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Maharashtra makes housing society consent mandatory for liquor shops

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 ..

Mass looting of liquor in Agra as 30 boxes fall off truck, video goes viral

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

Excise Commissioner empowered to declare dry days in Delhi, says official

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

Tipplers beware! These liquor brands may soon go off the shelves in Delhi

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

Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka see spike in deaths due to hooch between 2016-20

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

Uma Bharti throws stone at liquor shop in Bhopal to 'warn' administration

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

Liquor rebate: Can't foster drunkenness with discounts, Delhi govt tells HC

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

Show cause notice to liquor store in Delhi for flouting Covid-19 guidelines

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

Places of worship, hotels, restaurants and malls to reopen from today

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

Letter to BS: Will Delhi follow Mumbai in shutting liquor shops?

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

Letter to BS: Opening of liquor shops has thrown caution to the wind

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

Long queues outside liquor shops pose a new challenge for Delhi Police

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

In pictures: Delhi queues up for fuel, booze in Lockdown 3.0

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

AP to raise liquor prices by 25% with sales set to commence from Monday

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

No liquor shop in 94% of Chhattisgarh villages: Raman Singh

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

Highway Liquor Ban: Supreme Court to hear pleas against the closure

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

Govt of Kerala decides not to shut down liquor outlets on Gandhi Jayanti

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