{
  "id": 1640093,
  "title": "Pune: Liquor Shop Near Hinjawadi’s Blue Ridge School Sparks Row; NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule Seeks Immediate Closure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pune-liquor-shop-near-hinjawadis-blue-ridge-school-sparks-row-ncp-sp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T04:37:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-liquor-shop-near-hinjawadis-blue-ridge-school-sparks-row-ncp-sp-mp-supriya-sule-seeks-immediate-closure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune's MP Supriya Sule has called for the swift closure of a liquor shop near Blue Ridge Public School in Hinjawadi. The MP expressed concerns over the establishment of a 'Wine Club' liquor shop close to the school in The Groves Housing Society within the Blue Ridge Township. Residents had highlighted the presence of the 'Wine Club' liquor shop to Sule, raising alarm over its location. Sule pointed out that such a liquor shop in a densely populated residential area near a school is \"completely wrong and deeply concerning\". She further questioned the absence of necessary permissions like a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the housing society and local Gram Sabha. Sule appealed to the Pune District Collector and the Maharashtra State Excise Department to investigate the matter and take immediate steps to shut down the shop, emphasizing the need to protect local residents, especially schoolchildren, from such establishments.",
  "summary": "Pune: Baramati MP Supriya Sule has urged the Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi and the Maharashtra State Excise Department to take immediate action against a liquor shop allegedly being opened near Blue Ridge Public School in Hinjawadi. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sule said local residents had raised concerns over a liquor shop named ‘Wine Club’ coming up near the school in The Groves…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}