Curb liquor use outside permitted spaces: Telangana HC
3 years, 2 months ago

Curb liquor use outside permitted spaces: Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the state government to ensure that people do not consume liquor outside permit rooms or bars, as it causes inconvenience to passers-by. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma issued the orrder on a PIL challenging the legality and validity of the Telangana Excise Rules. The petitioner stated that there were no conditions or stipulations regulating the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in permit rooms, and as many as 1,000 licences had been issued. As consuming alcoholic beverages in the permit rooms has created hazardous situations, the same deserves to be curbed forthwith,” the petitioner requested.

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Bars, toddy and wine shops will remain closed in view of MLC polls
1 month, 1 week ago

Bars, toddy and wine shops will remain closed in view of MLC polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Saturday informed that the toddy and wine shops, including bars attached to restaurants, bars in star hotels and registered clubs in the jurisdiction of Kollur and RC Puram police stations of Cyberabad police Commissionerate shall remain closed in view of biennial elections to the Telangana State Legislative Council. The order will be enforced from 4 …

Mint Primer | Telangana liquor crisis: What just went wrong?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mint Primer | Telangana liquor crisis: What just went wrong?

Live Mint  

Telangana delayed payments between February and August 2024 as it faced lower-than-expected revenue and increased expenditure from poll promises and various schemes. Telangana owes a substantial sum, estimated by industry bodies at ₹3,900 crore, to alcohol businesses. Despite Telangana Beverages Corporation Ltd acknowledging outstanding payments, the state’s ability to clear these dues remains uncertain. TGBCL is a state government entity …

Telangana Excise Enforcement Records Sharp Rise in NDPS Arrests and Seizures
3 months ago

Telangana Excise Enforcement Records Sharp Rise in NDPS Arrests and Seizures

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Against a wave of rising NDPS cases, the excise enforcement personnel stemmed the tide somewhat by increasing more people than last year, according to data released by V.B. With regard to non-duty paid liquor, which comes under illicit distillation offences, there has been an 8.66 per cent increase from 11,717 in 2023 to 12,727 this year, Kamalasan Reddy said. Since …

Andhra Pradesh to introduce Telangana-model liquor policy
7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh to introduce Telangana-model liquor policy

Deccan Chronicle  

The Excise department is planning to reintroduce the same policy that existed before 2019 in Andhra Pradesh. The Excise department examined the studies done in Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and also took into consideration the reports submitted by a consultancy to look into it. The Excise department has decided that the Telangana model would suit for …

Inspections in permit rooms in Telangana districts: Food safety, excise departments lock horns
8 months, 1 week ago

Inspections in permit rooms in Telangana districts: Food safety, excise departments lock horns

New Indian Express  

NALGONDA: The licence dispute between food safety and excise officials is snowballing into a controversy. The Excise department is questioning the inspections being conducted by the food safety officers in the wine shops under their jurisdiction claiming that they have the authority to inspect adulterated liquor as well as food items sold in the permit rooms attached to the wine …

Telangana Excise Department targets illicit liquor after Kallakurichi tragedy in Tamil Nadu
9 months ago

Telangana Excise Department targets illicit liquor after Kallakurichi tragedy in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

After methanol-laced liquor claimed several lives in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi, the Prohibition and Excise Department in Telangana is keeping a tab on methanol manufacturers in the State and is cracking down on illicitly distilled liquor in a few districts. “Though the State does not have methanol-laced alcohol cases yet, districts such as Warangal, Suryapet, Nagarkurnool, Nizamabad and Adilabad are battling …

No Permissions Given for Liquor Door Delivery in Hyderabad
1 year ago

No Permissions Given for Liquor Door Delivery in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With numerous mobile apps and individuals offering to provide liquor delivery services to attract customers, the Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department is gearing up to curb this practice, which has no legal sanction, across the state. Though it is illegal to offer home delivery of liquor, this business witnessed a surge, particularly during night-time after the closure of regular …

Karnataka Legislature panel recommends liquor shops in Telangana and AP borders
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka Legislature panel recommends liquor shops in Telangana and AP borders

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Legislature Committee has recommended opening state-owned liquor shops in areas bordering Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where drinkers are consuming "sendi" which is harmful to health. Karnataka Legislature panel recommends liquor shops in Telangana and AP borders The Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in its second report, which was tabled in the assembly, said that …

Telangana Rings in the New Year with Record-breaking Liquor Sales of Rs 700 Crores
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana Rings in the New Year with Record-breaking Liquor Sales of Rs 700 Crores

