“We do not know if it is a ganja beedi… It is just too much!” These were the words of a senior lawyer making his case against an image of Arundhati Roy smoking a beedi on the cover of her new book — ...

The revenue this year so far stands at just Rs. 469 mn Only 840 of the 1,140 licensed beedi manufacturers renewed their licenses this year following the tax increase Excise Department attributes the ...

A dispute over a beedi escalated into murder in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, where three friends allegedly beat their companion to death after he refused to share. The victim, Sonu Pal, was later found in a ...

New Delhi: A 28-year-old eatery worker was killed in east Delhi’s Shashi Garden near Pandav Nagar early Wednesday following an altercation over smoking a beedi, police said, adding that the suspect, a ...

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by beedi baron Mohammed Nisham challenging a trial court order sentencing him for life for killing a security guard in a fit of rage.

The Marine Police have seized ₹71 lakh-worth beedi leaves even as it was about to be smuggled to Sri Lanka by boat in the early hours of Saturday. When the marine police, led by Inspector Petchimuthu, ...

A now-deleted social media post from the Kerala Congress comparing "Beedi and Bihar" has triggered a storm. What was apparently intended as satire on proposed GST rates for bidis has instead ...

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch or SJM requested the Centre on Tuesday to keep the GST on plastic waste and beedi production under the 5% slab. In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of a ...

Beedi and cigar workers are set to gain from guaranteed minimum wages and regulated working hours. India, this week, rolled out four consolidated labour codes, effective November 21, in a major reform ...