Delhi reverts to old excise policy, opens government-run liquor vends to replace private onesDelhi is opening hundreds of new government-run vends and shuttering the private ones — who were offering deep discounts on major liquor br...
01 Sep, 2022, 10.52 AM IST
Delhi Excise dept gears up for opening liquor vends, 300 licenses issued so farThe Delhi government last month decided to revert to old excise policy that was prevailing before implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22 f...
18 Aug, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
Delhi govt plans to run 500 liquor vends through agencies by August 31, another 200 by year endIn the current excise policy that will end on August 31, retail licenses were issued to private firms for 32 zones and 849 vends. The gover...
04 Aug, 2022, 11.14 PM IST
Liquor shops reopen in Delhi, 6 more zonal licenses surrenderedThe private liquor vends in Delhi numbering 468 kept shutters down on Monday after their licenses expired on July 31. The vends opened agai...
02 Aug, 2022, 11.02 PM IST
Delhi LG approves AAP govt's move to extend excise licenses of liquor vends, pubs by a monthVends selling Indian and Foreign liquor brands will remain shut despite the one month extension granted by Delhi government on Sunday as a ...
01 Aug, 2022, 08.01 PM IST
Delhi govt considering one month extension to its new excise policy to avoid liquor shortage chaosEarlier in the day, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that Delhi government has withdrawn the new excise policy and directed for se...
31 Jul, 2022, 09.00 AM IST
Delhiites likely to face major liquor shortage from August 1The major shift, following a CBI probe recommended by Lt Governor into alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses in implementation ...
30 Jul, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
552 liquor shops opened in Delhi till January 28 under new excise policyUnder the new excuse policy, the liquor business in the city was completely handed over to private players wherein they can open 849 spacio...
29 Jan, 2022, 06.59 PM IST
Alcoholic beverage industry body hails Delhi govt for reducing number of dry days to threeThe Delhi government under its new excise policy has reduced the number of dry days to just three from 21 last year, according to an offici...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Delhi slashes number of dry days to 3, down from 21 earlierEarlier, the dry days numbered 21 including on birth anniversary of great leaders and religious festivals. The business premises of a licen...
24 Jan, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
HC asks Delhi govt's stand on plea claiming new Excise Policy seeks to reduce age of drinking liquorA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Jyoti Singh issued notice and asked the Delhi government to file reply to the petition which has als...
28 Jul, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
Majority of Delhi residents support privatisation of liquor vends, says LocalCircles reportThe report, by social community platform LocalCircles, said 54% residents of Delhi support privatisation of liquor vends, and that half the...
21 Jan, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
Take decision on online sale of liquor by May 15: High Court to Delhi governmentDuring the hearing on Thursday, the Centre said several States have commenced online sale of alcohol, while Delhi government told the court...
14 May, 2020, 05.26 PM IST
Delhi govt warns liquor vends, clubs, hotels against selling liquor during lockdownIn an order, Excise Commissioner Ravi Dhawan said all the licensee such as clubs, hotels, restaurants, wholesale and liquor outlets are war...
22 Apr, 2020, 03.19 PM IST
Five years jail, no bail plus ten times fine if caught taking more than 1 liquor bottle into UPIt is common practice for people in Noida and Ghaziabad to bring along liquor from neighbouring Delhi as alcohol is cheaper in the capital.
06 Apr, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
4 out of 5 people support ban on liquor shops near highwaysAn overwhelming 79 per cent of people surveyed supported the Supreme Court's decision to ban liquor vends within 500 meters of national and...
19 Apr, 2017, 10.02 PM IST
Robert Vadra, who lost sister to drunk driver, wants highway booze ban modified to protect 'respectable establishments'Robert Vadra's sister Michelle Vadra was killed by a drunk driver on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in April 2001.
03 Apr, 2017, 01.28 PM IST