Udupi: The Police Department is successfully conducting drives on various violations and a week-long drive will be held against the illegal boards on the vehicles excluding authorised persons, and also on use of tinted glasses, and non-usage of seat belts respectively, informed Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbargi. Speaking to the press, SP said that the […]

Mangaluru: Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbargi has said that the department would strictly monitor illegal trafficking of cattle in the district. He said necessary legal measures are being taken in this Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a phone-in programme here on Friday, the police head said that his team has already nabbed some […]

Udupi : Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said on Friday Udupi would soon be declared as Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) high-compliance district. She was chairing a trimonthly meeting of District Tobacco Control Unit and Tobacco Prohibition Cell at the District Offices Complex, here. Ms. Francis said the administration had taken effective steps […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru city police will shortly carry out a series of drives against smoking in public places and sale of cigarettes near educational institutions. Answering a grievance during the weekly phone-in programme on Friday, Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh said the city police will carry a special drive to enforce provisions of the Cigarettes […]

Bangalore: The State Police Department, which collected Rs. 63.3 lakh in penalty in 2013 from violators of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of advertisement, regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA), has received appreciation from the Union Health Ministry. In a letter to the Karnataka police recently, Director-General […]

Mangalore : Karnataka State Police organized a workshop on Cigarette and other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) at Police Guest House on March 14, Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Vishal Rao, director of the Cancer Prevention Project-Institute of Public Health, said that according to Karnataka State Cigarette and other Tobacco products Act 2003 (COTPA) in […]