Assam to launch ASSAMSAT, AI-driven initiatives, and major Budget proposals for 2025-26The Assam government plans to launch its own satellite, ASSAMSAT, to support crucial projects in agriculture, disaster management, and infr...
10 Mar, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
Winemaking across India: Rs 1,900 crore wine industry set to grow rapidly, despite limited govt support and societal taboosDespite government’s limited support and society’s taboos, India’s Rs 1,900-crore wine market is set to grow rapidly as more entrepreneurs ...
04 Jun, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
View: Fear of online liquor delivery, the ultimate post-colonial hangoverFor consumers, retailers, aggregators, governments and liquor companies, home delivery of alcohol is a win-win-win-win-win. So why the resi...
25 Dec, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Online sale of liquor in Guwahati Municipal Corporation areas comes into forceThe online sale of liquor in the first phase is limited to Guwahati Municipal Corporation area only, which may be further extended to other...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.42 AM IST
Delhi government allows hotels, restaurants to serve liquor, directs excise dept to issue necessary permissionsTaking a cue from states such as Punjab and Rajasthan, the government has allowed hotels and restaurants to serve alcohol in the rooms and ...
20 Aug, 2020, 07.17 PM IST
All major states working on implementing home delivery options for liquor: ISWAIISWAI member companies sell 80% of all the spirits and wine in India. They include companies such as Diageo, Bacardi, Pernod Ricard and LVM...
08 May, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
View: Raise the bar for online liquor saleStates having been losing an estimated Rs 700 crore a day due to the liquor ban. With simultaneous losses on the GST front, these lost reve...
24 Apr, 2020, 10.51 PM IST
The Federal Fix: Bringing back the textbook conceptThe formal creation this week of the union territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has brought new attention to a concept that most...
02 Nov, 2019, 10.25 AM IST
Why small towns are raising a toast to this craft beerCraft beer is made by small, independent, innovative breweries that produce under 10 million litres a year, and after the initial popularit...
09 Sep, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
SC to hear pleas against ban of liquor shops along highways tomorrowRohatgi told the court that the apex court judgement, ordering closure of liquor vends alongside highways, will come into effect from April...
28 Mar, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
This is what kept our celebrities awake in 2016From the suicide of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad to the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed at JNU, the young are a worried lot.
25 Dec, 2016, 08.09 AM IST
After 60 years of LDF, UDF rule, Kerala is ready for change: Kerala BJP leader O RajagopalThe image of the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate here as someone who switched loyalties from the Left Front to the UDF will also he...
13 Apr, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Mizoram: Prohibition ends despite strong protest by the churchThis predominantly Christian hill state, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar and Bangladesh, had gone `dry' under pressure from the hugely...
22 Mar, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Tarun Gogoi presents Rs 1,610 crore surplus Budget for 2015-16However, considering the opening deficit of Rs 1,875.10 crore from this fiscal, the FY 2016 is expected to end with an estimated closing de...
10 Mar, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Budget 2011-2012: Speech of Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of FinanceOur growth in 2010-11 has been swift and broad-based. The economy is back to its pre-crisis growth trajectory.
28 Feb, 2011, 07.11 PM IST