Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today
6 months ago

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

The Hindu  

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 48; State to meet education expenses of orphaned children The death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rose to 48. Stalin said the State government would meet the educational expenses and hostel fees of all children, who have lost either one or both of their parents to the hooch tragedy, until they graduated. ‘How did hooch tragedy happen despite similar tragedies last year?’: Madras HC The Madras High Court wanted the Tamil Nadu government to explain how the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, that had so far claimed 47 lives, was allowed to happen despite 22 deaths reported due to consumption of spurious liquor at Marakkanam in Villupuram district and in Chengalpattu district last year. Ropes of Nellaiappar Temple car snap during festival The much-celebrated Aani car festival of Swami Nellaiyappar Gandhimathi Ambal Temple at Tirunelveli, which would attract thousands of devotees every year, began on ominous note as three ropes of the car got snapped when the car was drawn.

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Madras High Court transfers Kallakurichi hooch tragedy probe to CBI
1 month ago

Madras High Court transfers Kallakurichi hooch tragedy probe to CBI

India Today  

The Madras High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to launch a detailed inquiry into the June spurious liquor case in Kallakurichi, where 68 people died. Either there was a corrupt link between those involved in making and selling illicit liquor and the police, or the suspensions were just “knee-jerk reactions in the heat of the moment merely to …

Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy
1 month ago

Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe into the Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy that claimed the lives of around 67 persons after consuming illicit arrack. It was contended that hooch tragedy incidents were not new to the state and that the entire system of Tamil Nadu including the police, revenue authorities, etc had …

Why SP suspended in hooch tragedy reinstated, asks Madras HC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why SP suspended in hooch tragedy reinstated, asks Madras HC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed report on all the cases registered by the police in connection with illicit liquor sales. While hearing a batch of public interest litigation petitions seeking a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, the first bench of Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balajibench wanted the state government to …

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy | Financial Relief Not 'Reward' For Victims But To Help Dependents: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Challenging ₹10 Lakh Compensation
4 months, 1 week ago

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy | Financial Relief Not 'Reward' For Victims But To Help Dependents: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Challenging ₹10 Lakh Compensation

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition challenging the payment of Rs 10 Lakh as ex gratia payment to the families of Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy victims. The court further held that the petition was filed without collecting much information challenging a relief package that was paid to ensure the survival of the victim's family with dignity. “This Court is …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: How can you give a huge sum of ₹10 lakh each to 65 families, Madras High Court asks T.N.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: How can you give a huge sum of ₹10 lakh each to 65 families, Madras High Court asks T.N.

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan on Friday, July 5, 2024 asked how the Tamil Nadu Government could give away a huge amount of ₹10 lakh each to the families of 65 persons who died in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Presiding over the first Division Bench along with Justice Mohammed Shaffiq, the ACJ said, the government might …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy not a sequel to 2023 tragedies in Villupuram and Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Madras High Court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy not a sequel to 2023 tragedies in Villupuram and Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 told the Madras High Court that the 2024 Kallakurichi hooch tragedy cannot be considered as a sequel to the 2023 hooch tragedies at Marakkanam in Villupuram district and at Chithamur in Chengalpattu district, since the source and quantum of methanol were different. In a status report filed before the first Division …

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: CB-CID granted custody of 11 arrested in hooch tragedy, where 65 died from methanol-infused brew in Karunapuram.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: CB-CID granted custody of 11 arrested in hooch tragedy, where 65 died from methanol-infused brew in Karunapuram.

The Hindu  

The Crime Branch-CID has been granted two days custody of 11 persons, arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy in Karunapuram in Kallakurichi district. The tragedy saw the death of 65 persons, 59 men and six women, from Karunapuram and a few other areas in Kallakurichi, who had consumed methanol-infused hooch on June 18. The victims, mostly loaders and daily …

Tamil Nadu to Amend Prohibition Act After Hooch Tragedy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to Amend Prohibition Act After Hooch Tragedy

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act of 1937 would be amended to make the punishment for those brewing illicit liquor and those bootlegging it more stringent as the present penalty for those crimes were not severe enough to be a deterrent, Chief Minister M K Stalin told the Assembly on Friday. Making an intervention when PMK member G K Mani …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 62; 135 others undergoing treatment
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 62; 135 others undergoing treatment

