From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy toll rises to six as one more person diesThe death toll from a spurious liquor tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district has risen to six. Authorities have arrested 12 individuals...
04 Apr, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 65The AIADMK General Secretary leads a hunger strike demanding a CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, highlighting concerns over ...
30 Jun, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: Police nab supplier behind deadly liquor in Tamil NaduKallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: Chief Minister MK Stalin has vowed to crack down on the illegal liquor trade. However, the Opposition has deman...
24 Jun, 2024, 11.36 AM IST
AIADMK legislators demand adjournment of House; stage walkout over Kallakurichi Hooch tragedyAIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted after they ...
22 Jun, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
Ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly over Kallakurichi hooch tragedy; Speaker evicts protesting AIADMK MLAsVisuals from outside the Assembly showed watch and ward staff escorting AIADMK members outside. There were heavy police personnel outside t...
21 Jun, 2024, 03.11 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 47, three accused sent to 15-day judicial custodyIn Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, a tragic incident claimed 47 lives due to consumption of illicit liquor, leading to protests by AIADMK legisla...
21 Jun, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 14 in MotihariPreviously in December last year, spurious liquor claimed the lives of over 50 people in Bihar's Chhapra and at least five people died afte...
15 Apr, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy: Spirit kept at police station wasn't used, DGP rebuts BJP leader's claimThe Nitish Kumar government on Monday put at 38 the number of people who died in the Saran hooch tragedy, even as the opposition BJP claime...
19 Dec, 2022, 09.10 PM IST
If you drink, you will die: Nitish Kumar repeats appeal after Chhapra hooch tragedy"No compensation will be given to people who died after drinking...We have been appealing- if you drink, you will die...those who talk in f...
16 Dec, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
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...
31 Jul, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
Bihar court convicts 15 in 2012 hooch tragedy which took 21 livesThe quantum of sentence would be pronounced on Thursday. The convicts face a minimum punishment of 10 years in jail and the maximum of a li...
24 Jul, 2018, 06.11 PM IST
UP hooch tragedy: Toll mounts to 32, many in serious conditionWhile 28 persons have died so far in Etah, four died in Farukhabad, taking the toll to 32, officials said.
18 Jul, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
UP spurious liquor tragedy main accused held; death toll 21Five government employees, including three from the excise department, have been suspended following the incident.
17 Jul, 2016, 01.19 PM IST
NHRC blow to Odisha government on liquor tragedy damageThe NHRC direction came in accordance to the recommendations made by a judicial commission of enquiry headed by retired High Court judge Ju...
14 Mar, 2015, 12.37 AM IST
Toll in hooch tragedy climbs to 35; excise officials suspendedWith 15 more deaths reported early Saturday, the toll rose to 37 in the illicit liquor tragedy in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district.
19 Oct, 2013, 02.14 PM IST
- Government's liquor policy responsible for tragedy: Chandy
The Kerala government's liquor policy was responsible for the recent liquor tragedy at Avannesawaram in Kollam district that claimed three ...
03 Sep, 2007, 10.30 PM IST