Liqour Shops

The killing of Ranjit Singh in a grenade attack by terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has snatched away his family's sole breadwinner.

The Delhi government on Tuesday bid adieu to retail liquor business as a new excise regime is set to hit the city markets from Wednesday, with swanky liquor outlets having walk-ins and and some having tasting facilities to enhance user experience.

Amid a lack of clarity about re-opening of liquor stores in Bengal, hundreds across Kolkata queued up outside outlets on Monday morning to buy alcohol from the shops shut since coronavirus lockdown began on March 25. In some parts - Kaligjat and Tollygunje - police had to resort to force to control crowds.

Hours after liquor stores re-opened across India this morning, many shops in Delhi were shut again as huge crowds gathered outside the outlets, flouting social distancing norms. Last week, as the nationwide shutdown to check the spread of coronavirus was extended by another two weeks, the Union Home Ministry said that except in containment areas, s...

The Union Home Ministry on Thursday rejected the Punjab government's request for opening of liquor shops in the state during lockdown, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has incurred a loss of around Rs 5,000 crore following the Supreme Court order banning all liquor shops along national and state highways. Of the 8,591 highway liquor shops affected by the Supreme Court order, 2,000 are yet to be relocated while 3,000 shop owners have surrendered their liquor licences, said UP Excise Mi...

Liquor shops will not be allowed on highways from April, the Supreme Court said today. The license of existing shops will not be renewed.

Delhi will have to fold up its "car-o-bars" or the practice of drinking in parked cars. The Arvind Kejriwal government has said anyone found consuming alcohol in public places will be arrested.

Christmas Eve and Christmas day celebrations were a sedate affair this year, with liquor shops, restaurants and bars downing their shutters at the usual closing time. The reason? The powers that wanted to prevent a repeat of the situation in Delhi in the wake of the shocking gang-rape.

The few authorised liquor shops in Gujarat selling Indian Made Foreign Liquor(IMFL) to those holding permits have been asked to remain shut till December 17 in view of the assembly elections, official sources said.

Mar 23 (PTI) With the death of two more persons at Bhakhara village, the toll rose to five in the spurious liqour drinking incident in Nawada district of Bihar, police said today.The two persons died during treatment at a government hospital late Tuesday night, the police said.Earlier, three persons, including a woman, had died after drinking spuri...

The killing of Ranjit Singh in a grenade attack by terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has snatched away his family's sole breadwinner.

The Delhi government on Tuesday bid adieu to retail liquor business as a new excise regime is set to hit the city markets from Wednesday, with swanky liquor outlets having walk-ins and and some having tasting facilities to enhance user experience.

Amid a lack of clarity about re-opening of liquor stores in Bengal, hundreds across Kolkata queued up outside outlets on Monday morning to buy alcohol from the shops shut since coronavirus lockdown began on March 25. In some parts - Kaligjat and Tollygunje - police had to resort to force to control crowds.

Hours after liquor stores re-opened across India this morning, many shops in Delhi were shut again as huge crowds gathered outside the outlets, flouting social distancing norms. Last week, as the nationwide shutdown to check the spread of coronavirus was extended by another two weeks, the Union Home Ministry said that except in containment areas, s...

The Union Home Ministry on Thursday rejected the Punjab government's request for opening of liquor shops in the state during lockdown, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has incurred a loss of around Rs 5,000 crore following the Supreme Court order banning all liquor shops along national and state highways. Of the 8,591 highway liquor shops affected by the Supreme Court order, 2,000 are yet to be relocated while 3,000 shop owners have surrendered their liquor licences, said UP Excise Mi...

Liquor shops will not be allowed on highways from April, the Supreme Court said today. The license of existing shops will not be renewed.

Delhi will have to fold up its "car-o-bars" or the practice of drinking in parked cars. The Arvind Kejriwal government has said anyone found consuming alcohol in public places will be arrested.

Christmas Eve and Christmas day celebrations were a sedate affair this year, with liquor shops, restaurants and bars downing their shutters at the usual closing time. The reason? The powers that wanted to prevent a repeat of the situation in Delhi in the wake of the shocking gang-rape.

The few authorised liquor shops in Gujarat selling Indian Made Foreign Liquor(IMFL) to those holding permits have been asked to remain shut till December 17 in view of the assembly elections, official sources said.

Mar 23 (PTI) With the death of two more persons at Bhakhara village, the toll rose to five in the spurious liqour drinking incident in Nawada district of Bihar, police said today.The two persons died during treatment at a government hospital late Tuesday night, the police said.Earlier, three persons, including a woman, had died after drinking spuri...