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PUNJAB HOOCH DEATHS
21 die after drinking spurious liquor in Punjab's Amritsar; 10 held; DSP, SHO suspendedIn Punjab's Amritsar district, at least 21 people, mostly daily wagers, have died after consuming spurious liquor, leading to arrests and s...
Union Minister Anurag Thakur criticises Punjab CM for inaction after illicit liquor deathsUnion Minister Anurag Thakur criticized Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann for the deaths of 21 people from tainted liquor in Sangrur. Thakur stated t...
AAP may use 'kickbacks' from Punjab excise policy in LS polls: State BJP to ECPunjab BJP presses for ED probe into excise policy, citing AAP corruption. BJP accuses AAP of receiving black money. Election Commission se...
Punjab: Death toll in Sangrur spurious liquor case rises to 20; EC seeks report from Chief Secretary, DGPThe Punjab chief electoral officer had written the chief secretary and the DGP to send an immediate preliminary report and a detailed repor...
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...
Punjab 2020: State's farmers lay siege at Delhi's bordersThere is hardly any social distancing or face masks seen at the protest sites at Delhi's borders. But the state itself has paid a heavy pri...
Punjab needs "new Captains": Partap Singh BajwaThe tussle in the Congress in Punjab has peaked with CM Amarinder Singh determined to get his bête-noire Partap Singh Bajwa, a Rajya Sabha ...
None will be spared: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to hooch tragedy victims' familiesSingh said the death toll in the tragedy rose to 121 with eight more people succumbing in Tarn Taran, taking the toll in the district to 92...
Won't spare any politician or public servant found complicit in hooch tragedy: Punjab CMThe chief minister said he would finish off the liquor mafia in the state. Nobody will be allowed to get away with this, he added.
Six more die due to spurious liquor in Punjab; death toll rose to 110So far, the maximum 83 deaths have taken place in Tarn Taran district, followed by 14 in Batala and 13 in Amritsar. The tragedy has been un...
One more dies due to spurious liquor in Punjab; death toll 105“The death toll in Batala has now reached 13 with one more person dying on Sunday,” Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ishfaq said.
Punjab hooch tragedy: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demands CBI probeOn Saturday, the death toll in the Punjab hooch tragedy rose to 86 with 48 more people reported dead after drinking spurious liquor, prompt...
- Delhi Excise Act 2009 comes into effect with stiff fines
The Delhi Excise Act 2009 replaces the outdated Punjab Excise Act 1914 and is modelled after the Model Excise Act suggested by the Centre.