Onam liquor sales in Kerala reach Rs 665 crore; increase of Rs 41 crore from last year
Thiruvananthapuram: The liquor sale in the state in the first nine days of Onam, till Uthradom on Monday, reached Rs 665 crore and the figure has seen an increase of Rs 41 crore as compared to Rs 624 crore in the same period last year.
The sale of liquor through Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlets on the day of Uthradom alone has increased by Rs 4.1 crore, from last year's Rs 112 crore to Rs 116.1 crore this year, reports Times of India. The outlet at Irinjalakkuda topped in the sale of the day with Rs 1.06 crore. Asramam Port outlet in Kollam was second with a sale of Rs 1.01 crore.
Three more outlets had sales crossing Rs 90 lakh on the day – Changanassery with Rs 95.7 lakh, Court Junction Cherthala with Rs 93.7 lakh and Payyannur with Rs 91.6 lakh.
The Bevco officials have said that the total business till Avittam on Wednesday is expected to be Rs 770 crore; it was Rs 700.6 crore last year.
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Karnataka Lokayukta conducts searches in assets case against four govt officials
Bengaluru, May 8 (PTI): The Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations connected to four government officials in disproportionate assets cases against them.
According to the Lokayukta, the places raided were connected to Suresh Babu G, Survey Supervisor in the office of the Additional Director, Land Records in Kolar Taluk in Kolar district; Raja Venkatappa Nayak, Taluk Health Officer, Taluk Health office, Surpur in Yadgir district; M B Ravi, Assistant Executive Engineer, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board in Davangere; and G Srinivas Murthy, Assistant Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Mahadevapura.
The raids were carried out simultaneously in all the above places.
Sources in the Lokayukta police said many incriminating documents, unaccounted money and valuables were found from the locations which were searched.
