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'Never drank alcohol': Keralam channel MD arrested day after newsroom raid

September 18, 2026 3:55 am

Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine was taken into custody from the channel’s head office in Kochi. He will be produced before a Wayanad court.

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Residents’ objections 'selective': Jammu and Kashmir High Court lets liquor vend operate

August 22, 2026 10:23 am

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has allowed a Gandhi Nagar liquor vend to continue its operations after finding that residents’ objections to it were selective and also noting that the area is not exclusively residential.

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22 excise officials suspended in Chhattisgarh's 'Rs 3,200-crore liquor scam'

July 11, 2025 7:08 am

The EOW's supplementary chargesheet filed on July 7 also pegged the total money lost to the scam to Rs 3,200 crores up from the earlier amount of Rs 2,161crores pegged by the ED.

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Huge cache of ‘illegal’ liquor recovered from chicken shop in Mohali

May 24, 2025 9:29 am

The investigation, police claimed, revealed that the owner of the chicken shop, Rakesh Kumar, alias Mickey, was illegally selling and supplying liquor, particularly after midnight.

State Excise dept grants 300 party permits for December 31 celebrations in Mumbai suburbs

December 27, 2024 10:52 pm

People wishing to host events can apply for permits through the official website.

Maharashtra: Man died by suicide due to harassment by moneylenders, say police

December 24, 2024 1:07 am

The Government Railway Police has registered an FIR against three persons, including a couple and a woman, on charges of abetment to suicide.

The audit also found that the department has failed to meet its revenue target since 2019-20.

UT excise dept failed to meet revenue target, causing `36-crore deficit: CAG

November 13, 2024 11:27 am

Dept had failed to meet target since 2019-20: Report

Pre-poll reshuffle in Chandigarh: Haryana officer moved from Excise Department after month and half

March 22, 2024 10:08 pm

Sources said that Pradhuman Singh had been moved out as he had already completed three years in the UT, though his stint as the Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner lasted only a month and a half.

Ludhiana: Excise dept seizes 20 boxes of liquor from 2 cars, two arrested

July 28, 2022 8:47 pm

A spokesperson from the excise department said that they received a tip-off post which a check post was set up at Bharat Nagar Chowk.

Mumbai: First time since 1878, excise department set to get its own headquarters

May 08, 2022 8:54 am

As per initial estimates, the building was to cost Rs 52 crore but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, work was delayed and now the cost has increased to Rs 63 crore.