Mirwaiz says anti-drug crackdown welcome, warns against 'law and order prism'Mirwaiz Umar Farooq supports the administration's drug abuse crackdown. He stresses a broader approach is needed, not just arrests. He high...
08 May, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
Why Goa is Goddess' own countryGoa presents a stark contrast to national discussions on women's empowerment. In Goa, women lead mechanic shops and liquor stores. They are...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
BJP cracks down as AAP-era liquor show persistsDelhi's BJP government is tackling liquor cartels. Top-selling brands remain unchanged from the previous AAP regime. Officials found a cart...
22 Dec, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
Delhi yet to find space to run liquor vends at IGI airportThe Excise department had issued licenses to a private bidder for six premium liquor stores that were shut as the new excise policy wound u...
03 Sep, 2022, 07.31 AM IST
Delhi: Government run liquor shops open but with empty shelves as old excise policy returnsThe shop owners reported to duty on time, but the government hasn't delivered booze supply. An employee of a liquor vending machine said th...
01 Sep, 2022, 07.42 PM 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
Delhiites may soon have mega liquor vends with tasting roomsDelhi government's group of ministers (GoM) has made several recommendations for formulating Excise Policy 2022-23, including increasing th...
11 May, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
Delhi to get new, swanky private liquor shops from today. All the detailsThe private liquor vends had already shut operations on September 30, and the government ones which were operating in the transition period...
17 Nov, 2021, 12.11 PM IST
As private liquor vends in Delhi shut down, their owners, employees explore other businessesOwners and employees of such establishments said they have started exploring alternate options, including venturing into other home busines...
30 Sep, 2021, 05.28 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
CM Amarinder tweaks excise policy, liquor vends set to open in PunjabWhile ruling out an extension in contracts for liquor vends beyond March 31, 2020, Singh on Wednesday announced that the state government w...
13 May, 2020, 06.38 PM IST
Swaraj Abhiyan claims one liquor vend 'closed' in Old DelhiResidents will now take the responsibility of closing down liquor vends in their respective areas "after the incompetence of the government...
11 Sep, 2016, 09.48 PM IST
Haryana to suffer Rs 1,340 cr loss due to shifting of liquor vendsHaryana Excise and Taxation department today said it will suffer financial loss of Rs 1,340 crore because of shifting of liquor vends from ...
02 May, 2014, 11.34 PM IST
Liquor vends for domestic fliers at T3 soonDomestic fliers will be able to soon buy liquor at the airport here with the Delhi government on Monday amending rules permitting setting u...
22 Nov, 2011, 09.56 AM IST