Minister Opens Bar

The Delhi government should consider allowing worship at religious places in the national capital while "respecting COVID-19 protocols", former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph (retired) said in a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

With Covid positivity rate sliding to 0.4 per cent in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today ordered the lifting of the weekend and night curfew, allowing gatherings of up to 100 persons indoors and 200 outdoors from Monday.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered extension of the coronavirus restrictions till July 10, with certain more relaxations, including the opening of bars, pubs with 50 per cent capacity, beginning July 1.

Hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars in Maharashtra will remain open till 11 PM on December 31, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

The fourth phase of countrywide lockdown, which will continue till May 31, has put the ball in the court of states, allowing them not only to colour-code the zones according to the incidence of coronavirus, thereby taking a final decision on what activities are allowed in any particular area. The Centre, however, made it clear that only essential a...

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

A Madhya Pradesh minister on Monday said while on one hand bars near liquor shops are allowed to serve alcohol till late in the night, on the other hand police ask people not to drive vehicles in an inebriated condition.

As former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, sits behind bars, Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit chief Hafiz Saeed openly campaigns for the country's forthcoming general elections.

Shops, hotels and malls can now remain open round-the-clock through the week in Maharashtra, according to a new law, which will not apply to bars, pubs, liquor shops and discotheques, the state's Labour Minister Sambhaji Nilangekar-Patil said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's cabinet has decided to de-notify state highways in urban areas of the state. The decision will help the state government to open up bars, which couldn't be relocated or had to be shut down after the Supreme Court order prohibiting bars within a 500 metre radius of state or national highways from functioning.

As the southwest monsoon hits Kerala and the state braces for a lean tourism spell till the end of season, the Left government has brought in an ordinance that allows bars to be opened without taking clearance from the local civic body. It is a signal that groundwork has begun for reversing the partial prohibition policy that was instated by the Co...

Photographs of Uttar Pradesh minister Swati Singh allegedly inaugurating a beer bar went viral on social media stirring a controversy with opposition parties today questioning if this is the true face of the BJP government.

The balance of economic power in the world is shifting to Asia, and India and China remain the only two countries that can drive global economic growth said Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe today, at the opening session of the India Economic Forum.

Allaying fears of law and order problems or crime rate going up, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday defended extending Bengaluru's nightlife throughout the week by allowing bars, clubs, hotels and restaurants remain open till 1 am for serving customers.

The Delhi government should consider allowing worship at religious places in the national capital while "respecting COVID-19 protocols", former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph (retired) said in a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

With Covid positivity rate sliding to 0.4 per cent in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today ordered the lifting of the weekend and night curfew, allowing gatherings of up to 100 persons indoors and 200 outdoors from Monday.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered extension of the coronavirus restrictions till July 10, with certain more relaxations, including the opening of bars, pubs with 50 per cent capacity, beginning July 1.

Hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars in Maharashtra will remain open till 11 PM on December 31, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

The fourth phase of countrywide lockdown, which will continue till May 31, has put the ball in the court of states, allowing them not only to colour-code the zones according to the incidence of coronavirus, thereby taking a final decision on what activities are allowed in any particular area. The Centre, however, made it clear that only essential a...

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

A Madhya Pradesh minister on Monday said while on one hand bars near liquor shops are allowed to serve alcohol till late in the night, on the other hand police ask people not to drive vehicles in an inebriated condition.

As former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, sits behind bars, Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit chief Hafiz Saeed openly campaigns for the country's forthcoming general elections.

Shops, hotels and malls can now remain open round-the-clock through the week in Maharashtra, according to a new law, which will not apply to bars, pubs, liquor shops and discotheques, the state's Labour Minister Sambhaji Nilangekar-Patil said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's cabinet has decided to de-notify state highways in urban areas of the state. The decision will help the state government to open up bars, which couldn't be relocated or had to be shut down after the Supreme Court order prohibiting bars within a 500 metre radius of state or national highways from functioning.

As the southwest monsoon hits Kerala and the state braces for a lean tourism spell till the end of season, the Left government has brought in an ordinance that allows bars to be opened without taking clearance from the local civic body. It is a signal that groundwork has begun for reversing the partial prohibition policy that was instated by the Co...

Photographs of Uttar Pradesh minister Swati Singh allegedly inaugurating a beer bar went viral on social media stirring a controversy with opposition parties today questioning if this is the true face of the BJP government.

The balance of economic power in the world is shifting to Asia, and India and China remain the only two countries that can drive global economic growth said Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe today, at the opening session of the India Economic Forum.

Allaying fears of law and order problems or crime rate going up, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday defended extending Bengaluru's nightlife throughout the week by allowing bars, clubs, hotels and restaurants remain open till 1 am for serving customers.