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"I Couldn't Save My Son": Union Minister's Emotional Appeal On Alcoholism
The MP from Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh also said around 80 per cent of the cancer deaths are due to addiction to tobacco, cigarettes, and 'bidi'.
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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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Assam Man Kills Father After Dispute Over Cigarette: Police
In a gruesome incident, a man killed his father over a dispute for a 'Bidi' (a thin cigarette filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a tendu) in Assam's Barpeta district, informed police on Wednesday.
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Man Stabbed With Skewers For Not Sharing Cigarette, Dies: Delhi Police
A 49-year-old labourer was killed allegedly by three men in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area after he refused to give them a ''bidi'' (a type of thin cigarette), police said on Saturday.
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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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Ahead Of GST Meet, Demand To Tax Tobacco Products, Bidis At High Rates
Ahead of a crucial GST Council meeting, various health groups have strongly recommended that tobacco products, including bidis, should be taxed at uniformly high rates under the new indirect tax framework.
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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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2 Lawmakers Oppose Increasing Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packs
Two Lok Sabha members today opposed increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products, saying it had adversely affected farmers and bidi workers and their livelihood was in danger.
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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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Opinion: Modi Charms Chinese Kids With Selfies, But At Home...
Will our Prime Minister be equally proud in showing off selfies with our poor and emaciated children bending over packets of bidis they are being forced to bind in "family enterprises" which he has legalized?
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Man wakes up in body bag at funeral home in Mississipi
Workers at a U.S. funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag.
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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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US cracks down on websites selling bidis, Indian cigarettes
US regulator FDA has warned two websites selling 'bidis' and Indian cigarettes of strict penal action for sale of adulterated tobacco products in America.
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Case filed against father of nine-year-old who drove Ferrari
A case has been registered against the father of a nine-year-old boy in Kerala who was seen driving a Ferrari in a YouTube video. Nisham, a bidi firm owner, has been booked under Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act for allowing his underage son to drive a car and the possible threat involved.
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"I Couldn't Save My Son": Union Minister's Emotional Appeal On Alcoholism
The MP from Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh also said around 80 per cent of the cancer deaths are due to addiction to tobacco, cigarettes, and 'bidi'.
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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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Assam Man Kills Father After Dispute Over Cigarette: Police
In a gruesome incident, a man killed his father over a dispute for a 'Bidi' (a thin cigarette filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a tendu) in Assam's Barpeta district, informed police on Wednesday.
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Man Stabbed With Skewers For Not Sharing Cigarette, Dies: Delhi Police
A 49-year-old labourer was killed allegedly by three men in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area after he refused to give them a ''bidi'' (a type of thin cigarette), police said on Saturday.
-
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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Ahead Of GST Meet, Demand To Tax Tobacco Products, Bidis At High Rates
Ahead of a crucial GST Council meeting, various health groups have strongly recommended that tobacco products, including bidis, should be taxed at uniformly high rates under the new indirect tax framework.
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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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2 Lawmakers Oppose Increasing Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packs
Two Lok Sabha members today opposed increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products, saying it had adversely affected farmers and bidi workers and their livelihood was in danger.
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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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Opinion: Modi Charms Chinese Kids With Selfies, But At Home...
Will our Prime Minister be equally proud in showing off selfies with our poor and emaciated children bending over packets of bidis they are being forced to bind in "family enterprises" which he has legalized?
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Man wakes up in body bag at funeral home in Mississipi
Workers at a U.S. funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag.
-
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.
-
US cracks down on websites selling bidis, Indian cigarettes
US regulator FDA has warned two websites selling 'bidis' and Indian cigarettes of strict penal action for sale of adulterated tobacco products in America.
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Case filed against father of nine-year-old who drove Ferrari
A case has been registered against the father of a nine-year-old boy in Kerala who was seen driving a Ferrari in a YouTube video. Nisham, a bidi firm owner, has been booked under Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act for allowing his underage son to drive a car and the possible threat involved.
