Liquor
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra MLA distributes liquor, live chicken on festival day
Visakhapatnam: A MLA of Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress Party allegedly distributed a bottle of liquor and a live chicken each to people in his constituency here on the occasion of Kanuma…
- India
Bug-like substance in liquor bottle: Tasmac to pay Rs 5 lakh fine
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Sriviliputhur has charged a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) and a distillery over a complaint…
- Telangana
Liquor worth Rs 700 crore consumed in Telangana on New Year
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Beverages Corporation (TSBC) witnessed a surge in liquor sales during the New Year. TSBC sold 2.72 lakh cases of beer, wine, and hard liquor on December 28, followed…
- India
Yogi govt bans liquor around Ram temple in Ayodhya
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the sale of liquor in a 100 Kosi radius of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The decision comes ahead of the grand inauguration of the…
- India
Liquor in GIFT City: Congress, AAP slam BJP govt over decision
Ahmedabad: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress clashed on Saturday, December 23, over the Gujarat government’s decision a day earlier to allow liquor in Gujarat City, which partially overturned…
- Telangana
Telangana polls: Rs 5 cr cash, firecrackers worth Rs 18L seized in Khammam
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Telangana elections, a total of Rs 5,01,58,457 in cash, 35,313 litres of liquor, 437 kg of Ganja worth about Rs 1.10 crore and firecrackers worth Rs 18.12 lakh,…
- Bangalore
‘Its liquor guarantee govt’, says ex-Karnataka CM Bommai on opening of wine shops
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai termed the incumbent Congress government in Karnataka as a ‘liquor guarantee government’ as it has failed to provide water in the current drought but is making…
- Telangana
Telangana polls: CEO discusses strategies to curb liquor, cash flow
Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer of the state, Vikas Raj on Tuesday, discussed strategies to curb the flow of liquor, cash, and drugs during the forthcoming Telangana Assembly elections. He held a meeting…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Falaknuma police raid belt shop in Ravindra Naik Colony
Hyderabad: The Falaknuma police raided a belt shop at Ravindra Naik Colony on Saturday night and seized 43 bottles of liquor illegally stored and being sold. Police said, Bujju, 45, a resident…
- India
Man beaten to death in Kolkata following quarrel over purchase of liquor
Kolkata: A man on Sunday was allegedly beaten to death here by a group of people following a quarrel over the purchase of liquor from a shop, the police said, adding two…
- India
Two die after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar
Patna: Two persons died in Bihar’s East Champaran district after consuming spurious liquor. The deceased have been identified as Gauri Shankar Ram, an ex-Army jawan from Ghograha Barriya village, and Umesh Patel,…
- Bangalore
Excise duty hike will make Karnataka most expensive state for spirits in India: ISWAI
Bengaluru: The International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) on Friday said that the excise rate hike in the Karnataka Budget 2023, presented by CM Siddaramaiah, will make the state most…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 22-year-old among 3 died after drinking acid by accident
Hyderabad: Three people died in separate incidents after accidentally ingesting kitchen cleaning acid. The deceased, identified as Merak Saba, 25, consumed acid assuming it to be drinking water on June 14. According…
- India
3 held for threatening to behead woman for buying liquor in UP
Muzaffarnagar: The Muzaffarnagar police have arrested three persons, including two brothers, after they threatened to behead a burqa-clad woman who had gone to buy alcohol from a liquor shop. A video clip…