As many as 16,000 cones of mehndi of a particular brand were seized by sleuths of the directorate of drug control after an itch scare spread across hundreds of Muslim families of Tamil Nadu on Eid eve

Hundreds of women developed rashes and skin irritation after applying henna or mehendi ahead of the Id-ul-Fitr festivities in many places in the state and in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Nearly 200 women

Over 100 young Muslim women thronged the casualty ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital late on Sunday evening with red, itchy palms after they suffered an allergic reaction to mehndi.

Doctors r