UP okays drinking inside liquor model shops

In good news for tipplers in Uttar Pradesh, they will now be allowed to consume liquor inside model shops.This comes after an amendment in section 24(a) of the Combined Excise Act of 1910 was cleared by the state cabinet at a meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday.The meet was scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed as the Chief Minister was preoccupied with a string of engagements with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was in Agra on a day-long visit.The ca