Hundreds of women activists belonging to 20 Self Help Groups (SHGs) today demonstrated against illegal liquor business and police inaction in arresting the liquor traders.The women of Belarpur Kalyani Club of Raghudeipur Gram Panchayat under Derabish block staged a rally, demanding closure of all illegal liquor business in the area.The woman activists announced that they would resort to picketing in...
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Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Babanrao Pachpute has suggested that tribals manufacture 'herbal liquor' from moha flowers as a source of livelihood.The minister's suggestion comes in the backdrop of the state government's efforts to wean people away from liquor due to rising alcoholism cases.Pachpute said the idea was at the level of "primary discussion" with tribals and manufacturers.The...
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JAMNAGAR: Three persons were arrestedfor selling illicit liquor saying it was branded liquor of defence quota in thecity on Thursday.Local crime branch officials have put the totalvalue of seizure, including material and vehicles used to transport the liquor,at Rs 5.25 lakh.The trio was arrested from a house near the DefenceColony area. LCB seized poor quality liquor, seals, wrappers and brand labels,apart...
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people allegedly involved in inter-state liquor smuggling have been arrested here, police said today.Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Raghuveer Singh and Ravindra Kumar Jadhav --both residents of Bihar from Gudamba area and recovered 2,220 bottles of foreign liquor from them yesterday.The duo during interrogation have confessed to their involvement in inter-state liquor gang, they said, adding...
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Darjeeling, Nov 6 : The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha(GJM) has decided to enforce ban on sale of liquor in all bars, restaurants and shops in the hills of Darjeeling from tommorrow.The GJM, spearheading separate statehood demand for Darjeeling, said the organisation has decided to ban the sale of liquor in all the licensed liquor shops in the region, said Morcha publicity secretary Rohit Sharma today.The...
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Excise department officialsseized huge quantity of illicit (ID) liquor and toddy from Dhoolpet division inthe last two days. About 3000 litres of ID liquor and 10,000 litres of fermentedjaggery along with seven four-wheelers were seized from the area.Anexcise official told TOI on Monday that the liquor was seized while it was beingsmuggled for distribution among voters in Dhoolpet ward. According topreliminary...
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The Talagodu Namadhari Koota and Bhatkal Taluk Namadhari Sangha in a memorandum on Saturday urged the Deputy Superintendent of Police Vedamurthy to take action against the women anti-liquor agitators who allegedly thrashed and paraded Nagesh Naik, a liquor seller, at Bhatkal Bandar a few days back. Members of the koota and sangha alleged that some women activists and youths who were protesting against...
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students were today arrested for allegedly smuggling liquor in the district here, police said.Rohit and Sonu, both B.A. students, smuggled liquor from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh, they said, adding 110 bottles of liquor were seized from their possession, police said.©2009...
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person was arrested andillicit liquor seized after raids were conducted here, policesaid.According to police sources, a patrol team conductedraids at Bhaniyawala area under Doiwala police station andarrested one person, while 150 bottles of illicit liquor wasseized from the spot.During interrogation, the arrested person confessed thatthe liquor was being smuggled from Chandigarh....
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women bootleggers were arrested, along with a huge quantity of illicit liquor, here at Bishnah and Miran Sahib localities, police today said.Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at village Joiyan in Bishnah yesterday and arrested a women bootlegger, identified as Yodhya Devi, along with 25 pouches illicit liquor.In another raid, police seized 20 liters of illicit liquor and 100 liters...
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