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.

Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) - Local matchbox manufacturers claim that their factories are on the verge of closing down and they are currently in a critical situation due to the imports of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a story that's grabbing attention across the state: cigarette lighters that look like Matchbox cars. WTOC broke the story on THE News at 5 on Monday, showing you how dangerous they could be, 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 ...

Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today said he carries matchboxes and lighters on flights because, being a VIP, he is not frisked - and unwittingly landed the national carrier in an air ...