The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, ...

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) condemns the government's increase in excise duty on tobacco products ...

Cigarette and pan masala prices will rise from February 1, 2026, as the government hikes excise duties after seven years.

The withdrawal of GST compensation cess on cigarettes from next month will be matched by an increase in excise, and pan ...

The government on Wednesday notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty will be levied on tobacco ...

A man who blew up three cash machines with homemade bombs in a failed attempt to steal thousands of pounds has been jailed ...

Under the new framework, excise duty will no longer depend on actual production or self-declared output. Duty will be levied on a deemed quantity of production linked to the maximum capacity of the ...

In addition to GST, pan masala will be subject to a newly introduced Health and National Security Cess, while tobacco and ...

Under the revised framework, cigarettes will attract additional excise duty ranging from Rs 2,050 to Rs 8,500 per 1,000 ...

Small retailers associated with the Federation of Retailers Association of India protested outside the Ministry of Finance ...

These obsolete 1960s products were once considered essential, but advances in technology turned them into relics collecting ...

Coffee fires us up, sharpens our focus and fuels our day — but have we become so reliant it’s now an invisible addiction?