Pune Hooch tragedy kills 15; 8 arrestedAt least 15 people have died and several others hospitalized after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchw...
30 May, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
Karnataka rolls out new alcobev policy, distillers unhappyBengaluru has a new excise duty on alcohol-in-beverage. Prices are now set by producers. The government cut liquor price slabs to make drin...
17 May, 2026, 06.32 PM IST
Alcohol-in-beverage: Karnataka leads India’s next liquor tax experimentKarnataka becomes India's first state to adopt an Alcohol-in-Beverage excise duty structure. This new policy, effective May 11, deregulates...
17 May, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
How a protest over one liquor shop ended up injuring 32 policemen, 80 villagers near NagpurProtests demanding the closure of a country liquor shop in Maharashtra's Gondia district turned violent, resulting in at least 32 police in...
10 Apr, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
Diljit Dosanjh's Pune concert goes completely alcohol-free. Here's whyOn Sunday, the Maharashtra excise department withdrew the license to serve alcohol at actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh's Dil-Luminati concert, s...
24 Nov, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Pune bar case: Two excise officials suspended; liquor and other materials seizedThe Maharashtra excise department has suspended two inspector-rank officers for alleged dereliction of duty in connection with a probe into...
25 Jun, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Pune Porsche Accident: Two liquor serving outlets visited by teen driver sealedPune Car Accident: Pune's district administration has ordered the indefinite closure of two pubs in Mundhwa for serving alcohol to underage...
22 May, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
Sula Vineyards shares tank 7% on Rs 116 crore excise duty noticeHowever, Sula Vineyards in an exchange filing said, "It may be noted that the Order does not affect the existing business or the activities...
02 Aug, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
Maha govt to consider invoking MCOCA against repeat offenders involved in illegal transportation of liquorTalking to reporters in Satara, Desai said the department will carry out a drive to crackdown on smuggling of liquor from other states, esp...
03 Oct, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Maharashtra allows hotels to take in and sell new liquor stockThe state's excise department has also permitted both residents and incoming guests in hotels to consume alcohol within the hotel premises....
09 Jul, 2020, 10.29 PM IST
Moonshine Meadery wants to introduce drinkers to the oldest alcoholic beverageThe high-alcohol meads are sold in winelike bottles, while the low-ABV variants are marketed and bottled like beer.
12 Nov, 2017, 12.09 PM IST
Maharashtra excise department issues notification to renew bar licenses of affected outletsThe Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) expressed gratitude to the commissioner of state excise for expediting the or...
05 Sep, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
SC liquor ban to dampen hotels’ New Year plansFollowing the notice, hotels and event organisers have gone into a tizzy, staring at massive losses running into crores.
29 Dec, 2016, 08.34 AM IST
Maharashtra government mulling permission to keep 12 liquor bottles at homeMaharashtra government is planning to modify rules on liquor consumption including allowing a permit holder to keep 12 bottles of alcohol a...
01 Sep, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
Maharashtra makes Hologram on liquor bottles mandatory to curb hooch flowWithin the next one month, it will be mandatory for all liquor bottles to have a hologram to stop the entry of spurious liquid into the sta...
14 May, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
- Maharashtra makes first move on wine excise 'truce'
In what can be seen as a possible truce between the two largest wine producing states, the Maharashtra government has proposed to bring dow...
06 May, 2009, 02.17 AM IST
- Domestic wine industry in a fix
The domestic wine industry is facing problems of protectionist taxation by the two big manufacturing and consuming states, Maharashtra and ...
17 Jan, 2009, 02.24 AM IST