The Election Commission said over ₹1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals have been seized so far aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV The Election Commission on Monday said over ₹1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at … Read more
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday demanded that 500 liquor stores be shut down every quarter in Tamil Nadu to ensure that the State has no liquor stores within the next two-and-a-half years. He welcomed the State government’s announcement to shut down 500 liquor stores from June 22. In a statement, he said that a … Read more
A TASMAC shop in Thanjavur. File photo for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu The police investigating the double liquor deaths in Thanjavur are suspecting the role of an “insider” in the incident, police sources said on Wednesday. While the source of the cyanide that claimed the lives of cab driver Vivek and daily wage … Read more
The Janata Dal (Secular) is not averse to banning liquor in the State if people wish for it, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Sunday. “The BJP was the one that extended the sale of liquor to villages. If people wish to, we will ban the sale of liquor completely,” Mr. Kumaraswamy announced at … Read more
A court here on Monday took cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against businessmen Arun Ramchandra Pillai and Amandeep Singh Dhall in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam. This was the third chargesheet filed by the investigating agency in the case. It has so far … Read more
Police personnel during a cordon and search operation at Naramakula Thanda near Madanapalle in Annamayya district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madanapalle sub-division police along with the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) conducted a ‘cordon and search’ operation at Naramakula thanda and surrounding hamlets on the outskirts of Madanapalle in the early hours of … Read more
Former Union Minister and BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh meets with people admitted at Government Hospital Motihari after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, in East Champaran on April 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Police have arrested 20 people and seized huge quantities of spurious liquor from different villages in Bihar’s Motihari, even as the death … Read more
The authorities have seized unaccounted materials including jewellery, cash and liquor the cumulative value of which has been pegged at around ₹3 crore in the district ever since the election process began. Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra who is also the district election officer said that 162 flying squads have been deployed across Mysuru and this … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested liquor businessman Amandeep Dhal, Director of Brindco Sales Pvt. Ltd. In connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation into the Delhi excise policy, officials said on March 2, 2023. Mr. Dhal was taken into custody on March 1, 2023 under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) … Read more
Opposition leaders during a march from MLA Hostel to Kerala Assembly protesting against the State budget, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Speaker A. N. Shamsheer adjourned the Kerala Legislative Assembly until February 27 following strident opposition protests over fuel, piped water, power and liquor price increase. Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators … Read more