Liquor sales up by 15% in MP before going 'dry' for polls

Liquor sales in Madhya Pradesh jumped by around 15 per cent between Monday and Wednesday evening before the state went “dry” ahead of Friday's assembly polls to check malpractices, an......

AAP's Sanjay Singh promised favours in excise 'scam': ED

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh promised favours to the beneficiaries of the Delhi excise policy 'scam' with the help of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Enforcement......

Cong slams Smriti Irani over 'illegal' Goa bar; minister hits back

The Congress on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack Union Minister Smriti Irani, alleging that her daughter was running an "illegal bar" in Goa, a charge vehemently......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

Liquor volumes may take 20% hit in FY21

Almost 70 per cent of alcohol distribution in India happens through liquor vends or shops, while 30 per cent happens on-premise, that is, in bars, pubs, and hotels. The Indian-made foreign liquor......

Liquor companies dizzy as prohibition looms large in Andhra Pradesh

A phased roll-out of prohibition will hit revenues of companies, which get 5% of their volume sales from the state Liquor companies may have to contend with significant loss of revenue if Andhra......

Diageo stirs USL in bid to shake Indian market

Diageo may have got FMCG veteran Anand Kripalu to run United Spirits and appointed 3 directors on its board, but the road ahead is strewn with problems Diageo, the global spirits major, is on a......

How Diageo plans to leverage Mallya's brands

United Spirits sold a phenomenal 125 million cases of whisky, vodka, rum and gin during last year.A closer look at the numbers reveals that the growth in value is coming from a shade under 8......