CBI arrests five in Gutka scamThe agency had carried out searches at 35 locations in the state Wednesday including the residence of state police chief T K Rajendran, a p...
Vijayabaskar first Tamil Nadu minister to come under CBI, IT scannerTamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar faced on Wednesday a second central agency probe in two years
Gutka scam: DMK chief demands sacking of Tamil Nadu Health Minister, DGPCPI(M) state Secretary K Balakrishnan also demanded that Vijayabaskar and Rajendran be remove from their posts and made to face the probe.
Madras High Court orders CBI probe into gutka scamLeaders of various opposition parties have welcomed the court order and also demanded the resignation of Chief Minister K. Palaniswami's go...
Why I-T raids are dubbed as tools of political vendettaThree trucks found carrying Rs570 crore were intercepted by election commission officials near Tirupur in poll-bound Tamil Nadu in mid-May ...
Rs 2.35 crore new notes seized from pan shop owner in AssamAmulya Das and his son Tapan Das were involved in retail business of cigarette, Pan Masala, Gutka, Bidi etc. The family has recently promot...
CNG, alcohol, tobacco set to become dearer in DelhiThe Delhi Value Added Tax Bill seeks to "make enabling provisions for levy of VAT in respect of goods enlisted in the 4th Schedule at diffe...
Rajasthan government cuts tax on tobacco, its products by 20-30%The Rajasthan government has reduced value added tax (VAT) on tobacco and its products (excluding bidi) by 20-30 per cent, effective June 1...
Working the budget: Before India goes business as unusual, fix patchwork policiesModi’s rhetoric of 'minimum government, maximum governance' promised to upend the superstructure. This meant giving the short shrift to bus...
Health Ministry endorses ban on chewing tobacco, gutkaHealth ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.
Gutka, pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine banned in AssamAssam has banned manufacture and distribution of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine. The ban is for a period of one year.
- UP gutka tax hike: Traders mull migration to Delhi, Uttarakhand
Gutka traders have disapproved of the UP govt's decision to increase VAT on tobacco products to 50%, with some considering shifting their b...
- ITC stock under pressure as UP government hikes tax on tobacco products
According to analysts, it will have no negative impact on ITC as the tax has been increased on tobacco products like gutka and pan masala a...
Maharashtra govt to ban gutka, paan masala soonAccording to a senior public health bureaucrat, the govt will invoke the provisions of the landmark Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, to...
- Protest against closure of gutka packaging units
On alternative ways of packing gutka, he said their are provisions of packaging gutka in paper and aluminium foils but it will increase the...
- Maha budget levies tax on tobacco, liquor; spares foodgrains
Maharashtra government has spared foodgrain, flour and a few other essential commodities from VAT.
- Cigarettes, gutka to cost more; mobile phones cheaper in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Cigarattes, gutka, pan masala (without tobacco), smoking mixture and other tobacco products will become costlier in Delhi with a...