Banning booze in Bihar has empowered gangs and illicit markets in an echo of the 1920s. Here's what went wrong ...

Dry January, initiated by Alcohol Change UK, promotes abstaining from alcohol for the month of January, resulting in improved ...

The government has set an ambitious excise revenue target of Rs 55,000 crore, an increase of Rs 4,000 crore from the previous year. This would mean an increase in alcohol prices in the state once the ...

Phones, wallets and half-drunk teacups clutter empty tables – except for one – at a teahouse in southern India, where a crowd ...

Uttar Pradesh government approves new Excise Policy for 2025-26, introducing e-lottery for liquor shop licences, higher ...

India is a relatively sober place compared to the West (average alcohol consumption of 4.9 litres per capita, compared to 9.2 in Europe and 7.5 in the Americas), but those who drink tend to get ...

To understand the roots of India’s dry-day obsession, we need to rewind to November 1948, when the Constituent Assembly was ...

Uttar Pradesh is set to undergo a major overhaul of its liquor policy. According to reports on recent cabinet decisions, the state is ...

According to the new excise policy approved by the UP cabinet on Wednesday, the liquor shops will also be allotted through ...