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GUJARAT HOOCH DEATHS
How Patna pegs people to become Darudevils, making safe drinking prohibitionaryBihar's strict prohibition has created a black market for alcohol. Whisky prices have quadrupled, with quality control a major concern. The...
Gujarat: BJP's historic poll performance, Morbi bridge collapse and Bilkis case dominate Year 2022The BJP's victory- the seventh consecutive term- mainly on the plank of development under a "double engine government", can potentially pro...
PIL in SC seeks SIT probe in Bihar hooch tragedyThe state shares its borders with Nepal, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and none of these states practises prohibition, and ther...
Regulate, not ban, for safe drinkingThe way to minimise liquor-related tragedies is not prohibiting its consumption as in Gujarat and Bihar, but by bringing alcohol consumptio...
Gujarat hooch death toll rises to 40; 10 people held so far for selling spurious liquorThe Botad and Ahmedabad police on Tuesday registered three First Information Reports (FIRs) against nearly 20 culprits under Indian Penal C...
Hooch tragedy in 'dry' Gujarat: Death toll rises to 28; Police register offences against 14 peopleFive people from Dhandhuka taluka of neighbouring Ahmedabad district have also died during treatment since Monday. Around 30 people are sti...
Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from elsewhere: CM Nitish KumarThe chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visite...
Bootleggers may face death penalty in Uttar Pradesh as governor gives nod to billUP now becomes the third state after Delhi and Gujarat to have an Act under which bootleggers may be sent to the gallows, if consumption of...
High octane politics hallmark of 2017 in Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh became the third state, after Delhi and Gujarat, where bootleggers may be sent to the gallows, if consumption of spurious liq...
'Raees' review: SRK at his usual best, but Nawazuddin Siddiqui shines, sparklesRahul Dholakia's film tries to marry a 'Narcos' with 'Nayakan'. And ends up with a Made-in-Gujarat mash, sadly.
People dying in Uttar Pradesh, CM Akhilesh Yadav enjoying abroad: BJPSamajwadi Party refuted the charges and said BJP was raising this issue as there were no issues left for them and it shows their frustratio...
Liquor prohibition: Is Gujarat really a dry state or a tippler's paradise?On paper, Gujarat is tough on prohibition. On the ground, it is a different story. Liquor is freely available. So much so that it is delive...
- Lalu, Paswan make unsuccessful bid to rock Nitish boat
Coming out of the shock of a severe drubbing in the 2010 Assembly polls, Lalu Prasad made frequent trips to enthuse his party to sharpen at...
- Illicit liquor in Gujarat
Debate on the desirability of prohibition.
- Congress demands dismissal of Modi govt over hooch tragedy
Congress sought probe into alleged political patronage to illicit liquor trade.
- Mallya wants Gujarat govt to revise alcohol policy
Liquor-baron Vijay Mallya today virtually asked the Gujarat government to lift prohibition in force in the state.