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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said that shops selling Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) as well as country liquor will be required to obtain mandatory consent from registered housing societies before commencing operations from the commercial spaces on their premises. Pawar, who also heads the excise department, directed that this new policy be implemented across the state. "Permission from registered housing societies will now be compulsory for both categories of liquor shops. The policy must be enforced uniformly throughout Maharashtra," Pawar told the Lower House of the state legislature while responding to a question raised by BJP MLA Shankar Jagtap, who represents the Chinchwad assembly constituency in Pune district. Jagtap sought cancellation of licences of liquor shops operating in Chinchwad-Kalewadi area of Pune. During the discussion, he said that Vikrant Wine, a liquor shop in Sahyadri Society, had begun operations in violation of norms. The ..

A delivery truck hit a speed bump and 30 liquor boxes spilled on the road, a passerby seized the opportunity leading to a rapid depletion of the fallen boxes

A notification issued by the Finance department of Delhi government has empowered the Excise Commissioner to declare dry days for closure of liquor outlets in the city, officials said on Friday. The proposal of the Excise department on the declaration of dry days was earlier sent for approval of the chief minister, they said. No immediate reaction was available from the AAP government on the notification. Last month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved a proposal of the Excise department for declaring Muharram, July 29, Independence Day, August 15, Janmashtami, September 7, and Eid-e-Milad on September 28, as dry days. However, the notification issued by the Finance department on July 28 stated that the Excise Commissioner with prior concurrence of the principal secretary (finance) can exercise the power of the government for the purpose. "In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 8 of Delhi Excise Act, 2009 (10 of 2010), the Hon'ble Lt. Governor of Nationa

Delhi Excise Department has not renewed the liquor sale licence of three big firms and distributors

In India, the number of hooch tragedies has only gone up. According to a report in ABP live, India sees the death of 3 people every day due to the consumption of spurious liquor

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, who has been demanding total prohibition in party-ruled Madhya Pradesh, walked into a liquor shop of Bhopal on and hurled a stone at alcohol bottles kept on a shelf there

Advocates representing several petitioners argued that the Delhi government order was passed by the concerned authority without any jurisdiction and was perverse and arbitrary

The Delhi government had directed all liquor vends in the city to deploy adequate marshals and staff to strictly ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour like maintaining social distancing and wearing masks

75-day wait ends today but getting customers and labour back is a challenge

As the Delhi Police is already bogged down with its disaster-management duties, the Arvind Kejriwal government should ur­gently review its decision to open liquor shops there

In most places, social distancing norms were thro­wn out of the window, with serpentine queues of tippers patiently awaiting their turn to purchase their bottles

Some senior officers say that the government should review its decision to open liquor shops

Many liquor shops that reopened after 40 days in Delhi on Monday had to be shut when people ignored social distancing

When the liquor stores would open from Monday, the government would enforce the precautionary measures at stores to ensure that people coming to buy liquor follow social distancing norms

Raman Singh on April 6 and 7 visited six districts to review the progress of the Lok Swaraj Abhiyan

Petitions seek modification in order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of highways

The previous government decided to shut down 10% outlets on every Gandhi Jayanti