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.
Hoarded edible oil recovered in ChandigarhAugust 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Twelve tonnes of edible oil worth Rs.550,000 was seized from a house as officials of the food and supplies department of Chandigarh Tuesday carried out a drive against the hoarding of essential commodities. "We conducted a raid on a tip-off and recovered 12 tonnes of edible oil from a house here in Sector 40.
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.
Two held for making hoochMay 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two men have been arrested for manufacturing the spurious liquor that caused death of over 30 people in the capital during the last two months, police said Tuesday. Raman, 32, and his younger brother Chaman, 30 - both residents of Gurgaon - were arrested by the special operations squad of the crime branch from Kapashera area Monday.
100 liquor cases seized outside BJP leader's houseMay 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A truck with over 100 cases of liquor was seized from outside Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Goyal's house here Wednesday, police said. 'We have seized a truck that had over 100 cases of IMFL (Indian Made Foreign Liquor) parked outside the Goyal house in Sector 18 here.
Now, chicken packets to woo voters in Andhra PradeshApril 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - With the poll panel and police in Andhra Pradesh making things difficult for political parties to distribute cash and liquor, candidates are coming out with novel methods - like distributing packets of chicken to woo the voters just hours before the polling. Following a complaint by the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), police seized several packets of chicken Wednesday in Narsingpur village of Karimnagar district.
200 million rupees unaccounted money seized in Andhra PradeshApril 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Police have seized over 200 million rupees unaccounted money in Andhra Pradesh in a drive against splurge of black money and free liquor by politicians and their cohorts in the run up to general polls. "Similarly, more than 20 crores of rupees are under verification which have been seized during the course of checking.
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.
Power of the bottleMarch 28th, 2009 Liquor bottles can be a potent force during elections. And this was in ample evidence in the battle for Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.
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.
Forty foreigners among 100 held while partying near BangaloreMarch 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Forty foreigners, four of them women, were arrested along with their 60 Indian friends early Sunday near Bangalore while they were partying at a farmhouse, where liquor was being served without a licence, police said. Majority of the foreigners arrested are students and their nationality was being checked, police said.
Haryana plans liquor vends quota for SC, BackwardsFebruary 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At a time when the country's general elections are just round the corner, the Haryana government Monday announced that reservations were being made for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Backward Classes (BC) category A in allotment of liquor vends under the new excise policy for this year. Haryana Finance and Excise and Taxation Minister Birender Singh said that the reservation, the first and the 'most unique' in the country, was being made to ensure participation of these categories in economic growth.
Phones, liquor seized from prisonersJanuary 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - The superintendent of the Alipore Central Jail here was issued a showcause notice after the police seized mobile phones, SIM cards and liquor from some prisoners, an official said Wednesday. It was Superintendent Kumaresh Roy's 'duty to keep a strict watch on the inmates.
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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