liquor seizure

Hamirpur (HP), April 11 The Excise and Taxation Department, with the assistance of local police, dismantled an illegal liquor racket operating in the Pratapnagar area, recovering 170 boxes of alcohol, officials said on Saturday.The operation, which took place on Friday, targeted the illicit...

New Delhi, April 10 – The Delhi Police on Friday busted an interstate illicit liquor supply chain, arresting one accused and seizing 1,700 bottles of illegal liquor along with a vehicle used for transportation.The Special Staff of the East District intercepted the illegal operation following...

Puducherry, April 8 Around 9.50 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 294 candidates in the Assembly elections in Puducherry on April 9, and all arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of the polls, CEO P Jawahar said here on Wednesday.Polling will begin at 7 am in Puducherry...

Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 The Congress alleged that Sobha Surendran, the BJP candidate for the Palakkad constituency in Kerala, was "caught red-handed distributing" cash to voters ahead of the April 9 elections to the state Assembly.Surendran denied the allegations, calling them "fabricated"...

Patna, April 7 Around 1,500 litres of methanol has been recovered from bootleggers in Bihar's East Champaran district, where at least 10 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in the past one week, the police chief said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters, DGP Vinay Kumar said, "All the...

The Election Commission has stated that seizures related to cash, liquor, drugs, and other inducements have exceeded 650 crore rupees in preparation for the upcoming state assembly elections and by-elections across multiple states. These seizures include cash, liquor, narcotics, precious metals...

New Delhi, April 5 – Election flying squads and enforcement agencies in West Bengal have seized a total of ₹319 crore worth of cash, liquor, and other freebies until Sunday, an official said.Among the five states/UTs going to polls, West Bengal tops the list in terms of recovery of freebies...

New Delhi, April 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday that the process of installing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with candidate settings for the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections has been successfully completed across all 126 assembly constituencies in the...

New Delhi, April 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Sunday that enforcement agencies have seized illegal cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies worth more than ₹650 crore so far to ensure inducement-free elections in the ongoing state Assembly polls and bypolls...

New Delhi, April 5 Enforcement authorities in the four states going to the polls and Puducherry have seized over ₹650 crore worth of illicit cash, drugs, and liquor intended to influence voters, the Election Commission said on Sunday.According to data shared by the election authority, ₹319...

Beed (Maharashtra), April 4 The Kaij police in the district have seized liquor worth more than Rs 1.5 lakh, officials said on Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, a car was intercepted on the Kaij-Kallam road in Malegaon on Friday night.Upon searching, the police recovered country liquor worth Rs...

Bengaluru, March 26 According to the Karnataka CEO's office, as many as 34 candidates are contesting the by-elections for the Bagalkot and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies.Official data shows that Bagalkot received 26 nominations, of which 14 were found valid after scrutiny. On the...

Beed, March 26 Police have busted a racket involved in the illegal transportation of liquor and apprehended a man in the city of Beed, Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.The police also seized liquor worth approximately Rs 1.17 lakh during an operation conducted on Wednesday, based on a...

Chennai, March 24 Election officials have seized cash, liquor, drugs, and other goods valued at ₹178.78 crore across Tamil Nadu.The surveillance and enforcement teams of the Election Commission deployed to monitor and curb illegal inducements seized ₹112.37 crore worth of precious metals...

Liquor worth ₹10 lakh seized in Guwahati; Two heldIn a major operation, Basistha Police seized liquor worth approximately ₹10 lakh during a raid in Guwahati. The consignment, reportedly originating from Meghalaya, was recovered at Jorabat. The liquor was being smuggled in a vehicle and...

Chennai, March 21 Seizures across Tamil Nadu so far are worth approximately Rs 75 crore, given the intensified enforcement measures ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, CEO Archana Patnaik said on Saturday.The Election Commission is implementing robust mechanisms for monitoring election...

New Delhi, March 20 – In a major crackdown on interstate trade of illicit liquor, the Special Staff of Dwarka District Police on Friday busted an organized network and arrested a key accused, seizing a large consignment along with a vehicle used for transportation.As part of the ongoing...

Chennai, March 18 Authorities seized a total of ₹2.37 crore in cash as part of ongoing election expenditure monitoring, Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik said on Wednesday.In addition to the ₹2.37 crore in cash, precious metals and other items were also seized, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...

Ahmedabad, March 17 – The Crime Prevention Branch (PCB) has seized a large consignment of foreign liquor worth over Rs 1.08 crore in a targeted enforcement operation and arrested the driver involved in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.The operation took place near the Sutar...

Hyderabad, March 15 TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh Putta Mahesh Kumar and former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy were among the 11 people detained here following an alleged drug bust at a farmhouse in Moinabad, although the MP and seven others were subsequently released on Sunday, officials said.Mahesh...