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana marked the end of 2023 with a notable spike in liquor consumption, witnessing record-breaking sales between December 29 and 31, exceeding Rs 700 crore in the state. The Telangana State Beverages Corporation reported significant figures during the New Year celebrations, selling 2.72 lakh cases of beer, wine, and hard liquor on December 28, escalating to 3.58 lakh cases …

Violation of norms: Marri Shashidhar Reddy writes to EC
1 year, 5 months ago

Violation of norms: Marri Shashidhar Reddy writes to EC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Marri Shashidhar Reddy, chairman of the state BJP’s Election Commission affairs committee, wrote to the Chief Electoral Office alleging violation of norms by way of illegal transfer of personnel in the excise department. He attached a copy of the letter written by excise minister Dr V. Srinivas Goud, dated July 20, addressed to minister K.T. Shashidhar Reddy alleged that …

TS sets up checkposts to curb illegal liquor supply
1 year, 10 months ago

TS sets up checkposts to curb illegal liquor supply

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In order to prevent illegal transportation of liquor from Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh to Telangana state, district police have set up special checkposts at border areas of the state. Since 2014, the Telangana state police have registered cases against a total of 27,883 miscreants for indulging in illegal liquor transportation to Telangana state from different states. …

Telangana slashes liquor prices in election year
1 year, 10 months ago

Telangana slashes liquor prices in election year

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a move that is expected to stimulate demand and shore up the revenues in the election year, the Telangana state government has reduced liquor prices with immediate effect beginning Friday. With the exception of beer, prices of all brands of liquor have been slashed due to a reduction in excise duty. Prohibition and excise commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmad, who …

Madras High Court Seeks State's Response On Legality Of Liquor Consumption In Club Premises Without FL2 License
3 years, 1 month ago

Madras High Court Seeks State's Response On Legality Of Liquor Consumption In Club Premises Without FL2 License

Live Law  

Madras High Court has started hearing a writ appeal against the insistence by the single bench on the possession of FL2 License for the consumption of Liquor inside Club Premises registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.The writ appeal has been preferred by Kancheepuram Reading Club and Tennis Association against the single bench order that rejected their plea for an. …

Telangana HC reserves orders on liquor allotment quota
3 years, 4 months ago

Telangana HC reserves orders on liquor allotment quota

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday reserved orders in the petitions challenging GO. 87 issued by the commissioner of prohibition & excise department conferring 15% of A4 retail liquor shops to Gouds, 10% to SCs and 5% to STs. Prasad informed the Court that the Goud community is into toddy business and in the present scenario, toddy-tree numbers have …

New Year's Eve: Liquor shops in Telangana allowed to be open till 31st December midnight
4 years, 3 months ago

New Year's Eve: Liquor shops in Telangana allowed to be open till 31st December midnight

India TV News  

Liquor shops will remain open till midnight on Thursday in Telangana in view of new year eve celebrations, the state Prohibition and Excise Department said. Shops selling Indian Made Foreign Liquor are usually allowed to function till 11pm and the extension by an hour has been given in view of the new year celebrations. Permission was also accorded to the …

Liquor Shops in Telangana Allowed to Remain Open Till Midnight on New Year Eve
4 years, 3 months ago

Liquor Shops in Telangana Allowed to Remain Open Till Midnight on New Year Eve

News 18  

Liquor shops will remain open till midnight on Thursday in Telangana in view of new year eve celebrations, the state Prohibition and Excise Department said. Shops selling Indian Made Foreign Liquor are usually allowed to function till 11pm and the extension by an hour has been given in view of the new year celebrations. Permission was also accorded to the …

Drinking in public places increases in Hyderabad due to lack of permit rooms
4 years, 5 months ago

Drinking in public places increases in Hyderabad due to lack of permit rooms

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Delay in opening of permit rooms attached to wine shops is adding to nuisance as people are opting to consume liquor in public places. Places like Yousufguda check post, Nampally, Alwal, Shamirpet and SR Nagar are just a few among the many "junctions", where people are present in huge numbers at wine shops every day, says Harish Kumar Daga, …

65 per cent Telangana revenue from booze
5 years, 3 months ago

65 per cent Telangana revenue from booze

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department has disclosed that 17,952 cases of illegal sale of liquor were booked in the state in the past six years, Of these, as many as 8,233 were registered by the Vikarabad Excise police station limits. Excise officials disclosed this data when Telangana Congress official spokesperson Indirashoban Poshala sought information under the Right to Information …

Jaganmohan Reddy’s new liquor policy in Andhra Pradesh: Jagan’s Control Alcoholic Beverages Sale is Similar to Jayalalithaa’s 2003 Decision For TN
5 years, 5 months ago

