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PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR ACT
This 'Red Card' shakes up Mizoram's prohibition policyMizoram's ZPM government will now issue permits for liquor consumption on medical grounds. Residents can apply for a 'Red Card' with a pres...
SC issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spasThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, NCPCR, and NHRC regarding a PIL. The petition seeks a complete ban on employing childre...
From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
West Bengal Election Results 2026 Date and Time: When counting will take place and where to check resultsWest Bengal Assembly Election Results 2026 date and time: West Bengal's Phase II polling concludes on April 29, 2026, with vote counting fo...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: What is at stake, who is contesting, and how to vote on April 23Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly elections: Tamil Nadu votes tomorrow for its 234-member Legislative Assembly. The election features a four-cornere...
West Bengal Dry Day 2026: EC announces liquor ban in view of polls, check district-wise dates and rulesThe Election Commission of India has declared dry days in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections. Liquor sales will be ...
No change in dry day rules for Holi, Muharram: Maharashtra excise chiefMaharashtra's Excise Commissioner Rajesh Deshmukh has debunked rumors about ending dry days for Holi, Muharram, and Gandhi Jayanti. He conf...
Mizoram passes bill to allow local wine, beer productionThe Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2025, allowing the production of local wine and beer, was passed despite strong opposition...
Amid oppn walk-out, Bill passed in dry Mizoram for sale of wine made of local fruitsThe Assembly in Mizoram passed an amendment bill to relax the prohibition law, allowing the manufacture and supply of wine and local beer m...
Nagaland government considers partial lifting of liquor ban amid rising concernsThe Nagaland government is considering partially lifting the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989, as discussed in a recent state ca...
TN Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024 comes into forceChief Minister M K Stalin announced the implementation of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024, aimed at addressing the serious i...
Manipur partially lifts prohibition of liquor in stateLast year the Manipur government issued a public notice which mentioned that opinion and views on the state government’s decision for lifti...
Manipur govt invites opinion for white paper on lifting liquor prohibitionA public notice mentioned that opinion and views on the state government’s decision for lifting the prohibition from the state of Manipur a...
Manipur to come up with white paper on liquor legalisationThis has triggered opposition from various groups in the state. Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol (CADA) and women groups are seeking mod...
Mizoram to go dry from FridayZoramthanga had made total prohibition of liquor a major electoral plank in the Christian-dominated Mizoram.
To raise a toast or not: Liquor a poll issue on platter of all Mizoram partiesMizoram will vote on November 28 for 40 assembly seats to decide who will form the next government in this highly-literate and Christian-ma...
Nitish Kumar rules out any dilution in prohibition lawKumar categorically said there was no question of going back on prohibition or "diluting" the liquor law. "Prohibition has been enforced an...
Nitish Kumar vows a more stringent law after Patna high court scraps booze ban"We will mark the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha movement by implementing the new Act on Gandhi Jayanti," ...
Mizoram lifts 17-year-old liquor banState Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana had earlier hinted that retail wine shops would be run by sick PSUs.
Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act 2014 to come in force from January 15 in Mizoram: R LalzirlianaThe MLPC Act would replace the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1995 imposed in the state for the last 17 years.