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Surat: Police arrested two people, including a businessman, Sameer Shah, who was hosting his birthday party in a hotel located in the Altan area of Gujarat's Surat on Thursday night. According to the police, several liquor cans were recovered from a car parked near the hotel. Meanwhile, his 19-year-old boy, who appeared from inside the car, turned aggressive and tried to assault the cops who confronted him. A purported video of the incident is also going viral on social media. ...Read More >
The CBI arrested DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on bribery charges after an iron merchant alleged a ₹8 lakh demand. Searches at Bhullar's premises uncovered approximately ₹5 crore in cash, jewelry, luxury watches, and multiple firearms. The agency also seized ₹21 lakh and property documents from the alleged middleman. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested DIG (Ropar range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar and an alleged middleman on bribery charges after an iro ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Excise department has extended the deadline for filing liquor shop licence applications. Officials reported receiving 38,754 applications by 11 pm on Saturday, the initial deadline. This took the total number of applications to 85,363 for 2,620 liquor shops across the state. These 38,754 applications added Rs 2,560.89 crore to the state exchequer since the application fee is non-refundable. Excise Commissioner C Harikiran told TNIE that the department decided to exten ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Friday, the last day for the submission of applications to open new liquor shops for two years --2025- 2027 - saw huge response from aspiring liquor traders. Officials of the Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department said that nearly one lakh applications had been received for 2,620 liquor shops on offer across the state. The government is likely to get Rs 3,000 crore from the sale of the applications. Although the application fee had been increased to Rs 3 lakh, officials said, li ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a bid to streamline liquor supply and ensure timely payments to wholesalers, Delhi govt has directed its corporations to accept online-generated challans as valid proof of delivery. The move is aimed at ending delays caused by the practice of requiring manually signed challans from retail vends. "This is part of the govt's broader push for ease of doing business in the excise sector," said an excise department official. The sale of liquor in the capital is currently governed by the ...Read More >
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 2009 batch, currently serving as DIG of Ropar Range, Punjab, along with an associate, in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 8 lakh. According to the agency, the officer was allegedly demanding regular monthly illegal payments from a complainant in addition to the Rs 8 lakh bribe. The case pertains to the officer allegedly seeking a bribe to "settle" an FIR filed against th ...Read More >
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Chandigarh: Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims to have recovered documents pertaining to more than 50 immovable properties held in the name of family members of deputy inspector general Harcharan Singh Bhullar and suspected benami entities, the 2009 batch IPS officer in his statement of immovable property return (IPR) filed for the year 2024 mentioned only eight properties.These properties, as per the IPR, were held by Bhullar, his wife Tejinder Kaur, or jointly held by the ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A CBI court in Chandigarh on Friday sent Punjab deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Ropar range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday in a bribery case, to 14-day judicial custody. Bhullar was arrested along with a middleman, Kirshanu Sharda, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh from a Mandi Gobindgarh-based scrap dealer to settle a 2023 case. Bhullar, who is son of former Punjab DGP Mehal Singh B ...Read More >