Jaganmohan Reddy’s new liquor policy in Andhra Pradesh: Jagan’s Control Alcoholic Beverages Sale is Similar to Jayalalithaa’s 2003 Decision For TN

The Quint  

Given this example in neighboring Tamil Nadu, the question is which way will Andhra Pradesh go? As is the case in Tamil Nadu, government control of alcoholic beverages will be a revenue spinner for Andhra, but will it mean a certain move towards total prohibition? Black markets usually control the supply under total prohibition and prevalence of spurious liquor may …

Telangana tweaks liquor policy for a windfall
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana tweaks liquor policy for a windfall

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana has eyed the last resort of any revenue-depleted government for a way out — liquor. As per present policy, the non-refundable application fee is `1 lakh, but must be submitted along with Rs 5 lakh as a refundable EMD. Additionally, with neighbouring AP having decided that the government alone would run all liquor shops, liquor businessmen there have …

Telangana government to gain from AP’s liquor ban
5 years, 7 months ago

Telangana government to gain from AP’s liquor ban

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The steps being taken by the Andhra Pradesh government towards banning liquor, a campaign promise of the YSRC, will turn into a boon for the Telangana government. With this, AP liquor contractors are planning to invest in shops in Telangana state, especially in the border districts like Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahbub-nagar. Keeping this in view, the Telangana state government …

Why inform on drunk driving, Telangana High Court asks cops
5 years, 9 months ago

Why inform on drunk driving, Telangana High Court asks cops

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday issued notices to the Principal Secretary of TS Home department and Director General of Police to explain provisions of the law that allowed them to detain vehicles in drunk driving cases, and inform employers that their employee has been held for this offence. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and …

Telangana rejects pre-poll liquor ban
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana rejects pre-poll liquor ban

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has rejected a request to completely stop the sale and supply of liquor till the Assembly elections are complete. MLC Ramulu Naik had submitted a memorandum to TS Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar requesting for the sale and supply of liquor to be stopped till the completion of elections in the interest of the health of …

Hyderabad: Shops selling liquor chocolates warned
6 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Shops selling liquor chocolates warned

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Shops selling liquor chocolates and liquor products without necessary permission are under the radar of the prohibition and excise department. According to the officials, a few shops, especially the gift and novelty shops, are selling the liquor chocolates to public without obtaining necessary permissions from the department. Anyone selling liquor or liquor product without any licence attracts action under …

Illegal foreign liquor brews a challenge
7 years, 2 months ago

Illegal foreign liquor brews a challenge

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The prohibition and excise department is struggling to contain the illegal sale of foreign liquor in the state. The grey market is active as foreign liquor is priced much lesser, which is forcing tipplers to opt for the grey market than go for the regulated liquor shops. The foreign liquor is then bought by the organised syndicates and distributed …

Telangana: BJP accuses TS govt of failing to check liquor sale
8 years, 4 months ago

Telangana: BJP accuses TS govt of failing to check liquor sale

Firstpost  

Hitting out at the TRS government in Telangana for allegedly not taking concrete steps to check the sale and consumption of liquor, BJP said it will start a massive agitation. Hyderabad: Hitting out at the TRS government in Telangana for allegedly not taking concrete steps to check the sale and consumption of liquor, state BJP on Thursday said it will …

Telangana: Age law haunts liquor shops
8 years, 8 months ago

Telangana: Age law haunts liquor shops

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Following a series of raids and sting operations by Excise and Prohibition officials along with the police against selling liquor to those below 21 of age, following the Ramya mishap, owners of liquor shops say they are finding it difficult to verify age-proof documents during peak hours. Association president D. Venkateswarlu said that the Excise and Prohibition Act and …

Andhra Pradesh liquor traders seek relaxation in rule
9 years ago

Andhra Pradesh liquor traders seek relaxation in rule

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: A section of liquor traders, with shops set up 50 metres from the highways, are willing to relocate if the state government gives them an alternative spot that does not dent their regular revenue. The traders are skeptical about the commitment of the state government to public safety through emendations to the AP Excise Rule vis-s-vis the 50-metre proviso …

Revellers will have to pay through their nose
10 years, 3 months ago

Revellers will have to pay through their nose

The Hindu  

The New Year bash at clubs, hotels, convention centres and resorts will be an expensive affair for merrymakers as the Telangana government has imposed 20 per cent entertainment tax on the sale of entry tickets. In the backdrop of the hefty ET, restrictions by police that the New Year celebration at crowded places offering entertainment could not go beyond 1 …

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