Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Food shops, especially sweet shops, which remained closed in the lockdown have been asked to destroy the old, stale and putrefied food material.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 11 (ANI): Tea stalls, cloth stores, hardware stores and other standalone shops have resumed operations in Chennai amid coronavirus lockdown.
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 11 (ANI): In further relaxation of lockdown norms, the Udhampur district administration has allowed the opening of standalone shops in orange zones from Monday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 10 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday released a list of standalone shops that have been permitted to open even as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): Pune Municipal Commissioner (PMC) has issued an order to close all shops, except medical stores and hospitals in 69 containment zones of the city from May 11 to May 17.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Within a week of reopening of liquor stores in the national capital, the rush at these shops seems to have visibly dwindled.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court is set to hear a batch of petitions regarding the opening of liquor shops and a 70 per cent increase in liquor prices, on Monday.
Puducherry [India], May 10 (ANI): Puducherry government has decided to keep the liquor shops closed till May 17, the scheduled date for ending of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
Mallapuram (Kerala) [India], May 10 (ANI): Shops were closed and streets in Mallapuram wore a deserted look after the state government issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to observe complete shut down across the state on Sundays to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], May 9 (ANI): Although Kerala state government has decided to open toddy shops in the state from May 13, toddy shop owners and toddy tappers point out that it will take at least a month's time for supply of toddy to get back to normal.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday further reduced the number of liquor shops operating under the AP State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) by another 13 per cent.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Tamil Nadu government on Saturday approached the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order, which directed to shut all state-run liquor shops and only permitted online sale of liquor in the state amid the lockdown.