Chandigarh, October 17: A CBI court here on Friday sent Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ropar Range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, to 14 days' judicial custody following his arrest on bribery charges and the recovery of a massive amount of cash and jewellery weighing about 1.5 kg from his house. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Bhullar, a senior Indian Police Service officer of the 2009 batch, along with middleman Kirshanu Sharda, in a bribery case involving Rs 8 la ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Rs 5 crore in cash, 1.5kg of gold jewellery, 22 luxury watches, keys to an Audi and a Mercedes, 40 litres of imported liquor, and multiple firearms -- these were seized by the CBI during a high-stakes raid that led to the arrest of Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on ThursdayDocuments linked to immovable properties and assets across Punjab were also confiscated, exposing a sprawling alleged bribery network.The arrests came after an iron merchant from Fatehgarh ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Lokayukta, special establishment police, unearthed an additional Rs 1.65 crore worth of assets on Thursday during its ongoing investigation into the raids conducted at the properties of retired excise officer Dharmendra Bhadoria. On Wednesday, the Lokayukta team carried out simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to Bhadoria in Indore, and at one property each in Gwalior and Ujjain, uncovering assets worth approximately Rs 18.59 crore, indicating a dispropor ...Read More >
Nagpur: In a series of coordinated operations, the State Excise Department seized foreign liquor worth over ₹41 lakh and arrested four persons for illegally importing and selling banned liquor from other states. The action was part of an intensified crackdown against the illegal liquor trade ahead of the festive season. Acting on intelligence inputs, multiple teams from the department carried out raids between October 7 and 15, targeting vehicles and locations suspected of transporting or storin ...Read More >
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar, Ropar Range of Punjab Police, and another individual for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 8 lakh through a private middleman to "settle" a police case and protect a businessman's interests. The FIR, was filed by the CBI Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Chandigarh, under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested a senior Punjab Police DIG and a private individual in a bribery case. The 2009-batch IPS officer, posted as DIG of Ropar Range, was apprehended along with his alleged middleman for demanding a bribe of Rs 8 lakh and recurring monthly payments from a complainant. According to the CBI, the officer had demanded the illegal gratification to "settle" an FIR against the complainant and shield his business from any furt ...Read More >
Mohali: Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a 'middleman' were arrested by CBI at his Mohali office on Thursday on bribery charges after an iron merchant from Fatehgarh Sahib district complained that the IPS officer was demandings ₹8 lakh to 'settle' a case.CBI officers seized around ₹5 crore in cash, 1.5kg of jewellery, 22 'luxury watches', keys to an Audi and a Mercedes, locker keys, 40 litres of imported liquor bottles, a pistol, a revolver and a double-barrelled gun during searches a ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (PTI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police Harcharan Singh Bhullar in an alleged bribery case of Rs 8 lakh, officials said. A 2009-batch IPS officers, Bhullar was arrested from his Mohali office in a case registered on charges that he demanded a bribe of Rs 8 lakh in addition to monthly illegal gratification through his middleman Krishanu for "settling" a 2023 FIR registered against a scrap dealer from Mandi ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to ensure that liquor bottles are scanned with Suraksha App designed by the Excise Department at retail outlets. He also suggested that consumers purchase liquor only after scanning the barcode on liquor bottles. Holding a review meeting with the Excise Department officials at the RTGS Centre in the State Secretariat on Wednesday, Naidu blamed the previous government for all the irregularities, and sale of spurious liquor, an ...Read More >
Seraikela, Oct 16 (PTI) Police busted an illicit liquor factory and arrested two persons following the seizure of a large quantity of fake India-made foreign liquor in Jharkhand's Seraikela Kharsawan district, an officer said on Thursday. A police team raided a house at Haathimara village on Wednesday. They busted an illicit liquor factory and seized packed bottles of different brands of fake liquor. The cost of the seized liquor was approximately Rs 14 lakh, Superintendent of Police Mukesh Ku ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): In order to curb the use of money power in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Enforcement Agencies have seized a total of liquor, cash, narcotics and other valuables worth Rs 1.284 crore on Wednesday, taking the total items seized to Rs 37.14 crore, the State Chief Electoral Officer said. The agencies on Wednesday seized liquor worth Rs 78.7 lakh, narcotics of Rs 25 lakh, precious metals worth Rs 20 lakh, along with other freebies costing Rs 15 lakh, and ...Read More >
