Flies, cockroaches, fake cheese: Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of 7 Mumbai food establishments over hygiene lapsesMaharashtra FDA suspended seven food establishments for severe hygiene lapses and product adulteration. Inspections revealed live flies, co...
22 Aug, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
DGGI officers bust clandestine pan masala, tobacco manufacturing network; detect tax evasion of Rs 185 croreDGGI officers busted a pan masala and tobacco manufacturing network in Uttar Pradesh. They seized twenty-seven undeclared pouch-packing mac...
21 Aug, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Tukaram Mundhe led-FDA ordered to pay Rs 5 lakh fine to a Pune sweet shop for suspending licence despite 98% complianceBombay High Court has ordered Tukaram Mundhe-led Maharashtra FDA to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a Pune sweets shop after questioning the ...
19 Aug, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
'You are using sword to kill mosquito': Bombay HC tells Tukaram Mundhe-led FDA to use power judiciouslyThe Bombay High Court has told the Tukaram Mundhe-led Maharashtra FDA to use its powers judiciously after Cadila Pharmaceuticals challenged...
13 Aug, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
NGT issues notices on alleged plastic waste violations by tobacco brandsThe National Green Tribunal addresses a plea about plastic waste rules. Gutkha and tobacco firms are allegedly violating packaging rules. T...
27 Jul, 2025, 01.44 PM IST
Flouting of rules by pan masala manufacturers: NGT issues notice to CentreThe National Green Tribunal has asked the central government for a response. This concerns the enforcement of plastic waste rules. The rule...
01 Jun, 2025, 06.44 PM IST
DMK says it has no links with 'drug lord' Jaffer Sadiq, decries attempts to connect him to partyTamil Nadu Law Minister denies DMK's links with drug trafficker Jaffer Sadiq, accuses BJP of misusing central agencies to tarnish DMK's ima...
10 Mar, 2024, 06.20 PM IST
Tobacco product makers to face Rs 1 lakh penalty, if packing machines not registered with GST authoritiesManufacturers of pan masala, gutka, and similar tobacco products will face a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh if they fail to register their pack...
04 Feb, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
'BJP uses ED to create black mark on DMK government': DMK Mouthpiece Murasoli slams BJPMK's mouthpiece, Murasoli, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to tarnish the DMK govern...
01 Dec, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unitThe firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco pro...
03 Jan, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
CBI raids homes of TN health minister, top cop in gutkha scam probeThe scam related to storing and sale of the banned substance Gutkha in Tamil Nadu after it was banned in the state.
05 Sep, 2018, 02.07 PM IST
Karnataka polls: Over Rs 125 crore worth of cash, liquor seizedAn official said that Rs 37.02 crore in cash, out of the total seizures of over Rs 162.79 crore, had been released after verification.
07 May, 2018, 08.41 PM IST
Seizures of over Rs 120 crore made in Karnataka, says officialCash amounting to over Rs 67.27 crore, over five lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 23.36 crore, gold valued at 43.17 crore and other items wor...
05 May, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
I-T dept seizes Rs 85-crore cash, bullion from illegal Delhi vaultA fresh seizure of over Rs 23 crore in gold jewellery, biscuits, precious stones and cash was made yesterday by the sleuths from the vault,...
13 Jan, 2018, 01.40 PM IST
Illegal Delhi vault leads taxmen to Rs 61 crore black money & goldLast week, the department seized unaccounted cash and bullion valued at Rs 41 crore from multiple lockers located in a private vault in the...
11 Jan, 2018, 07.19 PM IST
DGCEI busts illegal gutkha unit, detects Rs 400 crore tax evasionThe factory operated from a poultry farm on Pavan college road, Kolar, and manufactured Khaleja, Rebel, Remo, Kabali, Dubai, MC, HAI and AA...
02 Jun, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
- HC refuses to quash seizure order of gutkha worth Rs 3.7-cr
Bombay High Court today refused to quash seizure order of over Rs 3-crore gutkha consignment, observing export of any food product, the man...
21 Jan, 2013, 06.25 PM IST