Cigarettes
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Punjab to act against online marketing of cigarettes
India | May 21, 2015, 05:35 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab on Thursday became the first state in the country to initiate criminal proceeding against companies marketing cigarettes online despite a ban on it.Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani sought people's cooperation with the police
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ITC's avg excise duty hike impact on cigarette at 16pc: Religare
Feb 28, 2015, 04:53 PM ISTKolkata: The weighted average excise hike for ITC works out at 16 per cent from the Budget that hiked the duty on cigarettes by up to 25 per cent.The government today hiked excise duty ranging
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5 shopkeepers fined for selling loose cigarettes in Punjab
India | Feb 27, 2015, 05:53 PM ISTChandigarh: Five shopkeepers at a vegetable market in Hoshiarpur were fined for allegedly selling loose cigarettes in Punjab.Acting upon the implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2005, the Tobacco Control Cell of Punjab
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Centre for raising age of person buying tobacco products to 21 years
India | Jan 14, 2015, 08:04 AM ISTNew Delhi: Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying
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Top 10 things in the world that have been smuggled the most
World | Oct 20, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: Smugglers transfer goods and people illegally from one country to another. The goods may vary from gold and silver, to drugs and weapons.The practice of smuggling started in the middle ages and continues
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Punjab reduces VAT on cigarettes, iron and steel
India | Jan 21, 2014, 09:09 AM ISTChandigarh: Having hiked the value added tax (VAT) on cigarettes last year to curb sales, the Punjab cabinet yesterday decided to reverse the decision and reduced the tax on them.Under the proposal approved by the
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Soft drinks, Cigarettes to cost more in Punjab
India | Mar 20, 2013, 03:46 PM ISTChandigarh, Mar 20: Soft drinks and Cigarettes will cost more in Punjab effective April 1, with the state government hiking the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit budget presented in the
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Pay More For Cars, Fuel, TVs, ACs, Cigarettes, Cement
India | Feb 26, 2010, 11:23 PM ISTCar, fuel, AC, TV, gold and silver jewellery, cigarettes and other tobacco products will cost more in the new fiscal with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposing a hike in duties and change in tax structure