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
Cough syrup deaths: All you need to know about the caseA cough syrup named Coldrif has been linked to the deaths of 15 children. The syrup contained a toxic industrial solvent. Standard treatmen...
07 Oct, 2025, 01.39 PM IST
Suspected spurious liquor blamed for 7 deaths in dry Bihar, probe orderedSeven people allegedly died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, prompting an inquiry. Although locals attri...
20 Jan, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
Hooch tragedy kills 25 in Bihar; 12 arrested, political slugfest escalatesAt least 25 people in the districts of Siwan and Saran, Bihar, have died after consuming spurious liquor. Authorities have arrested 12 indi...
17 Oct, 2024, 06.13 PM IST
Ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly over Kallakurichi hooch tragedy; Speaker evicts protesting AIADMK MLAsVisuals from outside the Assembly showed watch and ward staff escorting AIADMK members outside. There were heavy police personnel outside t...
21 Jun, 2024, 03.11 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
Punjab: Death toll in Sangrur spurious liquor case rises to 20; EC seeks report from Chief Secretary, DGPThe Punjab chief electoral officer had written the chief secretary and the DGP to send an immediate preliminary report and a detailed repor...
23 Mar, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
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
Hooch tragedy: Eight more die in two other Bihar districtsThe Nitish Kumar government banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bihar in April 2016. Nonetheless, despite the ongoing crackdown o...
17 Dec, 2022, 02.10 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
Chirag Paswan equates hooch deaths with murder, renews President rule demandPaswan also alleged that the chief minister went after "whoever dared to show him the mirror", a reason why the knives are out in his JD(U)...
22 Jan, 2022, 04.36 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 tragedy in Bengal: 7 died, dozens hospitalised in Nadia after consuming illicit liquorAccording to sources in district administration, the locals at Nrishinghapur village in Nadia, around 100 km from Kolkata, consumed hooch, ...
28 Nov, 2018, 05.54 PM IST
Gopalganj’s hooch tragedy, a challenge for Prohibition PolicyKumar has never missed an opportunity in targeting UP and Jharkhand governments for not co-operating with Bihar’s attempt to enforce prohib...
19 Aug, 2016, 01.59 AM IST
Spurious liquor claims 13 lives in Mumbai, seven critical"We are in the primary stage of investigation and not in a position to divulge much details," said Fatteh Singh Patil, Additional Commissio...
18 Jun, 2015, 10.59 PM IST
- Rave party busted, 231 detained
In a first of its kind raid in the recent past, the city police in a late-night swoop on a rave party at a night club in Juhu has detained ...
07 Oct, 2008, 04.11 AM IST