Liquor
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BJP means corruption and spurious liquor: Kejriwal
Bodeli: The upcoming Gujarat elections will be a straight contest between the “honest” Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which means “corruption and spurious liquor”, AAP leader Arvind…
- India
LG’s changed stand on Delhi liquor policy caused major losses: AAP
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused former lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Saturday of changing his stand over opening liquor vends in unauthorised areas and claimed that it led…
- India
Delhi likely to revert to 21 ‘dry days’ from September 1
New Delhi: Rebates and ‘one-plus-one’ deals will go away and past norms like 21 “dry days” are likely to return as liquor vends operated by the Delhi government open from September 1…
- India
Gujarat: Ahead of polls, drugs and alcohol takes center stage
As political parties are preparing to fight the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, increasing alcohol and drug utilisation has become a major issue. The Gujarat Congress staged a dharna on Tuesday…
- India
Delhi govt considering one month extension to its new excise policy
New Delhi: With Delhi staring at a major liquor shortage in the coming days with private wine and beer stores going to shut shop from August 1, Kejriwal government is considering one…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: 66,000 liquor bottles worth Rs 2 crore seized, destroyed in Kurnool
Kurnool: Kurnool Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) station seized 66,000 bottles of liquor (worth about Rs 2 crores) on Saturday in the presence of Kurnool District SP Siddharth Kaushal in 593 cases registered…
- Andhra Pradesh
Illegal liquor worth Rs 80 L destroyed in Andhra Pradesh
Eluru: Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday destroyed 33,934 illegal liquor bottles worth Rs 80 lakh in the Eluru district. On the order of the state government, Andhra Pradesh Police have been conducting…
- Telangana
Only state govt can take decision on alcohol sale, Telangana HC rules
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday stated that only the state government has the authority to decide whether to forbid the sale and distribution of alcohol and that courts could not…
- India
In dry Gujarat, BJP MLA under scanner as liquor flows at birthday party
Lunavada: The BJP in Gujarat came under flak after a video clip showing some youth enjoying a liquor party is circulating on social media. The incident has also put BJP MLA from Lunavada…
- Telangana
Telangana hikes liquor prices by 20-25 percent
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has increased liquor prices by 20 to 25 percent to mop up revenues. Prices of all brands of liquor were hiked and this is expected to help the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Couple kills son for consuming drugs, alcohol
Hyderabad: Unable to bear the daily suffering at the hands of their liquor and drug addict son, a couple in Telangana strangled him to death. The shocking incident occurred in Rajanna Sircilla…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra police seizes 8000 litres of cheap liquor, 6 held
Eluru: About 8000 litres of jaggery water and cheap liquor were seized in Agarapalli Mandal in Eluru district, informed the officials on Sunday. “In a joint operation conducted by Special Enforcement Bureau…
- Hyderabad
Bandi Sanjay alleges TRS leaders are associated in drugs racket
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday alleged that several Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders, besides close associates of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, have a hand…
- Kerala
Catholic Bishop criticises Kerala government’s new liquor policy
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thamarassery Bishop of the Catholic Church, Remigius Maria Paul Inchananayil has lashed out at the Kerala government for its new liquor policy. The government had announced that the state-controlled Beverages…
- Andhra Pradesh
‘Cheap liquor’ kicks up war of words between YSRCP, TDP
Amaravati: The row over alleged sale of cheap brands of liquor in Andhra Pradesh has triggered a war of words between YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government and main opposition Telugu Desam Party…
