An AI-generated illustration of consumers buying legal country liquor at a liquor shop following a government crackdown on illicit alcohol Pune: Sales of state-regulated country liquor rose sharply following the crackdown on spurious liquor after a recent hooch tragedy, with traders claiming that many consumers have shifted to legal products.“State-regulated country liquor sales have gone…
Guwahati: Assam will launch an ‘Assam Made Liquor’ initiative to curb illicit trade and offer regulated alternatives.Finance minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said, “Our govt is introducing Assam Made Liquor to provide affordable, regulated and quality-assured alternatives while discouraging illegal production and distribution.”The excise department collected Rs 4,054 crore in 2025-26, up Rs 445 crore from…
M F Ahmad| TNNDaltonganj: Teams of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on Saturday seized 45 standard bags of kendu leaves from different locations, though no arrests have been made so far.According to PTR management, 25 standard bags were seized at Lukum Kharn, while another 20 bags were recovered from Mundu. Sources added that just a…
Illicit liquor den in Pandharemala, Hadapsar Pune: The state CID on Sunday said that its investigators are probing how the illicit liquor racket functions in the city and how methanol, which is a regulated substance under the Maharashtra Poisons Rules of 1972, reached the hands of the suspects in the case that emerged last week.The…
