Liquor Ban
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Police seizes liquor worth Rs 24.69 lakh in Bihar
India | Jan 14, 2018, 09:51 PM ISTThe Nitish Kumar government had in 2016 enacted a stringent anti-liquor law banning manufacture, bottling, distribution, transportation, accumulation, possession, purchase, sale or consumption of liquor in Bihar.
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Banning liquor biggest example of practising secularism: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
National | Dec 10, 2017, 07:53 PM ISTNitish Kumar recalled that while addressing a meeting in Patna ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, some women had requested him for a ban on liquor in the state.
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‘People visit Bihar to perform 'pind daan', not to enjoy drinks’: Nitish Kumar
National | Nov 27, 2017, 07:45 AM ISTBihar Chief Minister reminded opposition parties that people visit Bihar because “it is the land of Buddha” and that not to enjoy a good drink.
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Highway liquor ban does not apply within city limits, Supreme Court clarifies
India | Aug 24, 2017, 10:50 AM ISTThe ban on sale of liquor along the national and state highways is not applicable to roads that fall inside the city or town areas.
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SC reprieve to Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman-Nicobar from liquor ban along highways
India | Jul 12, 2017, 05:44 PM ISTSupreme Court has exempted Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands from its order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of the national and state highways.
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SC’s liquor ban along highways results in Rs 5000 cr loss for Uttar Pradesh
India | Jul 05, 2017, 12:58 PM ISTThe Uttar Pradesh government has incurred a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore following the Supreme Court’s order banning all liquor shops along national as well as state highways
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Liquor worth Rs 80 lakh destroyed in Gaya, Bihar
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Bottles and pouches containing liquor crushed by Bihar Police in Rohtas district
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Despite liquor ban police continue to seize liquor in Bihar
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Liquor cos approach SC as May 31 deadline to destroy alcohol worth Rs. 200 cr nears
India | May 24, 2017, 07:08 PM ISTWith alcohol worth Rs. 200 crore still lying in the warehouses in Bihar, the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies has now approached the Supreme Court seeking an extension to the May 31 deadline to destroy their unsold liquor stock.
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Illegal liquor factories busted in Bihar, two thousand liters of alcohol destroyed
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Jahangir, Ghafoor and Nepal: Code words that can get you boozed in ‘dry-state’ Bihar
India | May 18, 2017, 12:57 PM ISTIllegal alcohol traders in Bihar have come up with fresh tactics to circumvent the ban and provide alcoholics the booze of their choice
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Police begins action against liquor mafias in Bihar, seizes several drums of toxic liquor
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Rats drank 9 lakh litres of alcohol, claims Bihar Police
India | May 05, 2017, 01:52 PM ISTBihar Police held the rats responsible for finishing off 9 lakh litres of alcohol, which was seized from people breaking the liquor ban.
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North Goa Police bans drinking on open beaches
Lifestyle | May 04, 2017, 10:51 AM ISTSome of the popular beaches in North Goa are Calangute, Baga, Candolim, Anjuna, Morjim, Arambol, etc
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Watch: Liquor shop in Punjab goes ‘mobile’ to ‘bypass’ SC’s ‘highway liquor ban’
India | Apr 18, 2017, 02:32 PM ISTA video has gone viral on social media which shows a liquor shop purportedly set up on a tractor-trailor to circumvent the ban order.
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Chhattisgarh to soon join Bihar, Gujarat; CM Raman Singh says state moving towards liquor prohibition
National | Apr 11, 2017, 10:27 PM ISTChhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said that his state has taken steps towards prohibition.
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Women protest over liquor shops intensifies in parts of UP
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Woman gang protest over liquor shops in Barabanki, demands complete ban over liquor shops
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Liquor ban: Punjab denotifies stretches of 7 state highways
India | Apr 04, 2017, 11:50 PM ISTPunjab government today denotified bypassed stretches of seven state highways.