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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...
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...
Gujarat Assembly elections: Liquor worth Rs 2.5 lakh seized every hourPolice have so far seized liquor worth Rs 10.74 crore since assembly elections were announced on November 3, a report in the Times of India...
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...
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...
Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from elsewhere: CM Nitish KumarThe chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visite...
Hardik Patel, the last standing young Turk, remains crucial for Congress in GujaratThe triumvirate - Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh Mevani had hogged limelight post caste agitations in Gujarat back in 2015.
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...
10.13L litres liquor, Rs 1.70 crore cash seized by EC in GujaratThe EC-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams have so far confiscated liquor valued at Rs 23.80 crore from the dry state.
9.61 lakh litre liquor, Rs 1.71 crore cash seized in poll-bound GujaratApart from this, 3,650 British Pounds (about Rs 3.11 lakh) and 30,000 Thai Baht (about Rs 60,000) have also been seized by the EC teams, th...
Kerala's Left junks prohibition in manifesto; promotes abstinenceCM and Congressman Oommen Chandy has said that housewives would give a fitting reply to LDF’s liquor policy in the elections slated for May...
Andhra tops list of cash and booze seizures during pollsLiquor seizures in Andhra Pradesh almost doubled over the last 12 days, from 77.7 lakh litres on April 23 to 1.34 crore litres on May 5.
Congres attacks Narendra Modi, Ramdev on black money issueCongress today latched on to video clip featuring yoga guru Ramdev to raise embarrassing questions on Narendra Modi's campaign against blac...
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...
Punjab's post polls problem: Disposing 7L liquor bottlesTask for administration to tackle - what to do with the large number of liquor bottles, drugs and currency that were seized.
- 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.