The Hindu  

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district rose to 63 with four more persons losing their lives at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital in Salem and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Puducherry on June 26. So far, 32 persons have died at the Government Kallakurichi Medical College and Hospital; 22 …

Tamil Nadu: Death count rises to 63 in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, NHRC issues notice to state govt
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu: Death count rises to 63 in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, NHRC issues notice to state govt

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Hooch Tragedy: The death count in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi hooch tragedy climbed to 63 on Wednesday. The latest death count comes a day after the National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and police chief in connection with the matter. NHRC seeks detailed report In response, notices have been issued to the Chief Secretary …

Hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi: The persistent problem of toxic liquor in Tamil Nadu
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi: The persistent problem of toxic liquor in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The hooch tragedy on June 18 at Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, which has claimed 61 lives so far, has caused major embarrassment to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led front, which has been celebrating its superlative performance in the Lok Sabha elections. Ironically, the government had informed the Assembly in 2023, before the deaths occurred, that there had been “no hooch …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 59
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 59

The Hindu  

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district rose to 59 with one more person losing his life at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital in Salem on June 25. So far, 32 persons have died at the Government Kallakurichi Medical College and Hospital; 20 at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital in Salem; …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: T.N. CM Stalin should step down, as DMK government’s lax attitude led to deaths, says Edappadi
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: T.N. CM Stalin should step down, as DMK government’s lax attitude led to deaths, says Edappadi

The Hindu  

Alleging that the ruling DMK government’s lax attitude has led to the deaths of 58 persons in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday, June 24, 2024 demanded that Chief Minister M. K. Stalin take responsibility and step down for his gross failure in preventing the manufacture and supply of spurious …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 58
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 58

The Hindu  

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in the Kallakurichi district rose to 58, with two more people losing their lives on the night of Sunday, June 23. So far, 32 persons have died at the Government Kallakurichi Medical College and Hospital; 19 at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital in Salem; four at the Government Villupuram Medical …

JP Nadda criticises Congress over silence on Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy, demands action
6 months ago

JP Nadda criticises Congress over silence on Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy, demands action

India TV News  

Amid the continuous rise in the death toll from the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu, Union Health Minister and BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday wrote to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, questioning his party's silence on the tragic incident. In his detailed letter, the BJP president demanded that Kharge urge the DMK-INDI Alliance Tamil Nadu government to initiate a …

Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy: Kamal Haasan bats for ’psychiatric counselling’ of victims, ‘drinking has to be occasional’
6 months ago

Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy: Kamal Haasan bats for ’psychiatric counselling’ of victims, ‘drinking has to be occasional’

Live Mint  

Makkal Needhi Maiam party chief and actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday met the victims of Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy, and said that drinking has to be occasional. “It has to be occasional drinking, social drinking if at all, said Haasan, adding, “They must understand that exceeding the limit in any form, be it sugar or anything, is bad.” Meanwhile, BJP's Amit …

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: BJP slams Congress's ‘silence’ as 53 dead | 10 points
6 months ago

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: BJP slams Congress's ‘silence’ as 53 dead | 10 points

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday targeted the opposition INDIA bloc over its ‘silence’ on the hooch tragedy in DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu in which more than 50 people have died so far. BJP MP Sambit Patra said the ‘silence’ of Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other leaders of the INDIA bloc over the …

"DMK responsible for these deaths": AMMK's Dhinakaran on Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu where 56 died
6 months ago

"DMK responsible for these deaths": AMMK's Dhinakaran on Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu where 56 died

Op India  

TTV Dhinakaran, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam General Secretary, termed the Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy as the “failure of the DMK government” and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the matter. The death toll in the Tamil Nadu Hooch tragedy has risen to 56, according to the district administration’s report released on Sunday. As per the information shared by the …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 56
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 56

The Hindu  

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district rose to 56, with one more person losing his life on Sunday, June 23, 2024. So far, 31 persons have died at the Government Kallakurichi Medical College and Hospital; 18 at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital in Salem; four at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital; …

Hooch tragedies repeat but no lessons learnt
6 months ago

Hooch tragedies repeat but no lessons learnt

New Indian Express  

About a year after 22 people lost their lives consuming hooch spiked with poisonous methanol in Tamil Nadu, another 56 people have died in the state from imbibing a similarly toxic brew. While the state government has announced solatium for the kin of deceased and financial aid for children who lost their parents, this is only the barest minimum it …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: BJP demands CBI probe, resignation of T.N. Prohibition Minister
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: BJP demands CBI probe, resignation of T.N. Prohibition Minister

