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Ladakh rings in new excise policy- wider choice in low alcohol content; hard liquor also at retail vendsThe administration’s decision comes in the wake of growing concerns raised by civil society, religious organizations, and medical experts r...- Pune hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 17 as 22 police, excise officials suspended, methanol supplier tracedA spurious liquor tragedy in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad has claimed 17 to 18 lives. Most victims were daily wage labourers. The state govern...
- Maharashtra: Five police officials suspended amid chaos over deaths linked to illicit liquor consumptionTen people have died from consuming illicit liquor in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune. Five police officials, including a Senior Police Inspector...
- Pune Hooch tragedy kills 15; 8 arrestedAt least 15 people have died and several others hospitalized after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchw...
- From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
- Haryana: 461 FIRs registered, 1,048 held in enforcement drive against criminalsUnder the leadership of Director General of Police Ajay Singhal, the operation was conducted on March 2, sending a clear message that law a...
- Exclusive beer shops to come up in Punjab, says FM Harpal CheemaThe cabinet on March 10 approved an excise policy for the financial year 2023-24, which aims to collect Rs 9,754 crore.
- "Youth will be finished", agonises SC, asks Punjab to check illicit liquor manufacturing and tradeSenior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, appearing for the Punjab government, assured the court that the state is taking action and has already de...
- Delhi hits the bottle, goes back in timeThe excise duty on alcohol accounts for around 10-15% of own tax revenue in most states. Bootleggers grease the palms of law enforcers, exc...
- Gujarat hooch tragedy: Congress demands probe by sitting HC judgeCongress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the business of spurious liquor and drugs in the BJP-ruled state, and asked which rulin...
- Local spirits companies offer country liquor in paperboard cartons in bid to boost marginsTill now, only low-priced Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) was available in paperboard cartons akin to ‘tetrapaks’, which has helped compa...
- 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 -- ...
- Day 3 of Assam hooch tragedy: Toll touches 143Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital to check on the victims undergoing treatment.
- Bill on partial ban on liquor in Bihar passedA Bill providing for upto capital punishment to those manufacturing or trading illicit liquor in the event of hooch tragedy was unanimously...
- Bihar proposes capital punishment for sale of spurious liquorThe Bihar Excise Act will incorporate tough legal provisions to ban trade, manufacture and consumption of country and spiced liquor in the ...
- Will seek fast track trial of Mumbai hooch case: Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the prosecution will build a strong case in which capital punishment will be sought for t...
- After hooch tragedy, Maharashtra mulling to amend MPDA law to stop sale of illicit liquorExcise Minister Eknath Khadse said government is considering to amend act in which strict action will be proposed against production & sale...
- Bars in Mumbai to stay open till 5 AM on 25th and 31st DecemberThe bureaucrat said special squads have already swung into action from the second week of December to stop the sale of illicit liquor.
- Competition Commission rejects case on excise department and TCSIn a recent order, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said that it found "no prima facie case" of violation of the fair trade norms.
- Congress demands dismissal of Modi govt over hooch tragedyCongress sought probe into alleged political patronage to illicit liquor trade.
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