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500 liquor shops shut as Indian state goes dry
Five hundred liquor shops were ordered closed from June 19 in India s southern state of Tamil Nadu after its newly re-elected government pledged to ban alcohol to curb violence and other problems..
The Tamil Nadu government issued a statement ordering the closures as part of staggered plans to become the latest state in India to introduce prohibition…
Source: 500 liquor shops shut as Indian state goes dry – ASIA