The Hindu  

Holding the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu responsible for the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, the Bharatiya Janata Party on June 22 demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into it, and the immediate resignation of the State Prohibition and Excise Minister S. Muthusamy. Terming the deaths a “man-made disaster and State- “At that time, the BJP Tamil Nadu leadership …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: National Commission for Scheduled Castes conducts inquiry at Karunapuram
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: National Commission for Scheduled Castes conducts inquiry at Karunapuram

The Hindu  

Director of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes S. Ravivarman, on Saturday, June 22, 2024, conducted an enquiry into the hooch tragedy at Karunapuram in Kallakurichi town, which has claimed 54 lives so far. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Ravivarman said the condition of six persons admitted at Government Kallakurichi Medical College critical. Though the Tamil Nadu government has taken prompt …

Kallakurichi liquor tragedy: Death toll rises to 53; ruckus in Tamil Nadu assembly
6 months ago

Kallakurichi liquor tragedy: Death toll rises to 53; ruckus in Tamil Nadu assembly

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu officials reported on Saturday that the death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy increased from 50 to 53. At least 30 people passed away at Government Kallakurichi Medical College Hospital, 17 at Salem's Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, four at Government Villupuram Medical College Hospital and three at Puducherry's Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. …

Tamil Nadu Hooch tragedy: Death toll keeps rising in Kallakurichi, 53 dead now
6 months ago

Tamil Nadu Hooch tragedy: Death toll keeps rising in Kallakurichi, 53 dead now

Op India  

The death toll in the Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy has risen from 50 to 53, officials said on Saturday. Kallakurichi District Collector MS Prasanth said that out of the total 193 patients, who consumed illicit liquor, 140 are currently safe. Meanwhile, in the wake of the deaths in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, 250 litres of illicit liquor were seized and disposed …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: AIADMK demands adjournment of House; stages walkout
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: AIADMK demands adjournment of House; stages walkout

The Hindu  

The hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district echoed for the second day in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The AIADMK, the main Opposition party, led by former Chief Minister Edappai K. Palaniswami staged a walkout after Speaker M. Appavu rejected their demand to adjourn the Question Hour to discuss the issue. The AIADMK, the main Opposition …

TN hooch toll touches 54; blame-game refuses to die
6 months ago

TN hooch toll touches 54; blame-game refuses to die

New Indian Express  

KALLAKURICHI/CHENNAI: As the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy toll continues to rise with over 50 deaths reported till Friday evening, there was full-blown war of words between the AIADMK and DMK. While all AIADMK members, including Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami, were evicted from the Assembly for staging a protest, Chief Minister M K Stalin dismissed it as ‘drama’ and appealed …

Death count in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 53, confirms District Collector
6 months ago

Death count in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 53, confirms District Collector

India TV News  

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Fifty-three people belonging to Kallakurichi district have died following consumption of 'methanol mixed arrack,' District Collector MS Prashanth confirmed on Saturday. Also, the CM said the state Home Secretary and Director General of Police will submit a report on the hooch tragedy following inspection. BJP demands CBI probe However, the BJP has attacked the rulling DMK in …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy 2024: Tamil Nadu’s worst tragedy claimed lives of at least 65 persons from June 19 to July 1
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy 2024: Tamil Nadu’s worst tragedy claimed lives of at least 65 persons from June 19 to July 1

The Hindu  

In one of the worst-ever hooch tragedies in Tamil Nadu, illicit arrack claimed the lives of 68 persons including women. Editorial:Killer moonshine: On the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. The arrested accused include the prime accused Chinnadurai of Sankarapuram who supplied the killer brew, bootlegger Govindaraj alias Kannukutty, his wife Vidya and brother Damodaran. The hooch …

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: Death toll rises to 47; demand for CBI enquiry, ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly - 10 Key point
6 months ago

Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy: Death toll rises to 47; demand for CBI enquiry, ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly - 10 Key point

