Kalaburagi jail chief receives threat message

Kalaburagi Jail chief superintendent R Anitha on Thursday said that an unknown person sent an audio message via a police inspector claiming that they will blow up her car. IMAGE: Kindly note that......

Gutka baron Joshi surrenders passport

Gutka baron Jagdish Joshi, accused of having underworld links, surrendered his passport to the Crime Investigation Department in Pune on Thursday.A person representing the Goa Gutka owner......

Maharashtra to ban gutka, pan masala

Maharashtra government was contemplating a ban on gutka and pan masala products, Deputy Chief Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar said in Mumbai on Sunday. "It does not......

CBI tightens screws on gutka barons

The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked Mumbai Commissioner of Police A N Roy to give sanction to prosecute gutka barons Jagdish Joshi and Manikchand Dhariwal for their alleged links with the......

After Patanjali, Reliance Retail could be the next big disruptor in FMCG

At the annual general meeting of Reliance Industries earlier this week, Isha Ambani, director at Reliance Retail Ventures, announced that the company is foraying into the fast-moving consumer goods......

How the gutka industry is being killed

Eight states have banned gutkha. Others are following suit. Veenu Sandhu on the people who have brought this powerful industry to its knees Last month, policemen in Naxal-infested Gadchiroli......

Why FMCG firms' margins may face pressure

Even as raw material prices start cooling off from their peaks, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies’ margins are expected to remain under pressure at least in the next quarter.......

Pan masala, chewing tobacco under tax scanner

The finance ministry has decided to take stringent measures against pan masala and gutka (chewing tobacco) units indulging in clandestine excise duty evasion estimated at about Rs 1,800 crore (Rs......

It's Dulquer vs Indrajith this weekend

Debutant director Visakh G S is ready with Masala Republic, a satirical entertainer on the ban of pan masala. Indrajith plays Sub Inspector Shambhu, who has been appointed by the government as the......

Zero Review: Shah Rukh Khan stands tall

'This time he spreads more than his arms. He finds wings,' declares Sukanya Verma. It takes Tolkien-sized vision to show how the smallest person can change the course of the future. Anaand L Rai's......

Kalank review: You won't be able to look away. But...

... you won't feel anything either, feels Sukanya Verma. What makes the great costume dramas of Hindi cinema so awe-inspiring is their ability to transfix and transport the viewer into......

Sairat is beautiful, fascinating, intelligent...

Marathi film Sairat will stay with you for a really long time, raves Divya Nair. It’s been less than 24 hours since I watched Sairat and I just cannot stop raving about it. Where do I......

Kapil, Gayle, Dhawan Turn Heads At Oval

IMAGE: Kapil Dev and Chris Gayle, who were last spotted in a television ad during IPL 2023 promoting gutka.   Day 1 of the ICC World Test Championship final witnessed cricket luminaries Kapil......

IPL 2023: The Best Ever!

IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in......