CIABC urges Bihar Govt to lift ban on liquor consumption, saleManipur's 30-year liquor ban ends, prompting CIABC to advocate for Bihar to follow suit. CIABC believes lifting Bihar's prohibition would b...
09 Dec, 2023, 01.00 PM IST
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...
07 Dec, 2023, 08.06 PM IST
In dry state Manipur, organisations oppose govt's resolution to legalise liquorThe Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol (CADA) and All Manipur Women’s Social Reformation and Development Samaj (Nupi Samaj) stoutly oppose...
06 Dec, 2023, 07.38 PM IST
Manipur no more a 'dry state' as cabinet legalises liquorThe Manipur cabinet lifted the complete ban on liquor in the state amid an ongoing ethnic conflict and a campaign against drug and alcohol ...
06 Dec, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
June has just one dry day. Here's a list of dry days of 2023June will have just one dry day, followed by two dry days in July, and one dry day in August. September, October, and November will have th...
01 Jun, 2023, 02.29 PM IST
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...
17 Dec, 2022, 05.34 PM IST
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...
01 Oct, 2022, 07.51 PM IST
Manipur cabinet gives nod to partially lift liquor prohibitionThe alcohol prohibition will be lifted from all the district headquarters including Imphal city, tourist destinations, hotels with at least...
21 Sep, 2022, 10.43 AM IST
Here's why booze bans don't workTaxes from alcohol sales roughly form a quarter of state revenues. If this stream suddenly stops, states have to compulsorily cut some impo...
24 Dec, 2018, 11.00 AM IST
Curfew in Imphal west district as varsity protest continuesThe state is witnessing protest from different groups over the state government's decision to bring Manipur Prohibition of Liquor Amendment...
23 Jul, 2018, 11.20 PM IST
Not state's business to decide what tourists eat & drink: Amitabh Kant, NITI CEOKant was asked whether states banning beef and alcohol have failed to realise what Dubai did so brilliantly, as the country needs tourists.
06 Oct, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
Manipur assembly passes GST Bill at a specially convened sessionThe landmark bill was passed by voice vote even as opposition Congress demanded a debate during which Chief Minister N Biren Singh said tha...
05 Jun, 2017, 08.24 PM IST
Alcohol ban another drain on India's weak state financesWhile per-capita consumption of alcohol in India is among the lowest in the world, hazardous drinking -- binging and solitary consumption t...
19 Apr, 2017, 01.55 PM IST
Why banning booze is Nitish Kumar’s first blunderFrom April 1, 2016, Nitish said, Bihar would declare prohibition: sorry folks, no more boozing. This, he claimed, would fulfil a promise he...
29 Nov, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Drug menace: 21.4 per cent of Indians consume alcohol, says RTI replyThe RTI reply also mentions the list of 19 states and Union Territories that are in "major grasp" of alcohol and drugs.
27 Aug, 2015, 11.27 AM IST
'National Sample Survey Office asked to assess extent of drug abuse in Punjab, Manipur'Sudarshan Bhagat, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, also said a pilot survey was conducted by NSSO during March-April 2010 i...
24 Jul, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
- Government to conduct nationwide survey on drug abuse
With a view to check increasing drug abuse among youths, the government would conduct a nationwide survey on use of narcotics.
11 Nov, 2012, 10.59 AM IST