Kerala Budget: Here's what gets costlier after budget announcementThe Kerala government has raised liquor prices and court fees to generate additional funds for development works. The excise duty on Indian...
05 Feb, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
Kerala Budget 2024 Highlights: Liquor, power tariff to go upKelala Budget 2024 Highlights: Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal presented the state budget for 2024-25, focusing on key sectors and ini...
05 Feb, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
BJP begins Billava-Ediga outreach with community welfare board, schoolsIn his budget three days ago, Bommai announced residential schools named after Sri Narayana Guru for Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannad...
21 Feb, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Kerala Budget: Price of liquor, fuel to go up along with increased vehicle tax & land fair price valueThe FM said it is proposed to levy a Social Security Cess on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and on the sale of petrol and diesel as the ...
03 Feb, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
Kerala Budget: Movie tickets, beer and wine prices to be dearerAs the southern state faced a severe financial crunch, finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac presented the budgetary proposals for the 2019-20 ...
31 Jan, 2019, 09.05 PM IST
Expect mid-to-high single digit growth in 2018: Shekhar Ramamurthy, United Breweries“I do not think there is any scope for double digit growth in the near future.”
08 Jan, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
Government officials rush to denotify highways running through citiesSome states are lobbying with the Centre while one state, Kerala, is planning to seek grace time from the court for implementing the order.
04 Apr, 2017, 01.41 AM IST
Navjot Singh Sidhu misleading people on Punjab's liquor trade: Harsimrat KaurSidhu, who recently joined Congress, had claimed that against Tamil Nadu's Rs 26,188 cr excise collection, Punjab's annual revenue from 12,...
23 Jan, 2017, 08.07 PM IST
No closure of bribery case against Kerala Minister, rules courtBased on the allegation and complaint lodged by Achuthanandan, the vigilance conducted a Quick Verification and registered an FIR in the ca...
29 Oct, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
Senior Congress leader Pandalam Sudhakaran suggests 'rest' for Finance Minister K M ManiPandalam Sudhakaran, also a KPCC spokesperson, suggested in a Facebook post that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy should ask Mani to take a bre...
18 Mar, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
LDF, Yuva Morcha activists lay siege around Kerala AssemblyThough a high level security was placed & barricades had been set up, activists began to pour in large numbers in the area since last eveni...
13 Mar, 2015, 08.46 AM IST
LDF stage walkout in Kerala Assembly over bar bribery issueHome Minister Ramesh Chennithala rejected the allegations and said investigation in the case was progressing in a 'judicious and impartial'...
10 Mar, 2015, 01.56 PM IST
Kerala Assembly: Session begins on stormy note; Opposition boycotts governor speechBudget session of the Kerala Assembly began on stormy note with Opposition boycotting governor's address over its demand for resignation of...
06 Mar, 2015, 03.57 PM IST
BJP hartal demanding resignation of KM Mani near totalThe state government has declared a holiday for educational institutions. Calicut and Kannur Universities have postponed the examinations s...
27 Jan, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
History of Prohibition: How the liquor ban in Kerala may benefit Mahe in PuducherryConventional wisdom tells you that a liquor ban is bad for business. But nations that toyed with Prohibition experienced a boom in unexpect...
12 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
LDF to launch stir against tax hike by Oommen Chandy governmentVijayan hit out at the govt for taking the "ordinance route" to raise a huge amount without presenting and debating the proposals in the as...
18 Sep, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
- 'Spiritual' Kerala budget taxes drinks, spares religion
Economist-turned finance minister TM Thomas Isaac claims his latest budget is a green one, but its contents point to the budget being a 'sp...
05 Mar, 2010, 08.10 PM IST