said th...

UP government today decided to impose a ban on gutka industry in the state with effect from April next year, an official spokesman said her...

Psychiatrists say intensive awareness campaigns, free counselling and medication must be provided to help addicts deal with withdrawal symp...

The Delhi government had announced a gutka ban on Monday and a notification to this effect was issued on Tuesday.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to the people of the state to launch a mass movement against gutka.

The Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 also bans the packaging of foodstuffs in recycled plastic or compostable plastic.

The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the Re 1 that it now costs, a...

The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the 1 that it now costs, as t...

A sharp increase in arecanut prices has forced pan masala and gutka companies to raise prices at a time when they are facing a threat of ba...

The wheel has come full circle exactly two years after the state enforced a ban on the manufacture, sale, store and display of gutka in 200...