The ruling DMK amended the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, on Saturday to significantly increase the punishment and fines for offences re...

The current death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, has reached 63 as of Thursday morning, according to infor...

Union Minister Anurag Thakur criticized Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann for the deaths of 21 people from tainted liquor in Sangrur. Thakur stated t...

The PIL filed by Aryavarta Mahasabha Foundation has sought formulation of an action plan at the national level to curb the manufacturing, t...

Senior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, appearing for the Punjab government, assured the court that the state is taking action and has already de...

The top court was hearing a plea arising out of a September 2020 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had disposed of a petition...

Aiming to generate employment and increase the revenue of the state, the draft policy issued on Tuesday night said it was seeking to addres...

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the excise department will carry out a joint operation to check the smuggling and trade of spurious liquor, B...

The figures of state excise department reveal an interesting story: the sale of ‘pavva’ (country liquor is available only in 180 ml, and no...

Till now, only low-priced Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) was available in paperboard cartons akin to ‘tetrapaks’, which has helped compa...

"The Chief Minister has decided that Rs five lakh will be provided to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the hooch tragedy," ...

In a relief to liquor manufacturers in Bihar, Patna HC directed the state government not to take any coercive action against them for keepi...

A Bill providing for upto capital punishment to those manufacturing or trading illicit liquor in the event of hooch tragedy was unanimously...

Bihar government is bringing bill to award capital punishment for manufacturing illicit liquor once prohibition comes into effect, CM Nitis...

The Bihar Excise Act will incorporate tough legal provisions to ban trade, manufacture and consumption of country and spiced liquor in the ...

Nine illegal arms manufacturing units were also busted in a raids conducted throughout the day by the watchdog, an EC official said.

He said that he has also met the Thane Police Commissioner, police officials from the Thane (Rural) region and the Excise Department offici...