Rs.70 crore liquor sold on Onam days
August 30th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 30 (IANS) Kerala saw Rs.70 crore worth of liquor sales during the two Onam days Tuesday and Wednesday.An official from the excise department told IANS that sales on ... Read more...
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Jump in liquor sales ahead of Lucknow civic polls
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) Sale of liquor more than doubled ahead of Saturday's municipal corporation and local body polls in the Uttar Pradesh capital.With all the liquor shops closed for ... Read more...
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Kerala liquor suppliers threaten supply shutdown
June 21st, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 21 (IANS) Distillers and brewers in Kerala Thursday threatened to suspend liquor supplies from next month if the state government fails to increase the purchase price of liquor.The ... Read more...
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Pay more for liquor, Kerala government told
April 17th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) The Kerala Bottlers Federation (KBF) and the Association of Distillers, Brewers and Vintners of India Tuesday urged the Kerala government to raise the price of ... Read more...
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Rich taxed, common man spared in Karnataka budget
March 21st, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 21 (IANS) Smoking, chewing tobacco and drinking will be more expensive while ready-to-eat chapatis and paranthas will be cheaper in Karnataka from April.Presenting a revenue surplus budget ... Read more...
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‘Dry days’ in Delhi areas bordering UP
February 26th, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Areas of Delhi bordering Uttar Pradesh will have two dry days -- when liquor sales are restricted -- in view of the sixth phase of ... Read more...
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Apr-Dec liquor sales fetch Delhi Rs.1,707 crore
December 28th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Tipplers kept the cash registers of the Delhi government ringing in April-December, bring in Rs.1,707 crore and making the Rs.2,300 crore target for the fiscal ... Read more...
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TDP demands sacking of Andhra ministers
December 20th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday demanded the sacking of ministers allegedly involved in the liquor syndicate.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu questioned ... Read more...
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Mammootty vows to boycott liquor in films
September 15th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 15 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Mammootty has produced a documentary asking people to shun liquor, and said he too would do so -- on the screen.
Mammotty's 40-second film with ... Read more...
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Chandy asks liquor firms not to stop supplies
August 24th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday asked all liquor distilleries in the state not to stop supply and sought time for the government to look into ... Read more...
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We’re in dire straits: Kerala distilleries
August 19th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) Even as liquor sales and revenue from taxes on liquor sales are shooting up, the 11 private distilleries in Kerala say they are in dire straits ... Read more...
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‘45 percent of Kerala drinkers face liver disease threat’
August 11th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) With liquor consumption reaching an all-time high in Kerala, up to 45 percent of the regular drinkers face the risk of ending up with some liver ... Read more...
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Kerala to cap drinking, raise age bar for buying liquor
July 21st, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) With liquor sales in Kerala in 2010-11 fiscal touching dizzy heights, the wary Oommen Chandy government is all set to uncork a new policy that ... Read more...
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Kerala’s move to open more bars opposed
June 19th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 (IANS) The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the women's wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Sunday opposed the Kerala government's proposal to allow the ... Read more...
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Kerala film stars to campaign against liquor
June 7th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7 (IANS) Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu Tuesday said the government will rope in leading Malayalam film stars to support the anti-liquor campaigns.Announcing a 100-day programme for his ... Read more...
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Kerala government says no to new liquor vends
May 27th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 27 (IANS) The new United Democratic Front government in Kerala has turned down a proposal for sanction of 11 new sales outlets for Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), ... Read more...
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Delhi’s gets over Rs.2,000 crore from liquor sales
May 15th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Delhi government collected Rs.2,027 crore from the sale of liquor in fiscal 2010-11, an official said Sunday."There has been in increase of 23 percent ... Read more...
