The Indian government has banned imports for low-cost ones (mostly Chinese) lighters to save a key sector in arid Tamil Nadu. Local companies employ more than 100,000 people, 90 per cent women.

THOOTHUKUDI: The safety match manufacturers in Tamil Nadu are a disappointed lot as the state government has refrained from classifying cigarette lighters as single-use plastic products and thus ...

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 15 (ANI): Matchbox manufacturers' association in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu held a protest march here on Friday, raising many issues associated with ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Safety matchbox manufacturers in Thoothukudi sought a ban on the import of cigarette lighters made in China stating that it affects the safety match market in the country. They met the ...

After their plea to the Centre to strictly enforce a ban on the cigar lighters being imported from China has not yielded the desired results, the matchbox manufacturers have appealed to Tamil Nadu ...

DMRC had in January taken lighters and matchboxes off the list of restricted items. (File) New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation directing it to prohibit passengers from carrying matchboxes and lighters in Metro trains and ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), asking it to prohibit passengers from carrying matchboxes and lighters in metro trains ...