Curb liquor use outside permitted spaces: Telangana HC
2 years, 11 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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Andhra Pradesh to introduce Telangana-model liquor policy
3 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months 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
5 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Karnataka Legislature panel recommends liquor shops in Telangana and AP borders
10 months 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
11 months, 3 weeks 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, 2 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, 7 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, 7 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
2 years, 10 months 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, 1 month 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 …

Liquor Shops in Telangana Allowed to Remain Open Till Midnight on New Year Eve
3 years, 11 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, 1 month 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, …

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