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Doctor rolls out 'Hangover Heaven' on Vegas Strip

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He had a Las Vegas wedding to attend, but Bryan Dalia was hung over from some marathon partying the night before.

"I did two bachelor parties, back-to-back," Dalia said, putting his hand to his foreh

Banks favoured liquor retailers

The state excise department and some nationalised banks have thrown caution to the winds and bent bank guarantee rules to favour liquor retail licencees, it is revealed.

Retailers who provided bank g

Beer sale swells Tasmac coffers

With the mercury level rising, the cash registers of state-run Tasmac liquor shops are ringing non-stop as the sales of chilled beer have gone up substantially with people preferring it to hard liquor

Early summer makes excise officials happy

While the mercury’s early northward march since March has led to discomfort for people in general, the excise department officials must be salivating, as liquor sales show an upward trend for the same

Bengaluru, the pub city, runs out of heady brew!

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The pub city seems to have run dry with watering holes, especially those selling tap (draught) beer, hanging up a “No beer’ board, much to the disappointment of their customers.

“There’s no draught

Experts differ on ‘drinking policy’

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As India gets ready to receive its first national alcohol and drug policy in the twelfth five year plan, it is hoped that persisting misconceptions and arguments related to moderate drinking will be a

Pak lawmaker suggests selling alcohol openly

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A Pakistani legislator caused consternation among his colleagues when he suggested in the Sindh Assembly that alcohol should be as easily available as soft drinks in a country whose majority Muslim po

Lack of booze hits Goa hard this poll season

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While the Election Commission is bent on ensuring that the Assembly polls in Goa are not influenced by alcohol, the strict deadline of 11 pm for serving booze at pubs and shacks are driving tourists a

A ‘miracle’ membrane to distil alcohol

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An Indian scientist has hit international headlines for developing a graphene-based membrane being touted as a miracle material in distilling alcohol.

Twenty-nine-year-old Dr.Rahul Nair who headed th

A bridge for tipplers that connects Tamil Nadu to Pondy

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Where there’s a will there’s a way — actually, a bridge.

Although the Pennaiyar river, flowing across the territorial limits of Puducherry and the neighbouring district of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, i

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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