The Kerala excise department has rejected the application from Archbishop Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam of Thiruvananthapuram, seeking a hike in the church’s annual wine production quota. In the last week of March, a few leaked documents had indicated that Archbishop Pakiam had sought a 900 percent increase in the wineContinue Reading

Kochi — The Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church which had strongly stood for the closure of bars in the state has sought permission from the Excise Department for increasing production of wine from 1,250 litres to 5,000 litres on a yearly basis. A request in this regard was filedContinue Reading