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Topic: Liquor

Want to make Madhya Pradesh a liquor-free state, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Addressing a rally in Katni district, CM Shivraj Chouhan also announced that every village house will get supply of clean drinking water through taps in the next three years.

Live in UP & have well-stocked ‘home bar’? You’ll need a Rs 12,000 annual liquor licence soon

UP's new excise policy makes licence must for 'home bars' stocking more liquor than 'prescribed limit'. Individuals to file affidavit saying liquor won't be served to anyone under 21.

LJP will probe Saat Nishchay scheme for corruption, jail Nitish Kumar if guilty, says Paswan

LJP chief Chirag Paswan also accused CM Nitish Kumar for implementing prohibition laws in the state and alleged that he gained from smuggling liquor into the state.

Delhi Gymkhana files complaint against retired colonel ex-secy for Rs 2 lakh liquor ‘theft’

Report submitted by Delhi Gymkhana Club panel alleges 'illegal withdrawal' of liquor by former secretary Col. Ashish Khanna (retd) and two other members during lockdown.

Once had with anti-malaria tonic, gin is now a stylish Indian drink with a ‘huge tiny’ market

New brands set to launch this month join a growing list of Indian craft gins that have changed the liquor’s image from stodgy to trendy.

Delhi govt directs state-run liquor shops to ensure alcohol sale through proper scanning

The excise department issued the directive after observing that only 10 to 15 per cent of liquor being sold at vends was being scanned.

Punjab minister says CM’s liquor home delivery move undignified, supports wife’s review call

Cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu supports wife who said CM Amarinder Singh’s decision is against social ethics. Wife of another Congress MLA too slams move.

Supreme Court asks states to consider home delivery of liquor amid lockdown

The Supreme Court bench refused to pass orders on a PIL seeking closure of liquor shops for failing to enforce social distancing.

An ‘insult’ to coronavirus as alcohol ‘drives’ economy, while Congress ‘cares’

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Raghav Chadha recalls Churchill on alcohol, Omar’s liquor wisdom, Chetan Bhagat’s `vaccine’ peg

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.