The court of Delhi financial commissioner has said these barcodes could be misused and thus cause danger to the public. Duplicate or unauthorised barcodes can also be used to avoid tax.

Mallya kept borrowing more and more to keep KFA flying - putting up his shares and other assets as collateral to keep getting loans from banks.

The firm has 13.7% market share and ranks third in the Indian beer market. Kingfisher owner United Breweries with 39.2 percent market share is followed by Budweiser parent Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, which has 23.3 percent market share, according to Euromonitor International.

The world's best-selling scotch pays tribute to women worldwide with its Jane Walker brand

It may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that focussing on fewer things will help one grow faster, but that is what happens.

India ranks 19th out of 180 countries in terms of the number of names in the offshore data leak. A total of 714 Indians have been named.

A Joint team of ED and the CBI has reached London to brief UK prosecution on the extradition of absconding Vijay Mallya.

Officer's Choice, a whisky launched in 1988 by Allied Blenders Distillers, is the world's No. 2 alcoholic beverage brand at 32.3 million nine-litre cases.

Supreme Court's order to ban sale of liquor within 500 metres of national and state highways in the country has ushered in some bad news for spirits manufacturers.

The transfer of USD 40 million Vijay Mallya had received from British firm Diageo to his three children reflected the beleaguered businessman's intent to put the funds beyond the reach of the courts, the Supreme Court has said.

The top court has held Mallya guilty of contempt of court for disobeying its orders by not disclosing full particulars of his assets and also violating the orders of Karnataka High Court by transferring USD 40 million received from British firm Diageo, to his three children.

The SC found the embattled liqour baron guilty of contempt of court after he failed to comply with orders for disclosures of assets.

As the London court hears a case to extradite him to India on several charges ranging from money laundering to tax evasion to loan default, hopes are high that at the end of it all, he will be handed over to the Indian authorities.

United Spirits, a subsidiary of Diageo, fell almost 7 percent on the BSE in Monday's trade. Liquor firm Radico Khaitan too was trading 3.13 percent lower at Rs 133.20 on the BSE.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday informed that extradition of absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been stratified by Secretary of State of the U.K.

Embattled billionaire Vijay Mallya has criticised the Indian government saying the centre is \"bent upon\" holding him guilty without fair trial.

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is presently in the United Kingdom, was on Thursday posed searching questions by the Supreme Court which asked him about the \"truthfulness\" of his disclosure of assets and transfer of USD 40 millions to his children.