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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicExcise department

Topic: Excise department

As raids enter 8th day, I-T dept uses ‘geo surveillance equipment’ at Congress MP’s Jharkhand home

Investigators using this equipment at Dhiraj Prasad Sahu's ancestral residence in Lohardaga to detect any buried cash or valuables, it is learnt.

Five reasons UP excise policy is minting money while Delhi’s fell through

Scrapped Delhi excise policy followed a licence-based model with high licence fees & low excise duty, whereas UP's consumption-based model does the reverse.

In Haryana, it’s Chautala vs Chautala over ‘liquor scam’ — ‘govt, distillery owners all involved’

The INLD MLA says liquor shortfall 'scam' is worth several thousand crore rupees & that alcohol is being smuggled to dry states, holds nephew deputy CM Dushyant responsible. 

FIR against ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede says he ‘lied’ about age for hotel & bar license

According to excise department’s complaint, Wankhede, who had shot to fame during the Aryan Khan case, posed as an adult to obtain the license even though he was 17 at the time.

New excise policy will reduce corruption, ensure fair competition, Delhi govt tells HC

The court was hearing a fresh challenge to the new excise policy which alleged that it is illegal, unfair, arbitrary, and violative of the Delhi Excise Act of 2009.

Delhi govt orders liquor vends to deploy marshals at shops to ensure Covid-safe behaviour

Delhi government's Excise Department issued the order Sunday, which also directs liquor vends to coordinate with local administration and police to maintain security and order.

To stop drinking in the open, Delhi govt directs liquor vends to deploy guards

The vends have also been asked to install CCTV cameras that can capture footage up to 50 metres. 

Nitish Kumar cites ‘improved quality of life’ to rule out any ‘compromise’ on prohibition

Says Bihar government has set up a committee to look into complaints of the anti-liquor law's misuse.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.