Death toll rises to 26 in Bihar hooch tragedyAt least 26 people have lost their lives in a suspected hooch tragedy in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Another 20 p...
17 Apr, 2023, 04.24 PM 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
Need policy cocktail for alcohol controlThere is no silver bullet to minimising harm from alcohol. Multidimensional causality leading to growing demand requires a portfolio of mea...
18 Dec, 2022, 10.38 PM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy: NHRC to depute its probe team for on-spot inquiryThe Commission wants to know where and what kind of medical treatment is being provided to these victims. Most of them are from poor famili...
18 Dec, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Bihar: After Chhapra hooch deaths, now spurious liqour kills 5 in Siwan, 1 in BegusaraiAll five deceased are residents of Brahsthan and Sondhvillages of Bhagwanpur Police Station area. According to sources, the death toll is e...
16 Dec, 2022, 04.45 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
MLAs carry chair, create ruckus in Bihar Assembly as Tejashwi speaksMost deaths have occurred over Wednesday and Thursday creating an uproar both at the state and national level as sale and consumption of al...
16 Dec, 2022, 02.37 PM IST
Hooch traders rounded up as Bihar illicit liquor tragedy toll risesThe DM said that action raids across the district have been conducted and 126 traders involved in selling locally brewed country liquor hav...
16 Dec, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
Death toll in Chhapra hooch tragedy soars to 50Bihar Excise Minister Sunil Kumar have also promised stringent action against the culprits responsible for the deaths. "Process of filling ...
16 Dec, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Bihar Hooch tragedy: Nitish Kumar losing grip over state, says Ravi Shankar Prasad"Nitish Kumar is losing grip over the administration. He is uttering irresponsible and shameful statements. Nitish Kumar ji you are nursing...
15 Dec, 2022, 08.44 PM IST
Bihar: Death toll in Chhapra hooch tragedy soars to 39Bihar excise Minister Sunil Kumar on Wednesday "confirmed" six people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in the Chhapra ar...
15 Dec, 2022, 12.41 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
24 Hindus die after consuming spurious liquor in PakistanPolice said 35 people were rushed to a hospital in the Tando Mohammad Khan district late last night, where 24 of them died. Six were women.
22 Mar, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Maharashtra government mulling permission to keep 12 liquor bottles at homeMaharashtra government is planning to modify rules on liquor consumption including allowing a permit holder to keep 12 bottles of alcohol a...
01 Sep, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
Maharashtra government mulling to allow people to keep 12 liquor bottles at homeState Excise Minister Eknath Khadse said the government is likely to issue a notification next month to modify the existing law in this reg...
01 Sep, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
By blocking GST, does Congress want liquor to be cheaper? asks Arun JaitleyAccusing Congress of adopting an "obstructionist attitude" on the GST Bill, Jaitley today asked whether the Congress wants alcohol to be ch...
05 Aug, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
With Kerala going free of booze, hooch may make a comebackKerala, which has India’s highest per capita consumption of alcohol, has announced a phased prohibition policy that will see it going booze...
23 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST