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TopicLiquor licensing

Topic: Liquor licensing

‘Crossing all limits’: SC slams ED, stays probe against TASMAC in Tamil Nadu liquor licences row

Highlighting absence of any predicate offence involving TASMAC as an accused, SC said the probe agency was violating all norms of federal governance by initiating the investigation.

Delhi court turns down Pernod Ricardo’s plea for renewal of liquor sale lincence

The Enforcement Directorate has accused the company of illegally making profits by giving false information to Delhi city authorities in 2021.

Why Indian whisky makers are still struggling against foreign rivals — ‘taxation woes, varying state laws’

While Indian brands are giving foreign ones competition, especially in premium whisky segment, they are held back by 'discriminatory' taxes & bias towards foreign players, say industry insiders.

AAP won the perception war against BJP on Sisodia-CBI episode—with help from TV news

Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia has not been arrested by the CBI and it doesn’t bother AAP. What matters is that the party has planted the idea in the public’s mind.

‘Undue benefits to licensees, loss to exchequer’: What CBI’s excise FIR says on Sisodia & others

The CBI raided 31 locations Friday in connection with its probe into Delhi’s Excise policy, allegations of 'irregularities'. Manish Sisodia tweeted, 'CBI is welcome, won't find anything'.

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.