Parliamentary panel calls for stricter regulations on content glorifying alcohol, drugs, violenceThe Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology recommends stronger regulations for films and content that glorify alco...
23 Mar, 2025, 09.28 PM IST
PM Modi and Diljit Dosanjh bond over music and culture; Watch the video of their memorable interactionDiljit Dosanjh concluded his successful Dil-Luminati tour in India with a final performance in Ludhiana on New Year’s Eve. He later met Pri...
02 Jan, 2025, 03.43 PM IST
Diljit Dosanjh Concert: After Telangana, Chandigarh body asks singer to avoid 'patiala peg' type songs promoting alcoholPunjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh, currently on his Dil-Luminati India tour, has been issued an advisory by the Chandigarh Child Righ...
12 Dec, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
View: Making a case for regulating alcohol consumption and eliminating illicit brewsStates should assign higher priority to revamping their excise administration and policing. Moreover, the capability of the health system i...
11 Jun, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
Punjab polls: Pick-up and drop facility for persons with disabilities, elderly votersPolling will be held from 8 am till 6 pm, said a functionary of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Results of the Punjab asse...
19 Feb, 2022, 09.20 PM IST
Unlock 3.0: Bars are shut, but liquor may still be served in hotel rooms and restaurantsThe Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued late last month kept the ban on the operations of bars unchanged, but didn’t make any mention of serving a...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Fine-dine chains report sales trickling in, but say alcohol ban undoing gainsMost restaurant chains had remained closed or were operating at 50% capacity even after the government started easing lockdown restrictions...
03 Aug, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
In war against coronavirus, health experts suggest abstinence over indulgenceDrinking alcohol weakens the body’s immune system, according to the Health ministry, WHO.
17 Apr, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
Allow liquor sale; illicit trade burden on exchequer: CIABC to 10 statesThe CIABC, which is the apex body of the Indian alcoholic beverage industry, has sent letters on Monday to chief ministers of 10 states -- ...
07 Apr, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
Liquor ban: 2017 sales in low spirits, valuations soarThe industry executives cited said consumer demand picked up in the third quarter of the fiscal year, although that was also because of a l...
27 Jan, 2018, 07.11 AM IST
States may get to end dry days on national highways passing via citiesThe court’s order came on an appeal against a Chandigarh administration decision to denotify certain highways to allow liquor sales within ...
13 Jul, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Highway hotels fudge bills to evade liquor banIndustry association members in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru said they have not heard of instances of liquor being sold illicitly in hot...
11 Jul, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Punjab passes bill to enable hotels near highways serve liquorHowever, restriction on opening of liquor vends within 500 metres of highways will remain as per the directions of the Supreme Court issued...
24 Jun, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
States seek legal ways to beat highway booze banIn Chandigarh, the Punjab Hotel Association decided to approach the Supreme Court against its order banning serving of liquor at pubs, rest...
03 Apr, 2017, 01.29 PM IST
Bottom's up: Why Kerala drinks most among Indian statesIndia is surely living up in since the last couple of years. Increased alcohol consumption is the biggest indicator of this. No prizes for ...
07 Feb, 2015, 03.20 PM IST
Sunday ET: Will controlling availability of booze restrict alcoholism in Kerala?The state, with almost half of its revenues coming from booming alcohol sales, is confronted by a question : is booze too freely available?
07 Oct, 2012, 06.51 AM IST
- Manufacturing norms for country liquor on anvil
The Bureau of Indian Standards is in the process of setting fresh norms for country liquor. Invest in wine I High-end whiskies I Heavy drin...
22 Jan, 2008, 04.30 AM IST