Repressed supply heightens demandThe record alcohol consumption on Air India's Surat-Bangkok flight highlights the heightened demand for liquor in 'dry states' like Gujarat...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.49 AM IST
Create a common market for liquorIrregularities in award of liquor licences in India crop up with depressing regularity. An inordinate share of state governments' revenues ...
03 Mar, 2023, 11.09 PM IST
Gujarat: BJP's historic poll performance, Morbi bridge collapse and Bilkis case dominate Year 2022The BJP's victory- the seventh consecutive term- mainly on the plank of development under a "double engine government", can potentially pro...
26 Dec, 2022, 09.13 AM IST
PIL in SC seeks SIT probe in Bihar hooch tragedyThe state shares its borders with Nepal, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and none of these states practises prohibition, and ther...
16 Dec, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
People fed up of BJP rule, AAP will form govt in Gujarat, says Manish Sisodia"After six days of my journey, I can say the AAP is certainly going to form government here. The BJP is set to go. The people have understo...
26 Sep, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
BJP means corruption and spurious liquor: Kejriwal; seeks votes for 'honest' AAP in Gujarat polls"There is no point voting for Congress. Congress should not get a single vote this time. Every vote should go to the AAP and the 'broom' (i...
07 Aug, 2022, 05.34 PM IST
Regulate, not ban, for safe drinkingThe way to minimise liquor-related tragedies is not prohibiting its consumption as in Gujarat and Bihar, but by bringing alcohol consumptio...
31 Jul, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
Which ruling forces are giving protection to spurious liquor mafias in Gujarat, asks Rahul"It is a matter of great concern, on the land of Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) and Sardar (Vallabhbhai) Patel, who are these people who are indiscr...
29 Jul, 2022, 03.46 PM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned thrice in pre-lunch sessionAs soon as the House met after the first adjournment at 12 noon, Deputy Chairman Harivansh invoked Rule 256 and named AAP member Sanjay Sin...
27 Jul, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Gujarat hooch death toll rises to 40; 10 people held so far for selling spurious liquorThe Botad and Ahmedabad police on Tuesday registered three First Information Reports (FIRs) against nearly 20 culprits under Indian Penal C...
27 Jul, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from elsewhere: CM Nitish KumarThe chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visite...
24 Dec, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Bootleggers may face death penalty in Uttar Pradesh as governor gives nod to billUP now becomes the third state after Delhi and Gujarat to have an Act under which bootleggers may be sent to the gallows, if consumption of...
08 Jan, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Reviewing 2015: Sheena Bora case dominated crime scene in MumbaiThe sensational Sheena Bora murder case in the nation's financial capital and its unending twists and turns dominated headlines across the ...
31 Dec, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Poke Me: Nitish Kumar's prohibition order will drive drinkers to shadowy 'omeletewalas'When Prohibition was tried in America in the 1920s, people distilled gin in bathtubs, leading to a rise in alcoholism, and a decline in hyg...
27 Nov, 2015, 12.56 PM IST
Liquor prohibition: Is Gujarat really a dry state or a tippler's paradise?On paper, Gujarat is tough on prohibition. On the ground, it is a different story. Liquor is freely available. So much so that it is delive...
31 Mar, 2013, 04.22 AM IST
- Congress demands dismissal of Modi govt over hooch tragedy
Congress sought probe into alleged political patronage to illicit liquor trade.
13 Jul, 2009, 04.12 PM IST
- Mallya wants Gujarat govt to revise alcohol policy
Liquor-baron Vijay Mallya today virtually asked the Gujarat government to lift prohibition in force in the state.
11 Jul, 2009, 02.59 PM IST