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A 23-year-old college student drowned on Wednesday afternoon after he entered a 20-foot-deep water-filled vacant plot owned by Noida authority in Sector 94, where he had allegedly gone to drink alcohol with three friends to celebrate the successful completion of his semester exams, officials said. Police identified the victim as Harshit Bhatt, a resident of Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. He was a third-year student of Bachelor of Physical Education in his final semester at Amity University, official ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 30-year-old cab driver hanged himself to death after allegedly being harassed by a cop over a minor accident in Indore. The victim driver shared his last video, accusing a police officer of wrongly seizing his car and demanding Rs 50,000 for releasing it. The driver, Abhishek Patil was from a Marathi family and was the main bread earner of the family. Before taking the extreme step, he reportedly drank beer and ate biryani and then recorded the emotional video explain ...Read More >
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a man after a video showing him consuming alcohol on a boat in the Ganga river in Varanasi surfaced online. Officials identified the accused as Arjun Rajbhar, who works as a boat decorator. According to police, the video showed two men consuming intoxicants while riding a boat. Gaurav Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said, "A complaint was received at the Bhelupur police station and a case was registered. One of the accused has been identifi ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 6 (RAHNUMA):Liquor and beer prices in Telangana are set to rise, driven by global supply disruptions and surging seasonal demand. The ongoing geopolitical tensions, particularly the war involving Iran and the United States, have impacted fuel availability and natural gas supplies, pushing up production costs. While the demand for alcohol typically surges during the Summer season and moreover, beer sales specifically witness a massive spike during the month of May, reports sugges ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Liquor and beer prices are expected to rise from May. Breweries and distilleries have asked for a price hike, reportedly citing global supply disruptions triggered by the US/Israel- Iran war and a sharp rise in production costs due to escalating fuel and natural gas costs. The government has referred the proposals to a judicial committee headed by a retired judge and sought a report within a week, official sources said. Breweries and distilleries said there was a 40 per cent drop in ...Read More >
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], April 7: UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, has acquired Intecrowd LLC (Intecrowd), a globally recognized boutique Workday Partner specializing in strategic deployments and full lifecycle support for Workday solutions. This strategic move will improve UST's ability to meet the needs of its global client base while also expanding its portfolio in the dynamic Workday ecosystem. Acquiring Intecrowd strengthens UST's position in the Work ...Read More >
Indians are bracing for summer, with temperatures expected to cross 45C in some parts of the country. But the war with Iran is already putting India's $6bn bottled water industry under strain as manufacturers struggle to access crucial raw materials. Last month, market leader Bisleri increased prices by 11%, making a box of 12 one-litre bottles costlier by 24 rupees ($0.26; £0.20). Brands like Bailley and Clear Premium Water have also increased their prices, Reuters news agency reported. Accor ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The State has recorded a strong growth in liquor sales during the financial year 2025-26, with overall sales value rising by 6.11% driven by significant increases in both IML and beer segments. However, despite robust sales volume, total revenue registered only a marginal growth of 0.68%, reflecting the impact of pricing changes and reduced contributions from other revenue streams. According to the Year-to-Date (YTD) comparison from April 1 to March 31 for 2024-25 and 2025-26, India ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Despite a sharp rise in liquor sales in the state during the 2025-26 financial year, the state government's overall revenue growth remained marginal, falling short of expectations, according to official data. Between April 1 and March 31, total liquor sales witnessed significant growth, particularly in beer and Indian Made Liquor (IML). IML sales increased from 362 lakh cases to 414 lakh cases, registering a 14.59 per cent rise, while beer sales jumped steeply from 136 lakh cases t ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh recorded a 6.11 per cent rise in liquor sales value in 2025-26, though overall revenue growth remained marginal. The total sales value increased to '31,237 crore from '29,440 crore. Sales of both Indian Made Liquor (IML) and beer registered significant growth. Despite higher volumes, total revenue rose by only 0.68 per cent, reflecting the impact of pricing changes and reduced contributions from other revenue streams. Year-to-date data from April 1 to March 31 shows ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Baltej Singh, nephew of Satwant Singh, one of the two bodyguards who had assassinated the then PM Indira Gandhi in Oct 1984, was running an international Meth cartel spanning Canada, India and New Zealand in cahoots with pro-Khalistan elements in these countries. The drug money was funding the so-called Khalistan movement, and Baltej was one of the masterminds and main fundraisers for the anti-India and pro-Khalistan rallies in Auckland, sources said.A probe into his pro-Khalistan dru ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The spending through unified payments interface (UPI) during the festival period (Dussehra to Diwali) increased to Rs 17.8 lakh crore, up from Rs 15.1 lakh crore from the previous year, a report said on Friday. In September, UPI witnessed a seasonally unadjusted month-on-month (MoM) increase of 2.6 per cent in value terms, the report from Bank of Baroda said. The UPI saw 31 per cent transaction count growth (year-on-year) at 19.63 billion in the month of Sept ...Read More >
UP News Updates: Alcohol lovers in Buland Shahr, Uttar Pradesh, have destroyed all previous sales records during the festive Diwali season. Between October 19 and October 24, alcohol addicts in the district spent Rs 10.47 crore on alcohol in just six days. Additionally, it was a huge success for the Excise Department, demonstrating how enthusiastically and jam-packed the area was during Diwali. The Excise Department has reported that sales of alcoholic beverages have skyrocketed during these si ...Read More >
