Tag: Excise Department

Bhubaneswar: Two days after narcotics worth around Rs 3 lakh were seized from a slum in the city, excise sleuths today busted another drug racket and arrested two persons for possessing brown sugar worth lakhs of rupees. Acting on a tip off, officials of excise department raided a house at Haladipadia slum under Laxmisagar police […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown on illegal smuggling of narcotics, excise sleuths today seized brown sugar worth lakhs of rupees from a slum in Bhubaneswar and arrested two persons in connection with the case. Acting on a tip off,  the officials conducted surprise raids at Keutasahi in Haladipadia under Laxmisagar police limits of the city and […]

Bhubaneswar:  A day after he was caught on camera striking a deal with drug peddlers, constable of the Excise Department Biswambar Biswal was placed under suspension today. Confirming the development, Khurda Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra informed that the constable has been placed under suspension based on prima facie evidence though inquiry is pending. “Already Excise […]

Dhenkanal: A minor girl was allegedly thrashed and injured by an Excise official during a raid at Baisinga village in Kamakshyanagar block of Dhenkanal district. As per sources, the Excise Department had conducted a raid on the house of one Bijay Behera on charges of hoarding liquor. It has been alleged that the officials thrashed […]

Cuttack: The flying squad of Excise department on Monday seized 280 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs 30 lakh following raids at two places in Cuttack.   Two drug peddlers from Aradabazar area in Balasore have also been arrested in this connection. The accused have been identified as Sk Sahid (30) and Jada Soren […]

Balasore: The Excise department sleuths seized brown sugar worth Rs 15 lakh from a woman at Arada Bazaar in Balasore town today. As per sources, the officials arrested the woman, identified as Sahele Bibi for possessing 150 gram brown sugar which was found during a raid on a house in Arada Bazaar. The excise department […]

Balasore: In a major crackdown on the illegal drug smuggling in Jaleswar, Sadar police today raided two villages in Balasore district and seized over 20 grams of brown sugar and 50 kg ganja worth more than Rs 2 lakhs. According to sources, a special police team raided one Salima Bibi’s house in Sekhbad village under […]

Bhubaneswar: Clarifying its decision of banning sale of alcohol within 500 meters of State and National Highways (NHs), the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, clarified that the ban does not apply within city limits, thereby allowing reopening of all the liquor shops on highways coming under Municipality areas across Odisha. The decision of the apex court […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government has collected excise revenue of Rs 670 crore in the current financial year 2017-18 as against Rs 659 crore in the last fiscal year. Excise Department Secretary Vir Vikram Yadav informed this at a review meeting on excise revenue held here today under the chairmanship of chief secretary AP Padhi. The […]

Kendrapara: The statutory warning, expiry rule and other guidelines on sale of liquor do not deter the liquor mafia, who are doing brisk business by selling the spurious contraband items in parts of Kendrapara district. Even as the illegal trade has become rampant in the area, local administration and excise department have utterly failed to […]

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Monday came up with a new excise policy for the year 2017-18 which agreed to immediate implementation of the Supreme Court order to move all liquor shops beyond 500 metres from national highways. In a major decision, the government has stated that draught beer will be sold to divert young […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: With a motive to step up vigil to halt illegal liquor trade ahead of the ensuing panchayat polls in Odisha, the Excise department has issued fresh guidelines to district officers asking them to conduct raids along with local police at different places across the State and arrest illegal liquor traders. The Excise department personnel […]

Bhubaneswar: In response to the directive of the State Election Commission (SEC), the Odisha Excise department today issued a ban on sale and purchase of liquor during the upcoming Panchayat polls in the State. As per the directions of the Excise Commissioner Prasant Kumar Senapati to all district collectors, no purchase and sale of liquor […]

By Shubhankar Behera Bhubaneswar: Despite a slew of measures announced by Odisha government in its Excise Policy 2016-17 including slashing of deposit fee from Rs 80 lakh to Rs 20 lakh for setting of new units, no investors have evinced interest to establish new facilities in the State. Official sources said, no proposals have been […]

Bhubaneswar: Following demonetization of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes, excise revenue collection has declined in Odisha this year as compared to last year. According to the Secretary of Excise department, Bishnupada Sethy revenue collection during the year has declined to the tune of Rs 20 crore on account of demonetization. Retail liquor business has […]