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Ten dead after consuming spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar districtNine individuals died and others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in Sagar district. Two additional deaths occurred around the same...- Gujarat hooch tragedy: Two more die, toll rises to 13Thirteen people have died from consuming spurious liquor in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district. Two more victims succumbed to their injuries whil...
- Gujarat liquor tragedy kills nine, leaves three criticalThe death toll from spurious liquor in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district has risen to nine. Three individuals remain in critical condition while...
- From Varuni to bhang: How India’s ancient drinking traditions became a colonial tax machineThroughout history, ancient Indian cultures embraced intoxicants such as toddy and cannabis, weaving them into the fabric of religious and ...
- Maharashtra lifts liquor ban on premises near dam backwatersMaharashtra's Water Resources Department has amended a five-year-old policy, now permitting alcohol service and consumption at premises nea...
- 438 alcohol-related deaths reported in 10 months; 86 died due to consumption of drugs in 14 months in MizoramAt least 438 alcohol-related deaths, including 77 women, have been reported in Mizoram. The Mizoram Liquor Prohibition Act, 2019 was promul...
- CIABC urges Bihar Govt to lift ban on liquor consumption, saleManipur's 30-year liquor ban ends, prompting CIABC to advocate for Bihar to follow suit. CIABC believes lifting Bihar's prohibition would b...
- 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...
- Share of alcohol on rise in states' tax revenue kittyAlcohol accounts for an increasing share of revenue in states' taxes with one in every seven rupees earned by the states in 2022-23 is expe...
- 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...
- HC asks Delhi govt's stand on plea claiming new Excise Policy seeks to reduce age of drinking liquorA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Jyoti Singh issued notice and asked the Delhi government to file reply to the petition which has als...
- 'Prohibition hasn't worked; SC would have done better to create highway patrol than shift liquor shops'"An alternative solution in our country could have been to create a National Highway Patrol (like in USA) with law enforcers on motorcycles...
- 30 people die after consuming toxic liquor in PakistanThough Pakistan has allowed some breweries to function, alcohol sales and consumption are strictly prohibited for Muslims and tightly regul...
- Nitish using alcohol ban as political tool against rivals: Raghubar DasHe said he read in newspapers that consumption of ganja had increased by almost 25 per cent in Bihar after imposition of the ban on alcohol.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- Indians drinking alcohol up 55% in 20 yearsMore worryingly, the young are getting initiated to alcohol much earlier, while more women are indulging in hazardous and binge drinking.
- Kerala High Court upholds government's liquor policy, bar licences only to 5-star hotelsDelivering the judgement, the bench said there was nothing to offend fundamental rights or to term arbitrary or irrational about the liquor...
- Mallya wants Gujarat govt to revise alcohol policyLiquor-baron Vijay Mallya today virtually asked the Gujarat government to lift prohibition in force in the state.
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