Liquor

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea challenging a provision in the new Excise Policy, claiming that it seeks to reduce the age of consumption of liquor from 25 to 21.

A police station in-charge and an assistant sub-inspector were suspended after three persons died due to consumption of suspected spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday.

Condemning the deaths who died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav termed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's liquor ban law as "complete failure".

As many as 16 people have been arrested after 12 allegedly died consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, officials said.

At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar over the last few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago.

The Delhi high court Thursday refused to issue notice on BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma's challenge to the home delivery of liquor under the new Excise Policy.

Thanks to price hikes, liquor has become cheaper than petrol and diesel in the country, Congress leader and Maharashtra PWD minister Ashok Chavan said here on Thursday.

Delhi government Thursday told Delhi High Court that its new Excise Policy 2021-22 aims at minimizing corruption and providing fair competition in liquor trade and that all apprehensions against it were only fanciful.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to consider opening state-run Beverages Corporation outlets in less crowded areas and avoid main roads.

Three men have been arrested for allegedly smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) in large quantity from Delhi to Bhopal by booking a parcel bogie in a superfast train after showing it as a consignment of medicine, police said on Friday.

Three farmers in Gujarat have been arrested for selling illegal alcohol after their own buffaloes got drunk on the hooch, the police said.

Punjab's excise department on Monday said it has engaged IIT-Ropar to conduct an audit of liquor manufacturing units in the state, a move which is aimed to check any pilferage.

Walk-in experience for customers at alcohol shops, promoting microbreweries, and allowing bars in hotels, clubs, and restaurants to operate till 3 am are some of the reforms brought in the Delhi government's new excise policy

In a shocking incident, rats have emptied 12 wine bottles kept in government-run TASMAC liquor outlet in a town near Gudalur, about 80 Kms from here, in Nilgiris district.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will hear on July 5, a plea by liquor traders association seeking direction to the AAP government to make public the new Excise Policy 2021-22.

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea challenging a provision in the new Excise Policy, claiming that it seeks to reduce the age of consumption of liquor from 25 to 21.

A police station in-charge and an assistant sub-inspector were suspended after three persons died due to consumption of suspected spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday.

Condemning the deaths who died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav termed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's liquor ban law as "complete failure".

As many as 16 people have been arrested after 12 allegedly died consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, officials said.

At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar over the last few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago.

The Delhi high court Thursday refused to issue notice on BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma's challenge to the home delivery of liquor under the new Excise Policy.

Thanks to price hikes, liquor has become cheaper than petrol and diesel in the country, Congress leader and Maharashtra PWD minister Ashok Chavan said here on Thursday.

Delhi government Thursday told Delhi High Court that its new Excise Policy 2021-22 aims at minimizing corruption and providing fair competition in liquor trade and that all apprehensions against it were only fanciful.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to consider opening state-run Beverages Corporation outlets in less crowded areas and avoid main roads.

Three men have been arrested for allegedly smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) in large quantity from Delhi to Bhopal by booking a parcel bogie in a superfast train after showing it as a consignment of medicine, police said on Friday.

Three farmers in Gujarat have been arrested for selling illegal alcohol after their own buffaloes got drunk on the hooch, the police said.

Punjab's excise department on Monday said it has engaged IIT-Ropar to conduct an audit of liquor manufacturing units in the state, a move which is aimed to check any pilferage.

Walk-in experience for customers at alcohol shops, promoting microbreweries, and allowing bars in hotels, clubs, and restaurants to operate till 3 am are some of the reforms brought in the Delhi government's new excise policy

In a shocking incident, rats have emptied 12 wine bottles kept in government-run TASMAC liquor outlet in a town near Gudalur, about 80 Kms from here, in Nilgiris district.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will hear on July 5, a plea by liquor traders association seeking direction to the AAP government to make public the new Excise Policy 2021-22.