Bengaluru, October 10: A 31-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a pub's washroom in Rajarajeshwarinagar of Karnataka's Bengaluru early on Friday, October 10. Police have not yet determined the cause of his death. According to the report, the deceased was a bank manager. A probe has been launched. The deceased was identified as Megharaj, also called Meghanand, news agency PTI reported. Megharaj lived on Ullal Main Road and was originally from Maddur in Mandya district, ...Read More >
A private jet skidded off the runway and crashed into bushes at the Mohammadabad airstrip on Thursday, officials said. All passengers and the two pilots escaped unhurt. According to district officials, the jet, belonging to Jet Service Aviation Pvt Ltd and bearing registration number VT-DEZ, lost control while taking off and veered off the runway into shrubs around 10.30 am. The jet was carrying the managing director of a beer factory under construction in the district's industrial area, who h ...Read More >
Farrukhabad: A private aircraft crashed moments after take-off at Mohammadabad airport on Thursday. However, no casualties were reported in the incident. Police said the aircraft had six occupants including two pilots all of whom survived the crash. District Magistrate Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi said all those on board the aircraft are safe. He said the aircraft had arrived from Bhopal with officials who inspected an under-construction beer factory at Farrukhabad. Manish Kumar Pandey, UP Project H ...Read More >
Police recovered a total of 42 cartons of alcohol, loaded on the backs of the camels. Three camels, a band of five men, and narrow dirt tracks in forests. This unlikely setup was the backbone of an illegal liquor smuggling operation into South Delhi -- until Delhi Police busted the racket on Thursday, arresting all five men along with their unlikely accomplices: the camels. According to a police officer, the accused used forest routes to avoid detection, but vehicles often struggled to pass th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Five people were arrested for using camels to transport alcohol from Faridabad to Delhi. A total of 42 cartons containing illicit liquor, 24 bottles of beer, and three camels used in the illegal transportation were recovered, police said on Friday. The accused have been identified as Vinod Bhadana (48) and Sunil Bhadana (38), residents of Faridabad; Rahul (22) and Ajay (25), residents of Delhi; and Saurabh (26), a resident of Uttar Pradesh. Sunil was previously involved in a crimina ...Read More >
Noida: A 23-year-old BBA student of a private university died while four of her classmates were injured when their car rammed into a truck near the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Greater Noida on Monday afternoon. Cops recovered beer bottles from the car and suspect the students were under the influence of alcohol. The crash occurred around 3.40pm near a dhaba in Rampur Fatehpur village. A team from the Dadri police station had rushed to the spot after receiving a call from passersby. Cops sai ...Read More >
RANCHI: The founder patron of JMM, who dominated Jharkhand politics for over four decades, passed away during treatment at a hospital in New Delhi at the age of 81 on Monday. Though he became Chief Minister of Jharkhand thrice, his early life remained quite challenging and full of struggle. Born on January 11, 1944, at Nemra village under Gola Block of Ramgarh, Shibu Soren was fondly called Shivlal in his childhood, but he was enrolled in the primary school as Shivcharan Manjhi. After receiving ...Read More >
Mumbai: Mismatch, undervaluation, and oversight in the state excise collection and excise department's GST payments and returns reportedly cost the state around Rs 1,500 crore in revenue, said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report for 2021-22 tabled in the assembly on Friday."Out of the 405 high-value data inconsistencies identified by the audit, the department responded in all 405 cases. Of these, 94 cases, constituting 23.2%, turned out to have compliance deficiencies with a ...Read More >
Gurugram road cave-in: The incident, which has gone viral on social media, happened after an intense spell of rain caused a portion of the road to collapse, severely impacting traffic. A truck loaded with beer bottles has remained trapped in a deep ditch on Gurugram's Southern Peripheral Road since late Wednesday night, after a section of the road suddenly caved in during heavy rains, The Times of India reported. The incident, which has gone viral on social media, happened after an intense spe ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 9 (PTI) Six states, including Punjab and Karnataka, sent teams to study the Uttar Pradesh's excise policy, which helped the state increase revenue every year, a state minister said on Wednesday. Speaking with PTI, Uttar Pradesh Excise and Prohibition Minister Nitin Agrawal said that teams from six states of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab visited the state to study the excise policy. Asked about the policy features that were liked by the s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Was it the pitch? Was it the conditions? Was it the bowling? The questions doing the rounds after yet another strange show in good batting conditions by India were many. But with the exception of Shubman Gill, who became just the second Indian captain, after Mohammad Azharuddin, to score hundreds in consecutive matches in England, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, few India batters managed to answer them in a satisfactory manner. After being put into bat by England, India looked like they were i ...Read More >
Noida: Liquor revenue in the city jumped by 35% in the first quarter of 2025-26 compared to the same period last year. The city recorded Rs 625 crore in liquor revenue from April to June 2025, compared to Rs 462 crore during the same period in 2024-25.According to excise department data, the revenue in the first quarter of 2023-24 was Rs 430 crore, showing a 7% growth between 2023-24 and 2024-25 and a much larger jump this year.The sharp rise is attributed to the new liquor policy in the state, ...Read More >
Indian moms express their love in specific ways. Some of the most popular expressions involve food - whether it is making their children's favourite dishes from scratch, cutting fruits for them every day or packing their lunches with great care. Another 'love language' many of us are familiar with is our moms feeding us food by hand - especially when we are in a hurry or when we don't feel like eating by ourselves. Recently, an American vlogger visiting India got a taste of this kind of affectio ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapu ...Read More >
Balasore: Five police personnel were suspended on Friday for organising an unauthorised party and consuming alcohol while on duty at the Balasore district collector's official residence.SP (Balasore) Raj Prasad ordered their immediate suspension after videos showing the officers dancing in uniform under the influence of alcohol went viral on social media platforms.The suspended officers are havildar Hemanta Barik and constables Siddheshwar Gochhayat, Deba Majhi, Sudhanshu Jena and Ramchandra Tap ...Read More >
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