Liquor
- India
Karnataka to offer free jabs to those below 45 yrs, home delivery of liquor
Bengaluru: With the sharp surge in Covid infections, the Karnataka cabinet on Monday resolved to vaccinate all those between 18 and 44 years of age free of cost. It also allowed home delivery…
- Crime and Accident
Maha: With liquor shops shut, 6 die after gulping sanitiser
Yavatmal: In a bizarre incident, at least six persons died after consuming hand sanitiser as liquor was unavailable owing to the statewide lockdown in Maharashtra to check the raging Covid-19 pandemic, a top…
- Featured News
APU study says most teachers’ educational institutions are run by liquor and road contractors
Teachers hold the key to good education. Teaching is all about transferring knowledge from teachers to learners or students. Students carry nothing out of the classrooms but what they learn from their…
- India
Four dead after consuming spurious liquor in UP’s Chitrakoot; three people hospitalised
Chitrakoot: Four people died while three more took ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in a village here, police said on Sunday. Inspector General, Chitrakoot Dham (range), K Satya Narayan said a sub-inspector…
- Offbeat
‘Diabolically clever’: Anand Mahindra on creative secret drawer in truck to hide liquor
New Delhi: Business tycoon Anand Mahindra on Friday shared a video of a pickup truck being used to smuggle alcohol and was left surprised by the level of creativity put into it.…
- India
Tejashwi gives fresh proofs against Rai in liquor smuggling case
Patna: Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday gave fresh proofs against Land Reforms and Revenue Minister Ram Surat Rai, who is alleged to be involved in a liquor smuggling case.…
- Crime and Accident
Maha: Five held for smuggling liquor in Thane district
Thane: Five persons have been arrested in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly smuggling liquor worth over Rs 39 lakh into the state, an official from the state excise department said on Thursday. Based…
- News
Bihar officials seize liquor from ‘rat hole’ in Gopalganj
Patna: Rats and liquor have no connection, whatsoever. However, an ingenious liquor smuggler in Bihar’s Gopalganj district tried to ward off queries from excise officials by telling them that a hole at…
- Hyderabad News
GHMC Polls: Longer queues at liquor shops than at polling booths
Hyderabad: Even as the voter turnout at the now-finished Hyderabad civic polls was as low as 46 per cent, the liquor shops–which were shut until 6 pm on Tuesday–witnessed tipplers in considerable numbers.…
- Crime and Accident
Five die due to liquor overdose’ in Raj
Jaipur: Five men have died due to suspected liquor overdose in the Kaman area of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, police said on Saturday. The men fell sick after consuming excessive liquor and they were…
- Hyderabad News
Telangana liquor industry earned over Rs 8,000 crore in 3 months
Hyderabad: On June 2, after the Prohibition and Excise Department has now permitted all the 2,182 Telangana liquor shops to resume services, the queues outside the shop seemed to be endless. It…
- India
Hyderabad-based startup ‘Booozie’ to door-deliver liquor for free!
Hyderabad: You can getfree liquor delivery right at your door step as a Hyderabad-based startup ‘Booozie’ are now delivering liquor at doorsteps with no delivery charges. It is the world’s first social…
- Hyderabad News
Hyd startup develops ‘world’s first social drinking platform’
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based startup has launched what it claims to be the world’s first social drinking platform, which will also deliver liquor to people at their doorsteps. The developers of Booozie, the web,…
- India
Gang involved in smuggling illicit liquor busted in Ambala
Ambala: With the seizure of 290 crates of alcohol, a gang involved in smuggling illicit liquor was busted in Haryana’s Ambala by the State Police on Sunday, Ram Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ambala Cantonment informed. “We received a…
- Andhra Pradesh News
Nellore: 3,500 litres jaggery wash destroyed in country liquor raids
Nellore: Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) of Andhra Pradesh Police raided country liquor making units in Podalakur and Sydapuram Mandals of Nellore district on Monday and destroyed 3,500 litres of jaggery wash. As per a statement issued by the…
- Telangana
Two held for smuggling liquor from Telangana to Andhra
Krishna: Police officials have arrested two persons on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling over 100 liquor bottles from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh, said police. The two accused have been identified as Devarakonda Srinivas Rao and Devarakonda Rajesh, who…
- Andhra Pradesh News
Andhra Police seizes 2350 bottles of liquor in Krishna district
Krishna: Andhra Pradesh Police on Friday seized 2,350 bottles of liquor from a car in Krishna district. The police managed to arrest one miscreant while another escaped from the spot. “Police taskforce caught a huge…
- Delhi
Serving liquor allowed by Delhi govt in restaurants, hotels
New Delhi: Liquor will be served at the table in restaurants and in hotel rooms in Delhi even as bars will remain closed. As per a Delhi government order issued on Thursday, “Considering…
- Andhra Pradesh News
AP: 2 arrested for illegally transporting 423 liquor bottles
Krishna: Two persons were arrested here on Tuesday evening for illegally transporting 423 liquor bottles from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh. The Kanchikacherla police caught the cache while it was being transported from Telangana’s…
- News
Rs 11.36 lakh unaccounted cash, 21 liquor bottles seized from a cop
Jaipur: Twenty-one bottles of liquor and Rs 11.36 lakh unaccounted cash were seized from a police sub-inspector who was going home in Ajmer from Nagaur where he was posted as SHO until recently,…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Two dead after consuming hooch
Korba, Aug 8 (PTI) Two persons died after allegedly drinking illicit country-made liquor in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Balgikhar village under Bakimongra police…
- Photos
More than 40 people killed after drinking toxic liquor
Amritsar: Villagers carry the body of Kirpal Singh, who died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, for cremation at Mucchal village near Amritsar, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. At least 40 people have died…
- News
Andhra police destroys liquor worth Rs 72 lakh with a road roller
Vijayawada: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Friday destroyed liquor worth Rs 72 lakh which was smuggled into the state from neighbouring Telangana. More than 14,000 liquor bottles were crushed using a…
- India
Smuggling of gold, cigarettes, liquor surges amid COVID
New Delhi: Gold, cigarettes and liquor were among high tax items which topped the list of smuggled goods across India amid the current coronavirus crisis that has led to economic distress. Smuggling…
- Crime and Accident
Youth nabbed for cheating in online liquor racket
New Delhi: A youth was arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of selling liquor online, police officials said on Sunday. The accused has been identified as 31-year-old Akib Javed who is…
- India
4 Nepali nationals arrested with rare herb cordyceps, illicit liquor
Chamoli: Four Nepali nationals were arrested in Chamoli district on Saturday for possession of cordyceps (a caterpillar fungus), animal meat and illicit liquor in Pokhari, Chamoli district on Saturday, police said. Police…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Telangana: Ambulance used to transport liquor
Hyderabad: Amid coronavirus pandemic, the service of healthcare professionals are being appreciated as they are the frontline warrior during this crisis time. However, some criminal minded people are using it as an…
- Delhi
Delhi govt issues 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor
New Delhi: The Delhi government has so far issued around 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor in the national capital, an official said on Saturday. Under the e-token system, customers are given…
- Politics
Liquor not a vaccine for COVID-19: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Thursday took a dim view of large crowds outside liquor shops in Mumbai earlier this week, and said people should understand that liquor is “not a vaccine”…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 2 nabbed for selling liquor in house
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police on Friday arrested 2 people for allegedly selling alcohol in their house under the limits of Chatrinaka police station. The police raided the illegal belt shop which…
