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Home delivery of liquor in Maharashtra to start from Friday

8:12 pm May 13, 2020

Mumbai: The home delivery of liquor in Maharashtra will start from May 15, an order issued by the state excise department on Wednesday said. The state government had on Tuesday allowed home delivery of liquor to avoid crowding at shops amid the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. However, as the shop owners had sought some more time for […]

338 containment zones in Kolkata

3:12 pm May 11, 2020

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday put up on its twitter account the list of 338 containment zones in the city. The list was made available to the police by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). West Bengal at present has four red zones including the city, neighbouring Howrah,North 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts. There […]

Maharashtra allows free intra-state bus travel from May 11

11:07 pm May 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to make available its bus services free of cost from Monday to facilitate travelling of people stranded in various parts of the state to their homes during the lockdown period, Transport Minister Anil Parab said on Saturday. The State Transport (ST) bus service will be made available on the […]

Liquor vends to reopen in Haryana from Wednesday

11:00 pm May 5, 2020

Chandigarh: Liquor vends in Haryana, which were shut after nationwide lockdown against coronavirus in March, will re-open from Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said. He was speaking after a meeting of the state cabinet here which was chaired by Chief Minister M L Khattar. The state government has decided to open retail liquor vends […]

Delhi govt launches exercise to open liquor shops in non-containment zones

9:52 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday launched an exercise to open liquor shops in the national capital in accordance with the latest guidelines issued by the home ministry. The excise department has directed four government-run agencies, which are responsible to sell liquor in the city, to identify such outlets which fulfill all conditions prescribed […]