After a 'sin tax' on tobacco-related items during the GST rationalisation exercise, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced 'Healthy Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025', in the Lok Sabha. The Bill proposed a rigorous new tax regime on pan masala and gutkha manu
A team of researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru and the BRIC-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, in collaboration with clinicians from Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research (SDUAHER), Kol
The much-awaited trailer of Jolly LLB 3 was launched in Kanpur on Wednesday, where Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi, and Saurabh Shukla came together for the grand event.
Following a pan-masala spitting incident in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Speaker Satish Mahana on Wednesday announced a ban on the consumption of pan-masala and gutka within the Vidhan Sabha premises.
Three female police officers in Karachi have been suspended after allegedly stealing Rs2.6 million during a gutka raid in Orangi. Following a complaint by residents, a search uncovered stolen money with the officers, prompting an investigation. This controversy adds to concerns about corrupt
Five people have been booked after condoms, gutkas and stones were allegedly found in samosas supplied to a major automobile company based in Pimpari Chinchwad in Pune, police said on Monday.
In response to the incident, Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Riffat Mukhtar promptly took action, suspending DSP Ahmed Karim Jilani and instructing him to report to the Central Police Office.
In a case of alleged misleading advertisements, the Centre has issued a notice to the gutkha companies and actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Akshay Kumar.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Madras High Court order which had quashed the 2018 notification banning the sale of gutka, pan masala, and other tobacco products in Tamil Nadu.
The Division Bench of Delhi High Court on Monday set aside the single judge's order passed on Sep 27, 2022, which quashed various notifications prohibiting the manufacture or sale of Gutka, Pan Masala, flavoured tobacco etc in the national capital territory.
The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on February 18. The 49th GST Council meeting is likely to take up issues relating to taxation on 'pan masala' and 'gutka' companies, setting up of appellate tribunals, and GST levy on online gaming, casino, and
Former Union Minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday took a jibe at the makers of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan', saying they addinng more 'masala' spice to the fim, they may have introduced 'gutka masala' (chewable tobacco), which is injurious to health.