To keep an eye on alcohol production, flow chart metres will be installed in liquor factories of the district, Ambala district excise and taxation controller (DETC) N K Grewal said. He said this will help officials in headquarters and field officers monitor extra neutral alcohol (ENA) production.

Owing to lack of adequate security and other infrastructural facilities, all the 72 liquor shops in the district remained closed on Monday despite the orders of the state government to open them from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm. Now, the administration will make adequate arrangements to open shops from Tuesday.

In a few videos by News18, some people in Kolar, a small town in Karnataka, were spotted bursting crackers outside wine shops as well.

People were seen lined up in long queues outside the liquor shops to get their stock of booze refilled, with social distancing norms thrown to air at most places.

The viral post drew hilarious reactions, with a user even writing, 'Customer is God.'

The decision which has been both criticized and lauded by experts on the revenue and whether this is the best way to handle the long queues outside shops, the news has also inspired memes.

The viral post went on to draw hilarious reactions, while some even agreed what an emotional scene it was.

The man, named Kumar, had just bought a few bottles of alcohol from a liquor shop on Tuesday and was riding away when he ran over the snake.

Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh has slammed rumours that she was purchasing alcohol amid the lockdown.

The apex court disposed of the plea challenging the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 1, allowing sales of liquor through direct contact sales during the lockdown period.

The incident occurred late evening on Wednesday and the accused, Ram Vilas Rajbhar (42), was arrested within hours, they said.

At a meeting of the state cabinet, it was decided that the cess would vary from Rs 5 to Rs 25 per bottle according to the quality of liquor.

After a dry spell of 43 days, liquor sales resumed at TASMAC outlets in Tamil Nadu, except Chennai, on Thursday. Serpentine queues were witnessed outside most of them and norms of social distancing were flouted.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi launched an e-token system on Thursday for sale of liquor in Delhi.

The order comes as Karnataka generated nearly Rs 200 crore in revenues due to the sale of alcohol this week.

The Madras HC on Friday ordered closure of liquor outlets noting that no social distancing was being maintained. It, however, allowed doorstep delivery of booze through online mode.

Several states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already raised the taxes on liquor to give boost to their revenue.

Retail liquor business in the state is currently run by the government, through the AP State Beverages Corporation Limited,

Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, slammed the Delhi government's decision to open liquor shops, claiming it can increase coronavirus positive cases by up to 10 per cent.

In many of the shops, people who gathered outside the outlets did not follow social distancing norms, forcing the police to use mild force to disperse the unruly crowd.

As per figures released by the state excise department, on the very first day of the opening of shops, people bought liquor worth about 225 crore, setting a new record.

The state government had allowed the home delivery of liquor during the third phase of the coronavirus lockdown from Thursday.

On Thursday, the Delhi government had launched an official website for its an e-token system under which customers would be given a specific time for purchasing liquor in the wake of violations of social distancing norms by people crowding such outlets.{image-liquor-1588223729.jpg

The Delhi government has so far issued around 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor in the national capital, an official told PTI on Saturday. The e-token system was introduced by the government on Thursday evening in the light of long queues

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The e-token is sent on mobile phones of registered people. The new system was introduced on Thursday in the wake of long queues outside liquor vends and people not following social distancing norms there.

The new e-token system allows only 50 people to take the token per hour

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Raj Thackeray said by the opening of wine shops, the state will start getting a bit of revenue flow which is needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

All this while, states were pushing for the opening of liquor shops as they face cash crunch due to the closure of all non-essential businesses for 40 days.

The petition has been filed by the NGO Civil Safety Council of India.

The plea also seeks to ensure strict adherence to social distancing.

Consumers may have to register online and purchase at the time allotted

"We want it to be a fusion of the best of the two cultures, rather than a Diageo-sation of USL."

Booze lovers continued to throng liquor shops in the city, even as the e-token system introduced by the Delhi government could not fully take off due to heavy traffic on the designated website.

The excise department has filed a complaint with Crime Branch of Delhi Police against fake websites claiming to deliver liquor at people's doorsteps. The websites became active a day after Delhi government announced an e-token delivery system to avoid chaos at liquor shops.

The Delhi government's initiative to reduce crowding outside liquor stores by issuing e-tokens - one could book a time slot to buy the tipple without getting into long queues - failed to work as the excise department website crashed due to heavy rush late Thursday.

Amid the indecisiveness over the opening of liquor shops in the state, the finance and taxes departments, the state beverages corporation and Consumerfed are busy completing formalities relating to the opening of liquor outlets.