Tamil Nadu ministers list 2026: From Maria Wilson to Srinath, here is the full list of Vijay’s cabinetTN ministers list 2026: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has expanded his Cabinet by inducting 23 MLAs and assigning portfolios ac...
21 May, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Vijay reviews law and order situation in first meeting after taking CM oathThe meeting was attended by Chief Secretary M Saikumar, Additional Chief Secretary to the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, K Maniva...
10 May, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
Bihar cabinet portfolio allocation: Who gets what in Samrat Choudhary's government, here's the full listBihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has secured crucial ministries. He will oversee Home, General Administration, and Cabinet Secretariat...
07 May, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Teetotalitarian nanny state strikes againThe Indian state patronisingly assumes that all voters cannot be trusted to exercise electoral judgement if they have access to alcohol. EC...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.55 PM IST
Senior Tamil Nadu bureaucrats including Finance, CM Secretary shuffledThe Tamil Nadu Government has made changes in senior IAS officers. N Muruganandam replaces T Udayachandran as Secretary I to the Chief Mini...
13 May, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Karnataka to continue with 21 yrs as minimum age to buy liquorA period of 30 days was given for objections or suggestions from persons likely to be affected with respect to the said draft rules.
19 Jan, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Following objections, Karnataka to continue with 21 years as minimum age to buy liquorSection 36(1)(g) of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, prohibits sale of liquor to persons under the age of 18 years. However, as per Rule 10(...
18 Jan, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
Delhi municipal election: No alcohol sale for 3 days ahead of MCD polls"In view of the civic polls in Delhi, the State Election Commission has declared dry days from 5.30 p.m. of December 2 to December 4, 2022 ...
01 Dec, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Not taking Nitish Kumar’s path: Yogi Adityanath government says no ban, liquor not main cause for crimeThe state government said imposition of prohibition would mean that liquor consumers would not get quality-certified liquor in the state an...
20 Dec, 2018, 09.09 AM IST
Tipple to cost up to Rs 900 extra in GujaratRough calculations based on estimates of the additional fees and excise on alcohol sold in the state, provided by the prohibition and excis...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
98.8 per cent Bihar villages electrifiedUnder "seven resolves" of good governance, the state government had set a target to provide free electricity connection to every household ...
05 Aug, 2017, 06.53 PM IST
No liquor shops near religious places, Yogi Adityanath tells officialsIn a meeting with officials of the Excise Department, he also directed that a new excise policy be chalked out with a view to increase the ...
19 Apr, 2017, 06.49 PM IST
5,14,639 litre of IMFL seized during one year of liquor banA total of 44,557 were forwarded to jail jointly by Excise department officials and police as part of intensive drive during the year.
05 Apr, 2017, 01.35 AM IST
Nitish Kumar rules out any dilution in prohibition lawKumar categorically said there was no question of going back on prohibition or "diluting" the liquor law. "Prohibition has been enforced an...
02 Nov, 2016, 08.33 PM IST
New prohibition law comes into effect in BiharThe new law has stringent provisions to enforce total ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar.
03 Oct, 2016, 07.21 AM IST
Nitish Kumar expresses firm commitment on liquor ban from April next yearNitish Kumar once again expressed his government's firm commitment to impose liquor ban from April 1 next year but did not spell clearly wh...
04 Dec, 2015, 09.14 PM IST
Gujarat government orders restoration of old schedule of liquor shopsAs per the revised schedule, which had come into force from November 6, the permitted liquor shops across the state had to operate between ...
12 Nov, 2013, 08.27 PM IST