Delhi returned to the old excise policy regime within a year on Thursday with the opening of nearly 350 government-run liquor vends and exit of private players from retail business, even as liquor......
Private liquor shops will be a thing of the past in the capital as they will be replaced by over 300 Delhi government vends from Thursday owing to the switch over from the Excise Policy 2021-22 to......
Notwithstanding the political heat generated over the Tikunia violence which had left four farmers among eight people dead ahead of assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party made a clean sweep by......
Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......
Delhiites can soon order home delivery of liquor through a mobile application or a website, with the city government permitting such facility by issuing a notification, which also allows take-away......
The apex body for liquor firms Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies has urged the government to gradually reduce customs duties on British alcoholic beverages under the proposed......
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 biz froths with day dreams and high hopesHead to head, you'd imagine there's no comparison. Vijay Mallya's UB group, of Kingfisher fame, is cheerfully ahead. Last year it sold an estimated......
Consider this: Fosters India has managed to corner around 2.5 per cent share of the Indian beer market. The Australian beer company has been around in the country for over six years.Another mild......
With the country in the grip of a severe heat wave, sales of carbonated soft drinks, packaged water, beer and ice-creams have increased sharply.Sales of soft drinks in May grew by over 50 per from......
Director Rajkumar Hirani is on top of the world.His Lage Raho Munna Bhai feels like the film of the year so far, the world going unanimously ga-ga over the Sanjay Dutt-Arshad Warsi starrer.Rediff......