New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The University of Canberra (UC) in Australia has announced that the application window to its Vice-Chancellor's Social Champion Scholarship will close on 9th October 2022.

The Delhi High Court passed an order on Friday in the Flipkart vs CCPA (Central Consumer Protection Authority) case, directing Flipkart to notify the buyers of the pressure cookers, that pressure cookers on their site do not conform to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard. New Delhi: The Delhi... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court passed an order on Friday in the Flipkart vs CCPA (Central Consumer Protection Authority) case, directing Flipkart to notify the buyers of the pressure cookers, that pressure cookers on their site do not conform to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard.

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court said that an individual cannot claim the right to contest elections and dismissed a plea of a litigant with a cost of Rs one lakh who sought to contest Rajya Saba polls without a proposer to propose his name.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): Assam police on Friday arrested two government officials for taking bribes. The arrested government officials were identified as Barasha Borah Bordoloi, Superintendent of Excise of Morigaon district and Nabojyoti Sarma, Head Teacher of Phatika Chuwa LP School in Dibrugarh district.

Kota (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): A POCSO court in Kota on Tuesday sentenced an accused named Abdul Rahim to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in a madrassa in 2021 in Kotsuwa village under Degod police station of Kota district, said Special Public Prosecutor Lalit Kumar Sharma.

Bhopal Jan 19 PTI In the new Excise Police for the next Financial Year the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to allow the sale of liquor at all airports in the state and select supermarkets in four big cities and issue home bar licenses to those earning Rs one crore or more annually In the Excise Policy 2022-23 approved by the state Cabinet on Tuesday the government also decided to slash retail prices of liquor by 20 per cent in a bid to make them practical Explaining the rationale behind the proposed cut in rates of alcohol an official said that the prices will become competitive with neighbouring states Meanwhile the opposition Congress took a swipe saying the state government is not willing to provide any relief to common people by slashing taxes on fuel but is reducing the prices of liquor The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also cleared the Madhya Pradesh Heritage Traditional Liquor Policy Under the new Excise Policy counters selling liquor can be opened at all the airports in MP while licenses for opening such outlets can now be issued in select supermarkets in Indore Bhopal Jabalpur and Gwalior at a fixed fee an official statement said Now a home bar license will be issued at an annual fee of Rs 50000 to applicants with an annual individual income of Rs one crore or more it said Another official said that this is not the first time in the country that home bar licenses are going to be issued by any state Some northern states have been issuing such licenses he added Under the upcoming policy bar licenses can be issued at concessional rates to temporary units being operated by the Eco-Tourism Board and the Tourism Development Corporation at tourist places The state government also decided to simplify the liquor import process Opening of microbreweries will be allowed in Bhopal and Indore cities subject to No Objection Certificates NOCs to be issued by local civic bodies and the electricity department and after securing environmental clearance Officials also said that all the liquor outlets will now be composite shops to curb the sale of illegal alcohol Composite shops are the ones from where traders can sell Indian Made Foreign Liquor IMFL Country Made liquor and beer together District-level high power committees that include the collector and MLAs will be empowered to change locations of liquor shops if needed under the new excise policy Besides wine prepared from grapes by farmers in MP will be made duty free the officials said The new excise policy also has a provision of tetra-packing liquor and scanning the QR code to check the authenticity of the product The Madhya Pradesh cabinet also gave its nod to the new Heritage Liquor policy announced by the chief minister last November which will enable tribals to brew liquor from mahua Madhuca flowers in a traditional way and sell it This policy will be later presented before a cabinet sub-committee which was formed to discuss the heritage liquor project the officials said Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath slammed the state government saying the upcoming excise policy shows its love for liquor While alcohol is set to become cheaper in MP but there is no relief in taxes levied on petrol and diesel Nath said The state government has taken several decisions to encourage liquor consumption under the new Excise Policy The BJP government wants to take alcohol to every household even though deaths due to spurious liquor are happening in the state the former chief minister alleged The BJP talks about prohibition during elections but becomes a big supporter of liquor when in power PTI ADU NSK NSK