Mysore/Mysuru: A team of officials from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), led by Mayor Sunanda Palanetra and elected representatives, who conducted surprise raids, on hookah bars violating norms, have issued warning of legal action against them. As decided during the MCC Council Meeting, Mayor Sunanda Palanetra, Dy. Mayor Anwar Baig, former Mayor Ayub Khan, Standing Committee…
No more hookah bars; State mulling ban: Bommai
February 3, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka is contemplating to ban hookah bars in the State, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said yesterday in the Assembly. “A few hookah parlours operate as part of restaurants and coffee cafes while some are standalone in cities such as Bengaluru and Mysuru. Youngsters throng these places. We are seriously thinking to ban hookah bars,”…
Hookah barred ?
December 9, 2020Crackdown on Hookah Bars in city imminent Mysore/Mysuru: A crackdown on hookah bars in city is imminent as Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly yesterday that the State Government is going all out to bring to book violating establishments. “Gambling, hookah bars, drug consumption and drug peddling and illegal arms are…
Ten hookah bars closed for violating norms
January 24, 2020One hookah bar owner arrested for supplying liquor Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who raided hookah bars at Jayalakshmipuram in city, have closed down 10 hookah bars for violating norms. The CCB Police have also arrested four persons including the owner of a hookah bar for supplying liquor to customers. Following complaints that…
MCC raids four hookah bars; seize smoking pipes, tobacco
August 7, 2018Mysuru: In a surprise raid conducted by the members of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Standing Committee on Health, four illegal hookah bars were shut down yesterday. The bars were run clandestinely by certain influential people at Bannimantap, Vontikoppal and Kalidasa Road, hoodwinking the law. The raids took place at ‘Highway Cafe’ near Highway Circle, Bannimantap,…
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