Bootlegging 'big menace', needs to be curbed with heavy hand: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court upheld an externment order against a woman involved in bootlegging, citing her dangerous character and persistent crim...
07 Oct, 2024, 09.58 PM IST
Liquor at ₹99 or less: High on spirits, Naidu removes hiccups in Andhra alcohol flowStarting October 1, Andhra Pradesh will privatise liquor vends, extend shop hours, introduce low-priced liquor, and establish premium store...
19 Sep, 2024, 08.49 AM IST
Jammu & Kashmir government withdraws 50 per cent 'corona tax' on liquorIn the policy objectives, the government notification among other things said it was meant to rationalise the number of taxes, duties and o...
01 Sep, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Covid-19 impact: Liquor firms fear return of restrictions amid chaos at outletsRetailers that opened doors in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh noted serpentine queues as tipplers planned st...
05 May, 2020, 12.36 AM IST
Covid-19 impact: Liquor stores may face dry days aheadExisting stock will be exhausted and replenishment could take a month or so.
04 May, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
Excise department pegs losses at Rs 2,050 crore due to lockdownThus the estimated loss for 41 days is Rs 2,050 crore," a senior excise official told on Wednesday. He said there is still lack of clarity ...
29 Apr, 2020, 06.51 PM IST
Destroy alcohol lying in bar for longer than eight days: Delhi excise dept to restaurantsRestaurateurs said this move will result in at least Rs 20 lakh worth of spirits going down the drain every month.
29 Aug, 2019, 07.41 AM IST
Bihar set for spirited fight 3 years after booze banThese will be the first general elections after Bihar was declared a dry state in April 2016.
17 Mar, 2019, 10.27 AM IST
Bootleg liquor kills at least 12 on tea plantation as dozens fall illThe deaths come less than two weeks after more than 100 people died after drinking tainted alcohol in India.
22 Feb, 2019, 02.36 PM IST
Here's why booze bans don't workTaxes from alcohol sales roughly form a quarter of state revenues. If this stream suddenly stops, states have to compulsorily cut some impo...
24 Dec, 2018, 11.00 AM IST
Poll punch: Politicians aiming at creating new vote bank by mixing wine and womenFrom Bihar to Tamil Nadu, politicos are desperately trying to mix wine and women to brew a new electoral elixir that will bring them power.
12 Apr, 2016, 03.49 AM IST
Nitish Kumar moots dairy products for liquor vends that close after prohibitionNitish Kumar has his way, thousands of liquor shops in Bihar may be soon be selling healthy dairy products as his government gradually enfo...
20 Dec, 2015, 09.31 PM IST
Mumbai hooch tragedy: Supplier held in Delhi, government orders probeIn a breakthrough into the hooch tragedy in Mumbai that has so far claimed 102 lives, police have arrested one of the main suppliers of the...
23 Jun, 2015, 07.21 PM IST
Diageo-USL deal: Use the funds to revive KingfisherThough Mallya has denied speculation that he will use cash to revive KFA, there is no other way to get the airline back up into the skies.
19 Nov, 2012, 05.15 PM IST
- Diners froth as Mumbai restaurants & bars hike liquor rates by 75%
The hike takes the prices of IMFL bottles up by 133% to 233% more than their prices in the neighbouring state of Goa.
21 Apr, 2011, 10.56 AM IST
- Delhi to be first city with 2D bar-coding on liquor bottles
Walia said the govt has decided to enforce the bar coding on liquor bottles to check smuggling and plug loopholes in generation of revenue ...
27 Dec, 2010, 10.55 PM IST
- Sale of illegal liquor rising in capital
Sale of illegal liquor in the capital seems to be on rise with excise officials claiming to report 62 per cent increase in the recovery of ...
29 Dec, 2007, 09.47 PM IST