Pune police has filed cases against 145 establishments, shut 62 hotels and suspended their liquor licences over the past three weeks. The excise office is flooded with applications for liquor consumption permits.
Kochi got its first discotheque in the 2000s. It was in a 5-star hotel and far from laid back. Now, it has enough places to bar hop and cater to a variety of clientele.
Women at the Big Bull bar in Chennai were hounded and slut-shamed by camerapersons who seemed proud that they were ‘exposing’ the ‘wayward’ women to the world.
Going by govt timeline, these hubs are set to be inaugurated by 15 December. Govt working on bottlenecks to ensure policy meets its launch deadline for boosting nightlife.
Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray said the cabinet proposal allowing shops, malls and eateries in Mumbai to stay open 24x7 will boost the city’s nightlife.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
This, the ban on vapes and hypocrisy about letting your hair down is a big issue with India. France allows you to drink outdoors. Everything short of bothering other people is permitted in most advanced countries in the west. India allows sale and consumption but with the constant risk of being accosted by the police for violating a law, made ostensibly during the time of Gandhi, that presumably wasn’t followed at that time either. The problem wasn’t that that kid drank, it was that he drove. The police should be rounding up underage drivers and people who flout traffic laws instead of going after bars.
This, the ban on vapes and hypocrisy about letting your hair down is a big issue with India. France allows you to drink outdoors. Everything short of bothering other people is permitted in most advanced countries in the west. India allows sale and consumption but with the constant risk of being accosted by the police for violating a law, made ostensibly during the time of Gandhi, that presumably wasn’t followed at that time either. The problem wasn’t that that kid drank, it was that he drove. The police should be rounding up underage drivers and people who flout traffic laws instead of going after bars.