SC allows Tamil Nadu to devise method on selling of liquor through online or physical sale modeA bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah asked TASMAC to file affidavit within three weeks about the mechanism of...
12 Jun, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Liquor shops set to reopen in Tamil Nadu as SC stays Madras HC order on TASMAC outlet closureConditions of showing Aadhaar card and rationing the number of bottles too have been eased. Further, the apex court issued notices to the p...
15 May, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Supreme Court stays Madras HC order on closing liquor vends in Tamil NaduAn apex court bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, S K Kaul and B R Gavai ordered the stay after the government-owned Tamil Nadu State Market...
15 May, 2020, 03.28 PM IST
Rajinikanth warns ruling AIADMK against reopening liquor outletsHis remarks came a day after Tamil Nadu moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay against a Madras High Court order directing closure of liqu...
10 May, 2020, 10.54 PM IST
Tamil Nadu moves SC against Madras HC order barring counter sale of alcoholThe Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order for closure of state-run liquor outlets on the grou...
09 May, 2020, 04.02 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government taking baby steps to make people sobreThe state would lose sales of Rs 5 crore a day from revenue foregone due to the closure, this is assuming that demand does not shift to oth...
23 Jun, 2016, 05.31 PM IST
In Tamil Nadu poll time, everyone loves to hate boozeIt's Karuna who is committed to prohibition, his fans say. Jaya, they say, merely followed Karuna in talking prohibition, and she's yet to ...
13 May, 2016, 09.15 AM IST
DMK promises waiver of crop loan availed by small & micro farmersKarunanidhi said, “We are not saying will bring in prohibition step by step because there are no steps in this. We are saying that we will ...
11 Apr, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Jayalalithaa may steal Opposition's thunder by banning liquor first in Tamil NaduThe options being considered include reducing the timing of sales at Tasmac outlets from 12 hours to 6 hours and to increase focus on Elite...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Rage against liquor marketing arm TASMAC: Why cries for prohibition are getting louder in Tamil NaduIn Nov '03, the then CM Jayalalithaa decided that the state would retail alcohol through TASMAC, after which over 7,300 private shops wer t...
18 Jan, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
Tamil Nadu's 'corrupt' cash cow TASMAC: How politics & liquor came to form a potent mix in the stateTASMAC’s revenues have often been used to offer freebies to woo the electorate — from colour TVs given by DMK to free fans and mixers given...
11 Jan, 2015, 10.20 AM IST
Tamil Nadu sees dip in liquor sales, but revenue upBy hiking the prices, the government seems to have achieved the twin objective of bringing down alcohol consumption and increasing the reve...
01 Jan, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
Why government imposes tax on liquor despite being big businessLiquor is big business for governments. So naturally the tax rules are perverse. But there is method in this madness.
09 Jul, 2012, 11.52 AM IST
- State elections 2011: Tamil Nadu's freebie rage pushes up alcoholism
American bars in the 19th century were famous for their freebies. You could get free lunch by just buying a drink.
22 Apr, 2011, 01.40 PM IST
- Bubbling beer sales drown slowdown
According to CMIE data, beer production in the last year ended December ‘08 grew 11% over previous year, while Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (...
28 Feb, 2009, 11.27 AM IST
- Vinbros Premium wine brands available in TN through TASMAC
Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation’s (TASMAC) had been selling only one brand of wine – Golconda - in its liquor outlets.
29 Dec, 2008, 05.15 PM IST
- High Spirits: TN opens doors to imported drinks
The international drinks industry clinched a decisive breakthrough with Tamil Nadu, among the largest alcoholic beverage markets in the cou...
10 Nov, 2008, 12.33 AM IST