Mangaluru : The officers of Mangaluru Customs on Thursday seized 2.41kg gold valued at Rs 1.1 crore from a female passenger flying from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport. Kapil Gade, deputy commissioner, Customs Mangaluru said that the smuggler has been identified as Mohammed Ali Sameera, resident of Kasaragod in Kerala. She tried to smuggle gold […]

Mangaluru : Over 250 grams of gold valuing Rs 9.65 lakhs and cigarettes were seized from two passengers at Mangaluru international airport here, customs officials said. In the first incident, a passenger who arrived by an Air India Express flight from Dubai was having 252.98 gm of valuing Rs 9.65 lakhs that was hidden in […]

Mangaluru : The police have urged citizens to take photographs of shops selling tobacco products, including beedi, cigarettes near schools and colleges and forward them to police personnel through WhatsApp. DCP (Law and Order) Hanumantharaya said the police have taken measures to implement Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) effectively in the City Police Commissionerate jurisdiction. […]

Udupi: Superintendent of Police Dr Sanjeev Patil on Monday observed that labourers migrating to major cities in search of jobs fell victims to consumption of cigarettes and tobacco products. He was speaking after inaugurating the programme an awareness programme on COTPA (The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and […]

Mangaluru : Beedi workers, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Unions Congress staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday against the Union government’s move to amend the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act, (COTPA) 2003. The beedi workers marched from Town Hall […]

Mangalore: Controlling the consumption is the only way out as the tobacco production will gradually decrease when the demand for it decreases, said Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Tulasi Maddineni at the DC’s office in Mangalore on Friday Oct 31. Speaking after inaugurating a workshop for various government department employees, on effective implementation of Cigarettes […]