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Keralam revokes Nedumbassery airport bar licence approval after row

Keralam revokes Nedumbassery airport bar licence approval after row

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The Keralam Civil Supplies department is conducting a statewide inspection of petrol pumps and has collected petrol samples from nine outlets across four districts. Samples were taken from outlets in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Kannur on Monday. The department said it will expand the checks if ethanol irregularities are found.

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    The circular comes on the heels of the government shifting Sreeram Samabasiva Rao from the Excise Commissioner’s post in the wake of the political row over the department’s “hasty” reclassification of a few bars and beer parlours as bars and the almost “instantaneous” approval for private players to…

    The Hindu

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    KOCHI: The state government has informed the Kerala High Court that a new FL-3 licence cannot be granted to a hotel that does not have a valid star classification. However, it submitted that the renewal of an existing bar licence for a hotel that had already secured the requisite star classification…

    The New Indian Express

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The applicant can seek a refund of the ₹2 lakh licence fee and submit a fresh application once the new liquor policy is announced. The post Keralam revokes Nedumbassery airport bar licence approval after row appeared first on The South First | News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment & Live Updates .

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    Keralam revokes Nedumbassery airport bar licence approval after row

    The applicant can seek a refund of the ₹2 lakh licence fee and submit a fresh application once the new liquor policy is announced. The post Keralam revokes Nedumbassery airport bar licence approval after row appeared first on The South First | News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment & Live Updates .

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    Ethanol test to be expanded to three more districts in Keralam

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Inspections to quantify the level of ethanol content in petrol do not seem to end in the state, as the civil supplies department is planning to carry out the same procedures in three more districts. A preliminary decision has been taken to collect samples from Alappuzha, Idukki…

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