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Liquor sales in Kerala reach ‘dizzy heights’
April 16th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 16 (IANS) Liquor sales in Kerala for the 2010-11 fiscal touched dizzy heights, reaching an all-time high of Rs.6,730.30 crore compared to Rs.5,539.85 crore in 2009-10, according to ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh’s liquor sales set new revenue record
March 8th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 8 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's revenue from liquor sales in the first 10 months of the current fiscal have surpassed the earnings in the last financial year, Revenue Minister ... Read more...
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Punjab on a ‘high’, to guzzle over 350 mn liquor bottles
February 27th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) This is one "high" that is going to hit Punjab hard but will leave the state government cash rich.The Punjab government has announced a 10 percent ... Read more...
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Pub-city Bangalore to go microbrewing for beer
January 18th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 18 (IANS) This tech hub, also known as India's pub-city, is all set for microbrewing for a pint of fresh beer as about 40 licences to set up microbreweries in ... Read more...
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President urged to stop liquor sales on government premises
January 5th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) A woman's rights group has urged President Pratibha Patil to stop the sale of wine and liquor at government premises in Goa. In a petition, Bailancho Saad, ... Read more...
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Increased liquor sales up Delhi’s excise revenue
October 20th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Delhi government's excise revenue collection has increased to Rs.982.24 crore this fiscal so far, an increase of nearly 25 percent compared to the corresponding period last ... Read more...
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Congress and TDP trade charges over rising liquor sales
June 11th, 2010 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) Is rising rural income to be blamed for the increasing liquor consumption in Andhra Pradesh? The government believes so, but the opposition disagrees.
The Congress government is under ... Read more...
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Hiccup! Officials barred from drawing Punjab liquor lottery
March 18th, 2010 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) This is one diktat that officials across Punjab will not say "cheers" to. They have been asked not to physically draw the lottery for allotment of ... Read more...
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People are poor as they spend on liquor: PMK’s Ramadoss
January 10th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss Sunday said more than 50 percent of the population is living below the poverty line (BPL) waiting for doles from the ... Read more...
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Liquor sales in West Bengal go up in festive season
December 29th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) It's Christmas time and New Year's Eve -- so it's party time. And liquor sellers in West Bengal are laughing all the way to the bank as the ... Read more...
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Liquor sales up; Keralites in party mood for Christmas!
December 22nd, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22 (IANS) Keralites surely are in a party mood this Christmas, going by the record sales of liquor in the southern state.
The Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC), the lone wholesalers ... Read more...
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Arlington Heights thinking of Beer can prohibition
October 8th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Arlington Heights, Oct 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Arlington Heights officials are in a dilemma as they want to curb public drunkenness, but at the same time a ban could potentially cost liquor store ... Read more...
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Close liquor shops on major roads: Kerala church group
September 5th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Kerala Catholic Bishop Council (KCBC) Saturday asked the state government to follow the directive of the central government to close down all liquor outlets that are located ... Read more...
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Amid rising sales, liquor coming out of closet in Kashmir
August 26th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Is the bottle finally coming out of the closet in Kashmir? It does seem so as liquor sales are heading north in the valley, notwithstanding a ... Read more...
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European brandy to be launched in Kerala during Onam season
August 25th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 25 (IANS) Stock 84, one of the leading brandy brands in Europe, will be launched in Kerala during this Onam season that starts Wednesday.
City-based Devicolam Distilleries Ltd Monday signed an ... Read more...
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Kerala expects Rs.200 crore liquor sales during Onam
August 21st, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) Alcohol sales in Kerala are expected to touch Rs.200 crore during this Onam season that starts Aug 26. Liquor shops in the state are well-stocked to meet the ... Read more...
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Polling over, Kerala liquor shops open to crowds
April 16th, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 16 (IANS) Their votes cast in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls, the queues in front of polling booths in Kerala seemed to have shifted to liquor outlets that ... Read more...
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Kerala liquor, beer sales on a record ‘high’
March 31st, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 (IANS) Unfazed by the global economic crisis, tipplers in the state will have consumed an estimated Rs.4,600 crore worth of liquor this fiscal - a record - ... Read more...
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