Several bidi industrialists and those associated with this industry have over the years joined politics and have contested elections in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and Malda districts. Many are sitting lawmakers now | Kolkata News
Bhubaneswar: As the end of the current financial year nears, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to collect Rs 75 crore dues in holding tax.
A village in West Bengal, India, has been in mourning multiple times due to explosions at illegal firecracker factories that have killed many people | Latest News India
In Murshidabad district, it is the poorest women who roll beedis – a physically punishing job. The constant exposure to tobacco from a young age puts their general and reproductive health at great risk