Tag: alcohol
India
Mumbai: Clip of ganja, booze party at Covid-19 centre goes viral
A video of a party at a Covid centre in Kalyan near Mumbai has gone viral, showing staff members consuming liquor at the facility
India
Delhi govt reduces legal drinking age from 25 to 21 years
The onus of discipline and decorum in the premises of liquor shops will be on the shop owner, as per the new rules
India
BJP plans rath yatras to ‘expose’ Mamata government
BJP's Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya says if the Mamata Banerjee government denies permission for the rallies, it will face public ire
Podcast
News podcast in English, Hindi: 6 January 2021
News reports received in the morning of 6 January 2021, read by Sirf News' Editor-in-Chief Surajit Dasgupta: Total duration: 10 min 52 s
Crime
Delhi, Mumbai: Drunken driving on New Year’s eve less rampant
In Delhi, 26 challans were issued for drunken and 174 for dangerous driving; Mumbai Police had caught 677 drunk drivers on 31 December 2019
India
Punjab govt covering up Khanna liquor scam, allege Akalis
Former Punjab minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal said the reinstated SSP had let the illegal factory flourish in connivance with the trader
World
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws: Alcohol consumption, living-in legalised
Islamic laws disallow alcohol-consumption but the new laws flex the same for Muslims in UAE. They were denied licences earlier, but now they too can drink alcoholic beverages freely
Brief
Delhi restaurants, hotels allowed to serve liquor
The Delhi government on 20 August allowed restaurants and hotels in the city to serve liquor to...