Lucknow: With the death of one more person on Saturday, the death toll in the Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy has climbed to 29, officials said. The victim, Ravindra from Kushinagar district, died on Saturday morning at a hospital where he was being treated for the past two days, an official[Read More…]
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Shocking! Spurious liquor claims 15 lives in Saharanpur, 12 in Haridwar
In two separate incidents, over 2 dozen people were killed by consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. While 16 have been reportedly found dead in Saharanpur, in adjoining Haridwar district, 12 deaths have been reported. As per the reports, the casualties ave also been reported from Kushinagar and Roorkee. The[Read More…]
Mumbai Special Court declares absconder liquor baron Vijay Mallya ‘fugitive’
Mumbai, In a significant victory for the investigating agencies, a Mumbai Special Court on Saturday declared absconder liquor baron Vijay Mallya a ‘fugitive’ under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018. A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Mumbai gave its verdict in a case filed by the[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Home delivery of liquor soon to be legal, but Aadhaar mandatory
In an effort to curb the cases of drunken driving, the Maharashtra government is planning to allow the online sale and home delivery of liquor in the state. “We want to curb the instances of drunken driving. Allowing home delivery of liquor will help in this,” Excise Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule[Read More…]
2 Bihar policemen arrested for selling liquor
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Two police officers — a police station incharge and a sub-inspector — were arrested in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Wednesday for selling liquor in the dry state, police said. Gopalganj Superintendent of Police Rashid Zaman said: “I have informed the top officers of the police department[Read More…]
Rodent at it again! Bihar police blames rats again as liquor disappears in storage rooms
Patna: Authorities in Bihar have once again accused marauding rats of guzzling liquor worth millions of rupees stored in police store rooms in Bhabhua, This is the second incident after the prohibition in Bihar when the rats have broken the liquor stock. According to officials, a total of 11,584 bottles were[Read More…]
Kerala: Liquor, meat trafficking freely in Kannur central jail
Recently it was found that big bags of liquor and meat easily flow into Kannur central jail. While few officials remain helpless, others help the inmates in violating rules in the prison. A packet of liquor and meat was found near the clinic on the jail premises on Sunday. It[Read More…]
EC seizes over Rs 1 cr cash, gold in poll-bound Himachal
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that cash worth over Rs one crore and nearly three kg of gold has been seized from Himachal Pradesh, which goes to the polls on November 9. The cash amount seized was till November 5. The police seized Rs 4.02 lakh on November 4,[Read More…]
UP govt to bring strict laws to tackle deaths by illegal liquor
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring a strict law to avoid deaths from the consumption of illegal alcohol, where the guilty will be awarded life imprisonment and a fine of upto Rs 10 lakh. UP excise minister, Jai Pratap Singh, on Wednesday said, “To stop poisonous alcohol in UP, which[Read More…]
SC allows liquor companies to move their stocks out of Bihar by July 31
Relieving the liquor companies which are holding their stocks worth more than Rs 200 crore in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Monday granted two months extra time to transport liquor out of the state and directed them to dispose of their stocks by July 31. The deadline was earlier fixed[Read More…]
Liquor worth Rs 20 lakh seized in UP
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Madhushala in the age of prohibition
“Musalman o hindu hain do, ek, magar, unka pyala, Ek, magar, unka madiralaya, ek , magar, unki hala, Dono rehte ek na jab tak masjid mandir mein jaate, Bair badhate masjid mandir mel karati madhushal ।” Many of us, poetry lovers, have enjoyed these lines of “Madhushala” sung by Manna[Read More…]
MP Minister gifts ‘washing bats’ to brides to fix drunk husbands
If you can’t decide on what to gift your married friend, Madhya Pradesh panchayat and rural development minister Gopal Bhargava has a solution for you. Recently, he gifted wooden bats/mogri to nearly 700 brides at a mass marriage ceremony. Though this wooden plank/mogri is made to wash clothes, but Bhargava[Read More…]
Budget: Karnataka govt puts limit of Rs 200 on film ticket; VAT on liquor removed
The movie tickets cannot be priced above Rs 200 each in multiplexes across the state as per the Karnataka Budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday. The Karnataka Budget for 2017-18 has proposed numerous measures that will bring a smile to alcohol and cinema lovers. The value-added tax (VAT)[Read More…]
Bihar govt staff barred from consuming liquor anywhere in state
The Bihar cabinet cleared a proposal on Wednesday to alter service rules forbidding government staff from consuming liquor anywhere in the state following the ban which was imposed in the state in April, 2016. As per the new provision, all government workers, including those from the judicial services, will be[Read More…]
Haryana govt imposes curbs on liquor consumption
Good news for booze lovers in Bengal: Didi reduces number of dry days
While there is a nation-wide debate whether to go for total prohibition, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government has issued a new notification according to which all categories of retail excise licensed outlets selling liquor will remain closed only for 4 days and half a day on Dol yatra.[Read More…]
A whole village in Bihar fined for drinking alcohol!
An entire village in Bihar has been fined for consuming alcohol. A collective fine was imposed on all the 50 households of the village in Islampur block following recovery of liquor bottles. CM Nitish Kumar has made Bihar a dry state like Modiji’s Gujarat. After the stringent liquor prohibition was[Read More…]