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- Middle East
1-year-old tortured with cigarette burns: How Israel returns its prisoners
Gaza: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers allegedly tortured a one-year-old Palestinian child in front of his father with cigarette burns to force a confession from him during interrogation. The child, identified as…
- Hyderabad
Tobacco consumption rising sharply in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A recent government survey has revealed a significant increase in tobacco use among households in Hyderabad. According to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023–24, nearly one in three households in the…
- Crime
Jadcherla: Police busts pan shops selling tobacco to minors
Hyderabad: The EAGLE Force of the Telangana Police on Saturday, February 28, caught three pan shop owners near a school in Mahabubnagar district selling cigarettes and gutka to minors, even as a separate…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man killed by stepbrother after quarrel over cigarette
Hyderabad: A man killed his 30-year-old stepbrother after a quarrel over a cigarette on Thursday, January 15, in Hyderabad. In the incident that took place in Nacharam, he threw his stepbrother from…
- Business
Experts warn tobacco tax hike may boost smuggling, hit revenue
New Delhi: An unprecedented tax hike, coupled with a new excise duty structure on tobacco, could lead to a surge in illicit trade of cigarettes and result in significant tax revenue losses…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man held for selling foreign cigarettes worth Rs 7L
Hyderabad: One individual was arrested by the Afzalgunj police on Tuesday, June 24, for allegedly importing and selling foreign cigarettes. 322 boxes of illegal cigarettes worth Rs 7,05,000 were seized from his…
- India
UP: Newly-wed man tortures wife with cigarette burns over dowry
Bhadohi: Barely two days after getting married, a man in Bhadohi district here allegedly assaulted his wife regularly with cigarette burns over dowry demands while his father and sister also assaulted her,…
- News
Hyderabad police bust fake cigarette trade, betting racket in 2 separate cases
Hyderabad: In two separate incidents, Hyderabad police arrested two individuals involved in selling counterfeit cigarettes and running illegal betting racket. In the first case, a 28-year-old man at Mahaboob Colony was arrested…
