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The Hindu
12-07-2025
- The Hindu
Anti-narcotics EAGLE teams raid paan, kirana shops near colleges, seize tobacco, gutkha products
In a joint operation, officers of the Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and the NTR Commissionerate Police raided paan, kirana and cool drink shops located near schools and colleges on Saturday, and seized cigarettes and tobacco products. The teams headed by EAGLE chief and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ake Ravi Krishna and NTR Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) K.G.V. Saritha, K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Principal A. Suneetha and College Anti-Ragging Committee coordinator G. Ramana Reddy checked the shops and confiscated the cigarette, gutkha and tobacco products of various brands. 'Under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COPTA) 2003, gutkha or any other tobacco products and cigarettes should not be sold within 100 metres from educational institutions,' Mr. Ravi Krishna said. The DCP expressed ire on the police for not implementing COPTA, as many cigarettes and gutkha packets were seen in the pan shops near Siddhartha Pharmacy College, Siddhartha Institute of Hotel Management and Sri Chaitanya School on Pinnamaneni Polyclinic Road. 'Some paan shop owners were maintaining secret rooms behind the shops and were providing shelter for students for smoking and other illegal activities. Though tobacco, gutkha and other banned products were being sold openly at many places and are spoiling students, there was no action,' said a local person Naveen. 'Police, Excise and EAGLE officers should conduct surprise raids to check sale of cigarettes, ganja, narcotics and tobacco products at schools and colleges and save the lives of children,' said 60-year-old Narayana Swamy, who came to a shop during the raids. 'More than 6,000 shops have been raided under 'Operation Safe Campus Zone', and tobacco products and cigarettes, worth lakhs of rupees were seized,' the EAGLE chief said. Mr. Ravi Krishna said that cases have been registered against the shop owners. Teachers should know about COPTA and assume responsibility for implementation of Act to check anti-social activities near schools and colleges, he said. Later, the police conducted a drug awareness campaign for the students and staff at K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences..
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Time of India
Cops warn Bengaluru restopubs to control music volume level after 10pm
Bengaluru: The police issued warnings to pubs, bars, and restaurants regarding adherence to permissible decibel (dB) levels for music after 10pm. During recent inspections, they registered 19 cases against establishments for various infractions, including absence of designated smoking areas and poor hygiene standards. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now According to a senior police officer, there were many complaints against the establishments in the Central Business District (CBD) area. During the special drive conducted between June 19 and June 23, the police found following violations: failure to maintain designated smoking zones, violation of the Excise Act, operating beyond the deadline, not maintaining food safety standards, and other illegal activities, including playing loud music. The police registered around 19 cases under COPTA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, Karnataka Police Act, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). A few establishments, including Pegs N Bottles Bar and Social on Church Street, Lupa on MG Road, Brigade Dream Bar and Restaurant on Brigade Road, and Times Bar and Restaurant on Residency Road, were among the 19 establishments booked. The police issued strict warning to the owners and management of the establishments on June 23 evening and demanded mandatory compliance of rules and regulations.
Hans India
21-06-2025
- Hans India
19 bars, restaurants found engaging in ‘unlawful' activities: Police
Bengaluru: In a late-night special operation conducted by the Bengaluru Police, 19 bars and restuarants were found violating COPTA regulations and illegally employing female servers and engaging in 'unlawful' activities, officials said on Friday. The raids were carried out on Thursday night after Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Seemanth Kumar Singh, received credible information that several bars and restaurants in the West zone of the city were illegally employing female servers and engaging in unlawful activities, they said. Based on the information, 11 special police teams were formed in the West zone. A special raid was conducted on bars and restaurants falling under the jurisdictions of Upparpet, Cottonpet, Kalasipalya, Cubbon Park and Ashoknagar Police Stations, police said.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
1k fine for smoking in public, hookah bars banned in state
1 2 Ranchi: Smoking, consuming or spitting tobacco in public will now be punishable worth Rs 1,000 courtesy a new law to which President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on Wednesday. The Raj Bhavan, in a statement, said Murmu had given her assent to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) (Jharkhand Amendment) Bill of 2021'. The bill was passed by the state assembly in 2021. Aimed at putting tighter curbs in place for sale and usage of tobacco items in the state, the new law will come into effect soon after the state govt notifies it in an official gazette, officials said. Following the amendment, a fine of Rs 1,000 will be imposed for smoking or consuming tobacco or spitting. Earlier, the fine was Rs 200. Besides the penalty, provision for jail term is also included. The amendment also covers hookah bars banning its operation. Hemant Soren govt had introduced and passed the amendment bill in 2021 following a thorough debate in the state assembly. Then Gomia MLA from Ajsu party, Lambodar Mahto, had demanded a fine of Rs 10,000 for offenders during the debate over the bill, which was turned down by the state govt. Ranchi civil surgeon Dr Prabhat Kumar said the district health department will begin enforcing new law after receiving directives from state. "Even though the administration and health department has taken steps under COPTA rules, we will begin imposing fresh penalties on violators after formal directives from govt," Kumar said.
Hindustan Times
06-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Crackdown against Hookah parlours: Three shops sealed, two booked in Navi Mumbai
Three shops worth ₹1.5 crore were sealed and two persons booked in a crackdown against hookah parlours in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Friday. A cafe in Khoprakhairane was raided on a tip off on June 4 that it was providing hookahs, which is banned in Maharashtra, to patrons and a probe found three shops were being used to operate the illegal business, the official said. "Three shops worth ₹1.5 crore were sealed under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and two persons identified as Hemant Pandit and Nada Abdul Majid Zumani were booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COPTA)," Khoprakhairane police station senior inspector Audumbar Patil said.
