Glitches mar new online indenting system; wine merchants stage protest, submit memorandum Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst high demand for beer to beat the summer heat, liquor stores in Mysuru are running out of stocks. Even the Indian Made Liquor (IML) stocks are fast drying up much to the chagrin of wine merchants. They are blaming the new…
Mysore/Mysuru: With just hours for the weekend curfew to kick in, heavy rush was seen at almost all the liquor outlets in the city this morning. Since all liquor vends will be closed from today 10 pm till 5 am on Monday, Jan. 10, people made sure that they had enough stocks of beer and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Despite just 4-hour business (6 am – 10 am) during lockdown in Mysuru, the Excise Department has managed to increase sales by 10 to 15 percent. The short purchase window period has not deterred anyone from purchasing their favourite booze. Even the Government does not seem to be feeling much of a pinch as…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Excise Department has taken measures to curb storage, transportation and sale of illicit liquor in the district. In a press release, the Deputy Commissioner of Excise said that despite lockdown and semi-lockdown in force in several States, the illicit liquor tragedy in a Uttar Pradesh village, which claimed the lives of at least…
Hunsur: Excise Department officials have arrested a person on charges of selling liquor illegally during lockdown and have seized a car and liquor packs from him. The arrested is 42-year-old Vasanthkumar of Karimuddanahalli village in the taluk. The officials have seized the car (KA-45-M-2827) and about 40 litres of Original Choice 90 ml liquor packs….
People buy stocks with social distancing ‘on the rocks’ 79,800 litres of IML, 37,800 litres of beer sold in two days Mysore/Mysuru: When it comes to alcohol, nobody’s a monk. And probably helping people to get over the unpleasant hangover symptoms like headache, dehydration, upset stomach and fatigue and feel better the morning after heavy…
Shivamogga: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Shivamogga, has imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 on owner of a liquor shop for collecting Rs. 42 above Maximum Retail Price (MRP) from customer. The order was issued by a Bench consisting of Forum President C.M. Chanchala and Savita B. Pattanashetty and P.V. Lingaraju, members. The owner of…
Bengaluru: Days of placing order for liquor online may soon become a reality. Excise Minister H. Nagesh has said that a Committee headed by the Excise Commissioner Lokesh has been constituted to study the proposal and to submit a report on its pros and cons. With this, the Minister has given a fresh lease of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Excise Department has extended the deadline for renewal of liquor licence till July 7. The Excise Commissioner on Tuesday said that although an earlier date was set for renewal of liquor licences, only 26 percent of the licence holders were found to have renewed their licence and as such, the deadline has been…
Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Thiyagu’, a Tamil movie released in 1990, proved to be quite popular in those times. It was based on Tamil novel ‘Oru Manithanin Kadhai’. In that movie, the central character ‘Thyagu’, played by actor Raghuvaran, is an alcoholic and his life was ruined due to liquor addiction. Born in a middle class family, the…
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