Kanpur Lamborghini crash mystery: Was Shivam Mishra, tobacco tycoon KK Mishra’s son, driving Rs 10 crore Italian luxury sports car? What we knowLamborghini accident: Was Shivam Mishra, the son of tobacco businessman KK Mishra, driving a Rs 10 crore luxury car when it ploughed into p...
10 Feb, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
United Spirits shares gain 3% on reports of potential RCB stake sale by parent DiageoUnited Spirits shares: According to the report, Diageo is considering several options regarding its stake in the prominent cricket franchis...
10 Jun, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
CBI clinched conviction of gutkha baron using testimonies of Dawood Ibrahim's relativesGutkha barons Joshi and Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal (now-deceased co-accused) had a monetary dispute following which they sought the help ...
11 Jan, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
Pictorial warnings: Parliament panel wants size to be reduced to 50% of pack sizeA parliamentary panel termed as "too harsh" the government's proposed 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products and recommended a ...
15 Mar, 2016, 06.13 PM IST
Tobacco warnings: Bidi baron Shyama Charan Gupta renominated to parliamentary panelBidi baron Shyama Charan Gupta has been nominated to the reconstituted panel looking into the issue of increasing size of pictorial warning...
07 Sep, 2015, 10.26 PM IST
Agriculture department for bigger tobacco warningsThe department of agriculture has said it doesn't support tobacco cultivation and has thus "no objection" to the amendment notification.
15 Aug, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Increased pictorial warning on tobacco products: NGOs ask for a dateImplementation of 85 per cent size for tobacco package warnings would place India in a position of international leadership.
01 May, 2015, 05.13 PM IST
Research has been done and it's a known fact that tobacco causes cancer: Top health officialThe Centre had stayed the decision to increase the size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products, which was to come into effect from April...
07 Apr, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
No going back on bigger warnings on tobacco packs, says Heath ministry"In our submission to the parliamentary committee,we said the same thing. There is no change in the ministry's stand since then" an officia...
06 Apr, 2015, 11.19 AM IST
Not asked to quit Parliamentary panel,says BJP MP Shyam Charan GuptaGupta is a member of the Committee of Subordinate Legislations examining the provisions of Cigerattes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003.
05 Apr, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
Pro-tobacco MPs Shyam Charan Gupta, Dilip Gandhi and Ram Prasad Sarmah may be axed from panelRam Prasad Sarmah had kicked up a controversy by saying that there was no link between cancer and smoking. He claimed it had "medicinal val...
05 Apr, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Another BJP MP wades into smoking row, government dissociates itself from remarksGupta are members of Parliamentary Committee of Subordinate Legislation looking into the rules regarding tobacco sale in the country.
03 Apr, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
Smoking row: Another BJP MP says no link of smoking and cancer"Whether cigarette smoking causes cancer or not, there is no full proof till now," Ram Prasad Sarmah, BJP MP from Tezpur, Assam said in Bis...
03 Apr, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
Rocky Patel: Indian born Florida-based czar of premium cigarsFor Patel, cigars were a byproduct of his job as lawyer to Hollywood stars and studio barons.
25 Apr, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
- 92 Rajya Sabha MPs have pecuniary interest: RTI
A look at the Register of Interest of Rajya Sabha members proves how MPs have managed to find a place in many House panels despite having b...
18 Nov, 2011, 03.33 AM IST
- Ramadoss whines against wine this time
Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has spoken out against the Indian Premier League (IPL) for allegedly promoting liquor through surro...
30 Apr, 2008, 02.59 AM IST
- Ramadoss criticises IPL for promoting surrogate ads
Castigating the IPL for promoting surrogate advertising of alcohol products, Union Health Minister said he would take up the matter with th...
29 Apr, 2008, 04.40 PM IST