Bengal ranked second after Uttar Pradesh in terms of absolute number of people who consume alcohol, a joint study by economic research agency ICRIER and law consulting firm PLR Chambers said. Accordi...

The Park authorities have written to the excise department requesting it to reconsider a ban on serving liquor in the 10 bars as well as the rooms of the Park Street hotel. The ban was imposed after ...

Security and patrol personnel have been increased on the Maidan for evening walkers from Saturday. Police officers said extra patrol vans have been deployed in the area between 4pm and late evening &...

The excise department has sought an explanation from Hotel Hindustan International (HHI) for allegedly serving liquor beyond the government stipulated time of 8pm in a suite on the sixth floor. Offic...

The Delhi government on Tuesday notified an amendment to the excise rules enabling the home delivery of liquor ordered online or through mobile apps. However, the date of implementation is yet to be a...

Bengal has seen a consistent decline in the sales of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) throughout the four quarters of 2020-21 as a combination of lockdown on account of the Covid pandemic and an excis...

Around 300 school students blocked the Alipurduar-Falakata state highway at Tapshikhata, on the outskirts of Alipurduar town, for three hours on Monday noon after a school girl was mowed down by a tr...

A cattle smuggler was arrested from Ramgarh’s Kaitha on Saturday afternoon. Yusuf Khan, or Bablu Khan, is a resident of Barkathha in Hazaribagh. His brother, Tinku Khan, or Arif Khan, is similar...

The Bengal government has allowed serving of liquor at bars and restaurants starting Tuesday. The Union home ministry’s guidelines had allowed resumption of hospitality services from June 8 but...

Before the Covid-19 hit, the state’s revenue collection per month was around Rs 1,000 crore, which declined by a third as MRP was jacked up by the additional duty. A decrease in MRP will give a...