Liquor
- Middle East
Dubai scraps 30% tax on alcohol sales, fee for liquor licenses
Abu Dhabi: In a major decision, the Dubai government on Sunday ended 30 per cent tax on alcohol sales and made liquor licenses free to obtain, Dubai Municipality reported. The rule for…
- Middle East
Dubai relaxes liquor sale rules, tax scrapped to boost tourism
Jeddah: In an aim to boost the country’s economic and social standing to attract more foreign tourists, the United Arab Emirates further relaxed some rules, which were based on Islamic norms. As…
- India
Ensure our safety, welfare: Karnataka Liquor Lovers Association to govt
Hassan: Karnataka Madyapriyara Horata Sangha (Karnataka Liquor Lovers Struggle Association) has demanded the state government to ensure the safety and welfare of tipplers or ban liquor in the state. The association held…
- India
Madras HC directs TN liquor body to provide purchase details by Jan 6
Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) to provide its purchase details, including copies of contracts that it had entered into with private distilleries and…
- India
Keralites bought liquor worth Rs 56 cr during FIFA world cup final
Thiruvananthapuram: Thanks to the engrossing World Cup finals when Messi and Mbappe worked very hard for over two hours on Sunday night, soccer-loving Keralites, according to figures, bought liquor worth nearly Rs…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Spurious liquor worth Rs 1 cr seized; 2 arrested
Hyderabad: The excise department officials have seized suspected spurious liquor worth Rs 1 crore from different places in Hayathnagar and Choutuppal in the past few days.Spurious liquor is one which has been…
- India
Building body strength will make you tolerate spurious liquor: Bihar min
Vaishali: In the wake of the Chhapra hooch tragedy, Bihar Industry Minister Sameer Mahaseth claimed on Wednesday that the strength of the body has to be improved to tolerate ‘poisonous’ liquor. The…
- India
Bihar Congress demands rollback of liquor ban in state
Patna: Congress Legislative Party leader Ajit Sharma has claimed that the Bihar government is unable to effectively implement the liquor ban in the state. Hence, it is better for the government to…
- India
Bills to remove Governor as Chancellor, up tax on foreign liquor in Assembly session
Thiruvananthapuram: The seventh session of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, set to begin from Monday, is expected to see heated discussions on various Bills. The Bills include the one which aims to take…
- India
MP: Teacher suspended for liquor and non-veg food party in school
Shivpuri: A government school teacher has been suspended for alleged violation of service conduct rules after he held a party where liquor and non-vegetarian food were served in the school premises in…
- Delhi
Five arrested, 150 bottles of premium foreign liquor seized in excise raids
New Delhi: The Delhi government’s excise department has busted a gang involved in the adulteration of liquor and recovered several bottles of foreign liquor, officials said on Saturday. Five persons were arrested…
- Delhi
Over 10K bottles of illicit liquor destroyed in Delhi: Excise dept
New Delhi: The Delhi government’s Excise department on Saturday destroyed more than 10,000 bottles containing 5,516 litres of smuggled liquor seized by its enforcement teams in the recent months, officials said. According…
- India
MP: Hand pump spews out liquor as police seize underground drums in Guna district
Guna (MP): Hand pumps are generally associated with supplying water but in Bhanpura village in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district a hand pump spew out liquor when police busted an illegal liquor den…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Chandrayangutta wine shop looted of Rs 40k cash, liquor bottles
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons broke into a wine shop at Chandrayangutta in the Old City and stole cash and liquor bottles on Tuesday night. The thieves entered the shop, Vijay Wines located at…
- Delhi
Delhi HC reduces cost imposed over plea alleging harassment of private liquor vendors
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday reduced to Rs 5,000 the cost of Rs 1 lakh imposed by it on a lawyer who had filed a public interest litigation seeking directions…
