A step in right earnest! - Northlines
Northlines A step in right earnest! J&K’s tryst with the intoxicating stuff is a heady history and has been handy fortunes for some select individuals. There has been a consistent clamour for declaring the Jammu and Kashmir as a dry state, those controlling the trade always ruled the roost being monopolists and influenced the power-that-be to expand further the flow of alcohol, particularly in Jammu. Several religious and civil society groups have been demanding a ban on liquor online with that of Gujarat and Bihar. The announcement of new excise policy has entailed a tug of war...
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