The Election Commission said on Wednesday that since polls were announced on October 6, a total seizure of Rs 33.97 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs and freebies has been made by different enforcement agencies. Enforcement agencies have seized cash, drugs, liquor and freebies worth Rs 33.97 crore from poll-bound Bihar as part of efforts to prevent inducement of voters by political parties. The state goes to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. Votes will be counted on November 14. The ...Read More >
Patna: Enforcement agencies have intensified their crackdown on illegal activities after imposition of the Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025.As on October 15, the total seizures made by enforcement agencies across the state reached a staggering Rs 37.14 crore. This includes Rs 2.15 crore in cash, Rs 16.11 crore worth of liquor, and Rs 6.69 crore worth of narcotics.The crackdown on illegal activities is a clear indication of the ...Read More >
A video of Parshottam Kushwaha washing Annu Pandey's feet has now gone viral In a shocking incident of caste-based discrimination, a young man in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district was allegedly forced to wash the feet of a Brahmin man and drink the water as a punishment for "insulting" him. A now-viral video of the act has sparked outrage in the region. Both parties, however, have downplayed the issue and slammed attempts to "politicise" it. A police case has been registered under several sectio ...Read More >
Aishwarya Dabhade 4:09 PM Hi Pri, yes. I'll start on it in a while. Working on the Tata story. Armaan just assigned. Senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, holding the rank of additional director general of police (ADGP), allegedly died by suicide at his official residence in Chandigarh's Sector 11 on Tuesday. According to Times of India, Kumar reportedly shot himself at his government accommodation. The Chandigarh police rushed to the spot after receiving the information and have cordoned ...Read More >
Pune: Tightening its grip on the illicit liquor trade, the State Excise Department's 'G' Division, Pune, on Tuesday seized 40 plastic cans of illicit country liquor along with a truck, collectively valued at ₹10.96 lakh, in a major operation at Hatbhuj village near Pimpri. The action was part of a special statewide campaign launched on October 2, targeting illegal liquor production, sale, and transportation. Since the start of the drive, the department has registered 11 cases, seized 12 vehicle ...Read More >
Liquor sale in Telangana recorded a sharp rise this festive season, crossing the ₹3,000 crore mark and registering an increase of more than 7% compared with last year. The Prohibition and Excise department reported that liquor worth ₹3,046 crore was sold in September 2025, against ₹2,838 crore in September 2024. In terms of volumes, sales of Indian Made Liquor (IML) rose from 28.81 lakh cases in September 2024 to 29.92 lakh cases this year. However, beer consumption fell, with sales declin ...Read More >
Koraput: In a major crackdown on illegal liquor production, the Excise Department conducted a surprise raid at Dengajaniguda, under Koraput Sadar police limits, seizing a large quantity of country-made liquor and raw materials. Acting on a tip-off, excise officials recovered 2,100 litres of fermented wash -- used to distil illicit liquor -- and 130 liters of country-made liquor during the operation. Excise Officer Sudhir Sahu said the seized wash was destroyed on the spot to prevent further il ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of turning Andhra Pradesh into a number one State in spurious liquor trade. Taking to X on Sunday, Jagan said the shocking incident at Mulakalacheruvu in Annamayya district, where TDP leaders themselves set up and operated a illicit liquor manufacturing unit, exposed the deep-rooted liquor mafia nurtured by Naidu's government. "This is not just an illegal trade, it is an organised crime that endangers li ...Read More >
Chittoor, Oct 3 (UNI) Police today arrested three youths in Andhra Pradesh for the gangrape and robbery of a teenage girl at a park in the Murakabattu area on the outskirts of Chittoor. Chittoor sub-division DSP T Sainath told the media that the three accused had spotted the teenage couple at the park on September 9. They threatened the boy at knifepoint, gangraped the girl, and later robbed the couple of their valuables. The victim lodged a complaint with the police on September 29. A case wa ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has allowed shops and commercial establishments, including residential hotels, restaurants, eateries, theatres, places of public amusement or entertainment, to remain open all 24 hours a day across the state. A Government Resolution (GR) issued to this effect on October 1, however, made it clear that establishments involved the sale and supply of liquor, including wine shops, beer bars, dance bars, hookah parlours, discotheques and permit rooms, ca ...Read More >
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