Hotels find a loophole for serving liquor

New Delhi: Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have allowed restaurants and clubs to serve liquor in a limited capacity while keeping the bars shut, taking advantage of a lack of clarity in the home ministry’s guidelines.The Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued late last month kept the ban on the operations of bars unchanged, but didn’t make any mention of serving alcohol in other areas of hotels, clubs and restaurants.While these three states have taken the