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Beedi worker's daughter clears NEET watching YouTube Videos
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hailing from a small village in Telangana's Nizamabad district, Harika faced a lot of financial difficulties growing up after having lost her father when she was just six-and-a-half-year old. But her mother's hard work and her own efforts in addition to some valuable help from YouTube videos
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Kerala HC upholds life imprisonment of beedi tycoon for killing security g
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 16 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, accused of killing a security guard in a fit of rage by ramming his luxury car in Kerala's Thrissur, back in January 2015.
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Telangana govt aids poorest of poor by giving them Aasara Pensions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): Aasara pension scheme was launched by the Telangana government on November 8, 2014, in Kothur in the Mahboobnagar district to provide pensions to old people, widows, patients suffering from elephantiasis, AIDS, physically disabled persons, beedi
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As 'Omkara' clocks 15, Vivek Oberoi recalls shooting hit song 'Beedi jalai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 28 (ANI): As 'Omkara' completed 15 years since its release, actor Vivek Oberoi took a stroll down memory lane and shared a few anecdotes from the film.
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Beedi worker donates life savings for free COVID-19 vaccines in Kerala
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kannur (Kerala) [India], April 28 (ANI): At a time when the Kerala government and Centre are involved in a blame game over who should spend money for COVID-19 vaccination, Keralites, in a display of solidarity, are donating their life savings to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMD
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Maharashtra bans sale of loose cigarettes, beedis as they don't have healt
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): A complete ban on the sale of loose cigarettes and beedis has been imposed by the Maharashtra Public Health department owing to the lack of health warnings on individual items outside the box.
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ICG seizes 250 kg Beedi leaves floating in Mediterranean sea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized 250 Kg beedi leaves worth 3 lakhs floating in the Mediterranean sea on Monday.
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Kerala CM announces financial assistance for fishermen, beedi workers, oth
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 9 (ANI): Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced that all fishermen in the state will be given Rs 2000 each, while lottery sellers and 'beedi' workers will get Rs 1,000 each, as financial assistance amid nationwide lockdown due to coro
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Two MP schools used as beedi leaves godowns, probe ordered
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)[India], Jun 1 (ANI): Two government-run schools in Madhya Pradesh are being used to store Tendu leaves even as the institutes are scheduled to reopen soon after vacations. Authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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Former MP Ram Singh Ahirwar makes 'beedi' to supplement his income
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Ram Singh Ahirwar, a former Jan Sangh MP from Sagar, spends a simple life. He travels on a 'bicycle' and makes 'beedi' for supplementing his income.
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Sri Lankan navy apprehends 2 Indian fishermen
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb. 03 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended at least two Indian fishermen for allegedly trying to smuggle a large amount of heroin worth Rs 1 crore near Sri Lanka's Mannar Island Lighthouse on Friday evening.
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Beedi Making - Livelihood at the cost of one's health
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): The elder son was sitting beside her and the younger son was in her lap, she bowed her head and was constantly rolling the tendu leaves filled with tobacco to make the poor man's cigarette called "beedi".
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