Poll campaigning ends in HaryanaOctober 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Campaigning for elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly, slated to be held Tuesday, ended Sunday at 5 p.m. A complete ban on the sale of liquor at all liquor vends, bars and restaurants in the state has been enforced from 5 p.m.
Haryana campaign ends Sunday evening, Sonia to hold ralliesOctober 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Election rallies and campaigning for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana reached fever pitch Saturday as the Sunday evening deadline for their end approached. Among the star campaigners for the ruling Congress Saturday was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who addressed three rallies Saturday in Samalkha (Panipat), Ateli (Mahendergarh) and Ballabhgarh (Faridabad).
Bottoms up! Delhi to open 83 more liquor shopsSeptember 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Time to say cheers! The Delhi government Wednesday decided to open 83 more liquor shops in the city and allow opening of alcohol vends in malls too, but said its excise policy encouraged consumption of mild liquor instead of hard drinks. The decision was taken by a Delhi cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Women activists organise anti-liquor rally in PatnaSeptember 9th, 2009 PATNA - Women activists under the banner of Durga Dusta organised a protest march in Patna on Wednesday, demanding a ban on the sale of liquor in the state. he activists raised slogans and held a protest march with the aim women aware of the social evils of alcoholism.
Illegal liquor factory busted in Tamil NaduJuly 23rd, 2009 KADAMPADI - Tamil Nadu police busted a factory making illicit liquor in Kadampadi village on Wednesday. The police seized spurious liquor worth 25 lakh rupees and arrested four persons running the racket here.
President honours woman village head for anti-alcohol driveJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH - A woman village head from Haryana was honoured in the capital by President Pratibha Patil Saturday for her successful anti-alcohol campaign, an official statement said. Roshni Devi of Kothal Khurd village near Narnaul town in Haryana, some 300 km from Chandigarh, had gone to New Delhi, along with a group of 18 other women of the village, on the special invitation of the president.
Pakistani MPs urge government to restore Haj quotaJune 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Cutting across the political divide, Pakistani parliamentarians Saturday urged the government to restore their Haj quota, the Online news agency said. The government Wednesday abolished the Haj quota of all parliamentarians, including the president and the prime minister, in order to "provide equal chance" to every aspirant.
Pakistan abolishes Haj quota of MPsJune 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan government Wednesday abolished the Haj quota of all parliamentarians, including president and prime minister, in order to "provide equal chance" to every aspirant. Announcing a new Haj policy for 2009, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government and private tour operators will equally share the Hajj quota this year.
Huge cache of arms seized in PanchkulaJune 7th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Haryana police on Saturday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested three persons in Panchkula. Most of the weapons were stolen from a gun depot in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
Government orders magisterial probe into Delhi hooch deathsApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into spurious liquor case and withdrew a brand of alcohol that has methyl alcohol in much higher content than permissible, an official statement said. Finance Minister A.K.
Ahead of polls, dry Gujarat tightens vigil on liquor smugglingApril 1st, 2009 DAHOD - The Gujarat police have intensified patrolling on a highway bordering Madhya Pradesh following reports of a number of make-shift country liquor vends coming up in the neighbouring state. The police suspect that before the polls, a lot of liquor is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat, a state under prohibition.
Liquor flow begins in Karnataka weeks ahead of pollsMarch 10th, 2009 BANGALORE - Voting in the first of the two-phase Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka will take place six weeks from now but already liquor and saris are being stored to woo voters, an official indicated Monday. 'From several parts of Karnataka, we have seized liquor worth over Rs.290,000 meant for distribution among voters,' state chief electoral officer M.N.
Jolie wears dress backwards for awards showJanuary 29th, 2009 LONDON - Superstar actress Angelina Jolie wore her dress backwards for the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony. Mirror.co.uk reports that Jolie was wearing a blue Max Azira gown as she was accompanied by her partner actor Brad Pitt.
Truck with 14,000 liquor bottles impounded in HaryanaJanuary 3rd, 2009 PANCHKULA - Routine checking of vehicles Sunday by state transport officials near this Haryana town led to the seizure of over 14,000 bottles of liquor being illegally smuggled to other states. Regional transport authority secretary Rajesh Jogpal said a truck with Rajasthan registration number (RJ-07-G-7698) was signaled to stop early Sunday on the Panchkula-Ramgarh road, 25 km from Chandigarh.
Cheaper liquor from Chandigarh flooding other statesJanuary 1st, 2009 SHIMLA - Low levies on spirits in Chandigarh seem to be leading to increased smuggling of cheap liquor from there to neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. R.D. Dhiman, Himachal Pradesh excise and taxation commissioner, said the levy on a bottle of liquor was Rs.100 in Punjab, Rs.89 in Haryana and Rs.88 in Himachal Pradesh, while it was just Rs.15 in Chandigarh.
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