Hotels Closed In Puducherry

Department of Excise in Puducherry will permit bars and hotels and restaurants serving liquor to remain open for two hours beyond the usual closing time for New Year.

Hotels, bakeries, stalls selling sweets and savouries remained closed in Puducherry today protesting the hike in value added tax the territorial administration introduced from January this year. A spokesman of the Hotel Owners Association said government had raised the VAT on cooked food from two to ten percent which has hit business hard. All roa...

Department of Excise in Puducherry will permit bars and hotels and restaurants serving liquor to remain open for two hours beyond the usual closing time for New Year.

Hotels, bakeries, stalls selling sweets and savouries remained closed in Puducherry today protesting the hike in value added tax the territorial administration introduced from January this year. A spokesman of the Hotel Owners Association said government had raised the VAT on cooked food from two to ten percent which has hit business hard. All roa...