Joey’s Pub is closed because of the liquor ban; (below) the pub when the hills were headyJust ask the gang of five friends from Calcutta cutting short its stay because of the booze ban. “What is there to do here after 8pm?” demanded Rahul Varma, 21.The MBA student from Garden Reach arrived in Darjeeling with four classmates on Saturday with plans to stay a week. Till they heard of the Gorkha Janmukti...
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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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Madurai, Nov 7: The Tamilnadu Toddy movement has threatened to make liquor from foodgrains and fruits and sell them locally if the state government lift the ban on tapping and selling of toddy by January 2010Speaking to reporters here,Movement Coordinator C Nallasamy said the government should allow farmers to convert toddy into consumable liquor and export it to other states and countries to earn...
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TTD vigilance officials and the Excise personnel have seized banned product of liquor bottles in a cottage in Tirumala.According to vigilance sources here, the joint raids conducted at a cottage room located at Varahaswamy guest house and seized liquor bottles yesterday.The room was given to a private group for cleansing works purpose in Tirumala and further enquiry was ordered into the incident, the...
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Coming down on media establishments that publish liquor advertisements despite a ban, the Delhi High Court Thursday said violators would have to pay a hiked penalty of up to Rs.10 lakh.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar was informed by Delhi government counsel Nazmi Waziri that the excise act has been modified and any media house publishing liquor...
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Coming down on media establishments that publish liquor advertisements despite a ban, the Delhi High Court Thursday said violators would have to pay a hiked penalty of up to Rs. 10 lakh.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar was informed by Delhi government counsel Nazmi Waziri that the excise act has been modified and any media house publishing liquor...
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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today announced a ban on liquor shops in the hills from November 7.The shutdown is apparently not because the hill outfit wants supporters to abstain but because it doesn’t want the state to earn revenue from their drink.“During the festival season, the Bengal government collected Rs 40-50 crore as excise duty from liquor sales in the hills. All liquor shops will be shut down...
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Coming down on media establishments that publish liquor advertisements despite a ban, the Delhi High Court Thursday said violators would have to pay a hiked penalty of up to Rs.10 lakh.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar was informed by Delhi government counsel Nazmi Waziri that the excise act has been modified and any media house publishing liquor...
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Jim Ack has reluctantly turned away several restaurants wanting to open in a building he owns in the 9th & 9th neighborhood of Salt Lake City.An eatery would enhance the cozy walking district along the 900 South and 900 East corridor, he said. But a state law has stripped churches and schools, if so inclined, from approving liquor at new nearby restaurants.The 2008 state law, sponsored by Curt Bramble,...
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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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