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Kerala Congress Unit's Social Media Chief Resigns Amid 'Bidis-Bihar' Post Row
Kerala Congress unit's social media head steps down from role amid row over 'bidis, Bihar start with B' post
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Congress' Post On Bihar, Bidis Sparks Row, BJP Calls It "Insult To Entire State"
In a now-deleted post on X, the Congress said that "Bidis and Bihar start with B" and "cannot be considered a sin anymore", referring to the GST cut on the tobacco product.
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GST On Bidis Drops To 18% But Cigarettes And Gutkha Rises To 40%. Here's Why
While prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products, such as Gutkha, are set to rise after the GST reforms announced yesterday, the humble bidi will see a marginal drop in prices
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2 Brothers Kill Ragpicker After Fight Over Cigarette In Delhi: Police
Two brothers were arrested for allegedly killing a ragpicker in a fight over 'bidi' (type of thin cigarette) in central Delhi's Daryaganj area, police said on Wednesday.
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Health Ministry Releases New Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products
Replacing the existing images, the Health Ministry has released a new set of pictorial warnings for mandatory display on packets of cigarettes, bidis, and chewing tobacco with effect from April 1 this year.
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Action Will Be Taken If Kerala Beedi Tycoon Found Given Undue Facilities: Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said appropriate action would be taken if it was found that beedi tycoon Muhammed Nisham, now serving imprisonment for killing a security guard, had been provided undue facilities at Kannur central prison, where he is lodged.
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Parliamentarians, Doctors Seek 40% Sin Tax On Tobacco Products
Parliamentarians, medical experts and health advocates today appealed to the GST Council to levy 40 per cent sin tax on all tobacco products to curb the addiction.
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Kerala Beedi Tycoon Gets 38 Years Jail, Rs 71 Lakh Fine For Killing Security Guard With Hummer
Kerala multi-millionaire Mohammad Nisham has been given life term and an additional 24 years imprisonment, for the murder of Chandrabose, the security guard of his posh residential society whom he ran over with his Hummer in a fit of rage a year ago.
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US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company
US regulators Friday banned the sale and import of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, their first such action since being given oversight of tobacco products in 2009.
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Middle-man: King of the bidi industry?
It's not just the bidi manufacturers who are responsible for exploiting thousands of workers. The bidi trade in Madhya Pradesh relies heavily on the sattedar who is the middleman or sub-contractor. They supply raw material like tendu leaves, tobacco and thread to bidi workers and collect bidi packets each day for manufacturers.
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One fourth of bidi workers in Madhya Pradesh are kids
Gudiya is barely three but her tiny fingers are adept at rolling bidis. Sitting beside her grandmother, she picks up a tendu leaf, fills it with tobacco and ties it up, carefully. Gudiya is barely three but her tiny fingers are adept at rolling bidis. Sitting beside her grandmother, she picks up a tendu leaf, fills it with tobacco and ties it up, c...
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Kerala Congress Unit's Social Media Chief Resigns Amid 'Bidis-Bihar' Post Row
Kerala Congress unit's social media head steps down from role amid row over 'bidis, Bihar start with B' post
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Congress' Post On Bihar, Bidis Sparks Row, BJP Calls It "Insult To Entire State"
In a now-deleted post on X, the Congress said that "Bidis and Bihar start with B" and "cannot be considered a sin anymore", referring to the GST cut on the tobacco product.
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GST On Bidis Drops To 18% But Cigarettes And Gutkha Rises To 40%. Here's Why
While prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products, such as Gutkha, are set to rise after the GST reforms announced yesterday, the humble bidi will see a marginal drop in prices
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2 Brothers Kill Ragpicker After Fight Over Cigarette In Delhi: Police
Two brothers were arrested for allegedly killing a ragpicker in a fight over 'bidi' (type of thin cigarette) in central Delhi's Daryaganj area, police said on Wednesday.
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Health Ministry Releases New Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products
Replacing the existing images, the Health Ministry has released a new set of pictorial warnings for mandatory display on packets of cigarettes, bidis, and chewing tobacco with effect from April 1 this year.
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Action Will Be Taken If Kerala Beedi Tycoon Found Given Undue Facilities: Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said appropriate action would be taken if it was found that beedi tycoon Muhammed Nisham, now serving imprisonment for killing a security guard, had been provided undue facilities at Kannur central prison, where he is lodged.
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Parliamentarians, Doctors Seek 40% Sin Tax On Tobacco Products
Parliamentarians, medical experts and health advocates today appealed to the GST Council to levy 40 per cent sin tax on all tobacco products to curb the addiction.
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Kerala Beedi Tycoon Gets 38 Years Jail, Rs 71 Lakh Fine For Killing Security Guard With Hummer
Kerala multi-millionaire Mohammad Nisham has been given life term and an additional 24 years imprisonment, for the murder of Chandrabose, the security guard of his posh residential society whom he ran over with his Hummer in a fit of rage a year ago.
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US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company
US regulators Friday banned the sale and import of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, their first such action since being given oversight of tobacco products in 2009.
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Middle-man: King of the bidi industry?
It's not just the bidi manufacturers who are responsible for exploiting thousands of workers. The bidi trade in Madhya Pradesh relies heavily on the sattedar who is the middleman or sub-contractor. They supply raw material like tendu leaves, tobacco and thread to bidi workers and collect bidi packets each day for manufacturers.
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One fourth of bidi workers in Madhya Pradesh are kids
Gudiya is barely three but her tiny fingers are adept at rolling bidis. Sitting beside her grandmother, she picks up a tendu leaf, fills it with tobacco and ties it up, carefully. Gudiya is barely three but her tiny fingers are adept at rolling bidis. Sitting beside her grandmother, she picks up a tendu leaf, fills it with tobacco and ties it up, c...
