Maharashtra: Five police officials suspended amid chaos over deaths linked to illicit liquor consumptionTen people have died from consuming illicit liquor in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune. Five police officials, including a Senior Police Inspector...
30 May, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Pune Hooch tragedy kills 15; 8 arrestedAt least 15 people have died and several others hospitalized after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchw...
30 May, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
Spurious liquor kills 12 in Pune, eight held; CM says more arrests likelyTragedy struck Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad as twelve people died from suspected spurious liquor. Three more are undergoing treatment. Authori...
29 May, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Bihar hooch tragedy toll rises to six as one more person diesThe death toll from a spurious liquor tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district has risen to six. Authorities have arrested 12 individuals...
04 Apr, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
YSRCP to stage state-wide protest against spurious liquor menace todayThe YSR Congress Party is launching a statewide agitation against spurious liquor in Andhra Pradesh, alleging corruption and the involvemen...
13 Oct, 2025, 07.30 AM IST
Yet another Hooch tragedy strikes dry Bihar; 25 killedAt least 25 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's Siwan and Saran districts. Many are critically ill in hospitals. Bi...
17 Oct, 2024, 11.04 PM IST
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...
25 Mar, 2024, 07.40 AM IST
Bootlegging continues in Bihar: 3 dead, several ill after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's Siwan; 10 heldAs per the information, the deceased-- Janak Bean alias Janak Prasad and Naresh Bean of the Bala village in Siwan's Nabiganj-- complained o...
23 Jan, 2023, 09.22 AM IST
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...
29 Jul, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
21 people died due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar: Minister"Total 21 people including 10 people in Bettiah and 11 people in Gopalganj have died due to consumption of spurious liquor," Kumar told ANI...
05 Nov, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Hooch deaths: Mayawati demands strict action against erring officialsUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had on Saturday ordered stern action under the stringent Gangster Act against those found sell...
24 Nov, 2020, 12.36 PM IST
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.
03 Aug, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
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...
08 Jan, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Maharashtra makes Hologram on liquor bottles mandatory to curb hooch flowWithin the next one month, it will be mandatory for all liquor bottles to have a hologram to stop the entry of spurious liquid into the sta...
14 May, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
12 arrested, 1700 litre liquor seized in UP raidsPolice destroyed several litres of spurious liquor found yesterday and the material used to produce it, Assistant Commissioner of excise de...
14 Jan, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
MP Assembly: BJP, Congress raise spurious liquor sale issueThe matter was raised by BJP's Pandhana (Khandwa district) MLA Yogita Naval Singh Borkar through a Call Attention motion in the state Assem...
11 Dec, 2014, 04.25 PM IST