Assocham sees cheerful growth for foreign liquor
July 4th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Spelling cheers for the liquor industry, a top industry group said Wednesday the sales of imported spirits, including the duty-free segment, are expected to exceed five ... Read more...
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Kerala distilleries seek hike in liquor prices
December 20th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 20 (IANS) Even as sales of liquor and revenue earned by way of taxes on it are going up in Kerala, the 11 distilleries in the state are ... Read more...
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Maharashtra bar owners demand rollback of drinking age hike
June 1st, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) The Maharashtra government must rollback its "ridiculous" decision to hike the minimum age for consuming liquor, various bar owners' associations demanded Wednesday."The liquor industry is already ... Read more...
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BJP seeks white paper on foodgrain storage
August 8th, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday sought a white paper on foodgrain storage in Food Corporation of India (FCI) warehouses, saying there was a strategy to ... Read more...
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Fresh taxes in Karnataka budget
March 5th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 5 (IANS) Fresh taxes have been proposed in the Karnataka budget for the 2010-11 financial year to raise Rs.1,829 crore for mobilising additional resources and eliminating a deficit of ... Read more...
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Gujarat toll is 84, 1,200 liquor dens shut (Roundup)
July 9th, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, July 9 (IANS) Gujarat closed down 1,200 liquor dens and arrested over 800 illegal brewers in a massive crackdown as the death toll after drinking moonshine rose to 84 Thursday.
Embarrassed by ... Read more...
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Gujarat liquor toll rises to 84, bedlam in assembly (Lead)
July 9th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, July 9 (IANS) The death toll caused by moonshine rose to 84 here Thursday in one of Gujarat's worst such tragedies, as the opposition denounced the government over the deaths in ... Read more...
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Scary anti-drinking ads don’t work, says leading expert
April 28th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 28 (ANI): Advertising campaigns designed to tackle problems such as alcohol among youngsters fail to work, says a prominent communications expert.Noel Turnbull, adjunct professor in the School of Applied Communications ... Read more...
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Women’s groups give thumbs up to female bartenders
September 26th, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 26 (IANS) Cheers! That's what many women's groups here are saying to a Karnataka High Court verdict allowing women to work in pubs, pointing out that it is a job ... Read more...
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Lindsay blasts alcohol industry chiefs over ad
May 3rd, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, May 03 (ANI): American actress Lindsay Lohan blasted US alcohol industry chiefs for exploiting her infamous DUI mugshot for their advert.Lohan, who had been arrested twice for DUI last year, ... Read more...
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Bihar Muslim minister in dilemma over excise post
April 19th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin
By Imran Khan
Patna, April 19 (IANS) Bihar's new excise minister, a Muslim, is under pressure to give up his portfolio following demands from religious bodies who say that Islam and liquor trade ... Read more...
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