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 : 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 […]

Kasargod: Badiyadka excise department officials have seized tobacco products of worth Rs 8 lakh and arrested two people with in connection with this, on Tuesday. Hariprasad (22) of Yethdka, Puthrakala and Sandesh (22) of Konaje are the arrested persons. It is reported that the tobacco products were being supplied to various parts of the districts […]

Kasaragod: The Police arrested Two persons for illegally transporting prohibited tobacco products on Tuesday, May 10. Khaleel (30) and Aboobakkar(28) were transporting 30,800 packs of tobacco products filled in 10 sacks on a car and after checking they were arrested. The seized items is valued at approximately nearly Rs 3 lakhs. Police sources said that […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mangalore : MCC and police officials on February 11, Monday raided  several shops close by schools and colleges in Mangalore and seized huge quantity of cigarette and gutka packets. The raid was held by MCC health inspector Bharath Kumnar and Kadri SI Madan. The team raided nearly 15 shops close by Besant, Canara College, Sharada […]

Mangalore : A police team  under the supervision of DCP (Central) Kavitha raided several petty shops in close vicinity of educational institutions on February 4, Monday and seized several tobacco products. Inspectors Manjunath Shetty attached to Bunder police station, Raghava Padil from Kadri, and Ramachandra Malegoudar  and Barke police sub-inspector, Mohammed Shariff,  conducted the raids. […]

Mangalore : Scores of Canara College students took a seven kilometre march out led by Dhanraj Shetty, a PUC leader that passed through Kodialbail, Karangalpady and Lalbagh before culminating in Canara College  grounds at M.G.Road. They appealed to notorious vendors who sold Tobacco products in colourful packets and drugs like Ganja and heron by injections […]