State Excise Commissioner Senthil Pandian C said a number of categories of country-made liquor in the state had been done away with and only four remain.
The cabinet has also extended the liquor sale timings by an hour, till 11 p.m. on Christmas eve (December 24) as well as New Year s Eve (December 31) to allow guzzlers to have their fill on these festive occasions when sales peak.
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