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All Stories for Alcohol Prohibition
Ambition lies behind Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's draconian liquor prohibition law
Sreemoy Talukdar • 9 years agoQuite apart from challenges with implementation there are worries related to return of licence raj. Kumar will face a shortfall in revenue, hitting many of his social sector schemes while bootlegging will increase, liquor mafias will distribute spurious liquor and a complicit police will pocket some extra cash.
Nitish Kumar's latest amendment will punish you if your family drinks booze... no, really
Devparna • 9 years agoCleared by the Nitish Kumar Cabinet, the draconian changes in the new bill was circulated before the opening day of five-day monsoon session, for feedback.
Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Will DMK's manifesto be the 'hero' of another election?
Sandhya Ravishankar • 9 years agoThe DMK is hoping to reverse its fortunes in 2016 with farm & educational loan waivers as well as some freebies. But will it work?
The Aakar Patel column: It’s a bogus argument that prohibition produces a better and more moral society
Aakar • 9 years agoProhibition will, of course, ultimately fail in Bihar as it has failed in Gujarat. It may remain as a law, but drinkers will find a way around that law, the police will become criminalised and the state will miss out on revenue.
We drink to get drunk: India's booze problem
Roy • 12 years agoGang rapes and traffic accidents often have one thing in common - alcohol. A new study says the problem is not that we drink but how we drink. Indians need to sober up about drinking responsibly.
Qatar: When the world's richest country has an identity crisis
Fp Archives • 13 years agoA mix of rapid reform, incalculable wealth and a pious Islamic tradition leaves the Gulf emirate sorting out an uncertain future.