New Delhi, Jan 9 (UNI) Religious leaders have demanded a ban on public sale of meat and liquor within the five kilometre area of Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Coinciding with the auspicious Magh Mela period, Uttar Pradesh celebrates annual Maharishi Bharadwaj Jayanti. The demand was raised after a call for Prayagraj to be declared a ''pilgrim site'' was given by the religious leaders. Following Bharadwaj Jayanti, a procession was taken out by the saints, which reached the Ashram''s Sangam Ghat.
Rajamahendravaram, Jan 6 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Minister for Excise Kollu Ravindra on Tuesday iterated the government’s commitment to reduce the consumption of liquor in the State in a phased manner.
Dehradun, Jan 5 (UNI) Women in the hill villages of Uttarakhand have taken up cudgels against the liquor menace in their areas and banned its sale and consumption with heavy penalties amounting to a lakh rupees.