An elderly man named Dhrupati died when a bus carrying pilgrims from Telangana to the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj caught fire in Vrindavan. Spa...

He began by saying that in his childhood he wanted to be like Dhirubhai Ambani but was "very mischievous" and used to "steal money to smoke...

The accused managed to sneak in a lighter and a beedi with him when he boarded the flight at the Delhi airport on Monday, the official said...

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable was arrested for smoking a beedi in the restroom of a Kolkata-Bengaluru flight. The ca...

A study conducted by the School of Public Health at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jodhpur recommends increasing ta...

The man, identified as M Praveen Kumar, says he made a mistake, as it was his first flight ever. As quoted by TOI, he regularly travels by ...

The study delves into the impact this COTPA amendment will have on millions of women beedi rollers in the country. The report said that unt...

The bench had last month asked the state government if such a link existed, and had said the state should consider a temporary ban on the s...

"In our submission to the parliamentary committee,we said the same thing. There is no change in the ministry's stand since then" an officia...

Gupta is a member of the Committee of Subordinate Legislations examining the provisions of Cigerattes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003.

Gupta are members of Parliamentary Committee of Subordinate Legislation looking into the rules regarding tobacco sale in the country.

"Whether cigarette smoking causes cancer or not, there is no full proof till now," Ram Prasad Sarmah, BJP MP from Tezpur, Assam said in Bis...

For every new rule, Modi must abolish 10 old ones, opening up administrative space. Good governance means fewer but critical rules, well en...

There is a glaring omission in the government's anti-tobacco crusade. Why doesn't it crusade against beedis too, which are a far bigger kil...

The Rs 21,000 cr beedi industry faces a labour crisis as next generation opts out.

The Centre has given an undertaking in the Supreme Court that it will implement the rules relating to pictorial warning on cigarette and to...

Indian tobacco companies are getting ready for a life after the no-smoking ban that comes into effect from Oct 2. HRgiri: India Inc adopts ...