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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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.

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Sanjeev Sanyal says UPSC is poverty of aspiration. But it’s more about desperation

The most productive years of Indian youth gets wasted preparing for the UPSC. But they didn't create this system; the government did.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.