Bengaluru: Hookah bars continue to operate despite ban Hookah ban in Bengaluru: As per reports, hookahs are being served or sold discreetly in - Kammanahalli, Indiranagar, Gandhinagar, Electronics City, Ramanagara, Nandi Hills, and a few other areas. Many cafés and restaurants along Mysuru Road and BHEL Road are also flouting the ban on hookah sale and consumption. The blanket ban was imposed by the Department of Health and Family Welfare across Karnataka on February 7 this year. Bengaluru: Even after the Karnataka government put a statewide ban on hookah bars, the Shisha Cafés and Restaurants Association claims that some hookah businesses are still continuing operations in the city center a... [Read more]