The police seized 43 gunny bags of gutkha and other banned tobacco products, being smuggled in a mini lorry, and arrested one person near Vriddhachalam in Cuddalore district on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Following a tip-off on the movement of the contraband, a special police team intercepted the lorry near Krishi Vigyan Kendra near Vriddhachalam. … Read more
Seized gutkha products. File photo: Special Arrangement In a significant verdict, the Madras High Court has held that the Commissioner of Food Safety is empowered to ban manufacture and sale of tobacco products only for a temporary period that may extend up to a maximum of one year and therefore the successive notifications issued in … Read more
AIADMK leader and former Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Income Tax Department on Thursday told Madras High Court that it had seized “enormous material” indicating that former Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar of the AIADMK had received huge amounts of money from gutkha/pan masala manufacturers and SRS Mining owned by J. … Read more