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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...
Repressed supply heightens demandThe record alcohol consumption on Air India's Surat-Bangkok flight highlights the heightened demand for liquor in 'dry states' like Gujarat...
States not ruled by BJP got unfair treatment by media: Nitish KumarVisibly upset at the ruckus created by BJP MLAs, who had walked out by the time he rose to speak, Kumar said "they have gone away. Had they...
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...
BJP means corruption and spurious liquor: Kejriwal; seeks votes for 'honest' AAP in Gujarat polls"There is no point voting for Congress. Congress should not get a single vote this time. Every vote should go to the AAP and the 'broom' (i...
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 tragedy: Congress demands probe by sitting HC judgeCongress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the business of spurious liquor and drugs in the BJP-ruled state, and asked which rulin...
Which ruling forces are giving protection to spurious liquor mafias in Gujarat, asks Rahul"It is a matter of great concern, on the land of Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) and Sardar (Vallabhbhai) Patel, who are these people who are indiscr...
Rajya Sabha adjourns for third time till 3 pmRajya Sabha was adjourned for almost an hour till 3 pm due to opposition uproar over demand for a discussion on price rise, suspension of m...
Rajya Sabha adjourned thrice in pre-lunch sessionAs soon as the House met after the first adjournment at 12 noon, Deputy Chairman Harivansh invoked Rule 256 and named AAP member Sanjay Sin...
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...
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...
Herd instinct kicks-in not only in humans but in tipsy animals alsoIt is not clear whether animals have cliches in their languages. The incident of a herd of goats getting tipsy and passing out by the roads...
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...
Kutch women want parties to implement ban on hoochThe women of the district have taken on the makers and sellers of illicit liquor and are now calling upon the candidates to support them in...
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...
- 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.