Live Mint  

A political slugfest has begun in Tamil Nadu over the deaths of 47 people in in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. 5) The AIADMK members on Friday tried to raise the issue during the Question Hour in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. 7) Justice Gokuldas, who is heading the one-man commission to probe the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, visited Kallakurichi government hospital to meet …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: AIADMK members evicted from T.N. Assembly
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: AIADMK members evicted from T.N. Assembly

The Hindu  

AIADMK legislators were evicted from the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, on Friday, June 21, 2024, after they staged a sit-in protest over the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi which has so far claimed 48 lives. Stalin, the AIADMK members led by former Chief Minister Edappai K. Palaniswami, raised slogans immediately after the House session met. Though the Speaker said the issue …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy deaths resonate in TN assembly, opposition MLAs demand CM Stalin's resignation; evicted
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy deaths resonate in TN assembly, opposition MLAs demand CM Stalin's resignation; evicted

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: While death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy touched 49 on Friday, the issue resonated in the Tamil Nadu Assembly as the opposition arrived wearing black clothes and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister M K Stalin owning responsibility for the deaths. The AIADMK legislators led by Leader of the Opposition and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami were …

What measures taken in past year to prevent hooch tragedies: Madras HC to TN government
6 months ago

What measures taken in past year to prevent hooch tragedies: Madras HC to TN government

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Talking tough on the alleged negligence and callous attitude of the authorities in preventing the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi, the Madras High Court on Friday grilled the Tamil Nadu government on the actions taken in the past year since the last such tragedy occurred, which snuffs out the lives of poor people. A division bench of Justices D. Krishnakumar …

Families of Kallakurichi victims shattered, question availability of hooch
6 months ago

Families of Kallakurichi victims shattered, question availability of hooch

Hindustan Times  

Almost every street held a funeral while several bodies were lined up for cremation in Karunapuram, which is at the center of the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu. A man stands next to piles of wood arranged for the mass cremation of people, who died after drinking illegally brewed liquor in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu. Of …

Kallakurichi Methanol Hooch Tragedy: Exposing the Deadly Nexus of Bootleggers and Lax Enforcement
6 months ago

Kallakurichi Methanol Hooch Tragedy: Exposing the Deadly Nexus of Bootleggers and Lax Enforcement

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 20, 2024 20:32 IST - 6 MINS READ In one of the worst hooch tragedies in recent times, at least 58 people, including a few women, have died, and more than 50 others are battling for their lives after consuming a methanol-spiked moonshine brew in Kallakurichi town, some 200 kilometres away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday, …

Tamil Nadu's Hooch Tragedy: 38 Dead, 4 Arrested As CM Stalin Says 'Immediate Action Will Be Taken'
6 months ago

Tamil Nadu's Hooch Tragedy: 38 Dead, 4 Arrested As CM Stalin Says 'Immediate Action Will Be Taken'

News 18  

Thirty-eight people belonging to Kallakurichi district have died following consumption of ‘methanol mixed arrack,’ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday, as he vowed to take stern action against officials accountable for their failure to prevent the incident. Four Arrested As four people were arrested in the Kallakurichi case, Stalin directed officials to appoint a one-man commission, …

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'
6 months ago

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'

New Indian Express  

Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, about 240 km from the state capital of Chennai, is enveloped in grief after the death toll in Wednesday's hooch tragedy rose to 37. Locals say Illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi. The victims had consumed illicit liquor sold in two huts and fell ill. Three people have been arrested in connection with the tragedy. …

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'
6 months ago

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'

New Indian Express  

Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, about 240 km from the state capital of Chennai, is enveloped in grief after the death toll in Wednesday's hooch tragedy rose to 37. Locals say Illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi. The victims had consumed illicit liquor sold in two huts and fell ill. Three people have been arrested in connection with the tragedy. …

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'
6 months ago

TN hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 37; 'illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi, police turned a blind eye'

New Indian Express  

Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, about 240 km from the state capital of Chennai, is enveloped in grief after the death toll in Wednesday's hooch tragedy rose to 37. Locals say Illicit liquor sale was rampant in Kallakurichi. The victims had consumed illicit liquor sold in two huts and fell ill. Three people have been arrested in connection with the tragedy. …

Punjab hooch tragedy: Akali Dal chief meets families of victims in Sangrur
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: Akali Dal chief meets families of victims in Sangrur

The Hindu  

Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a compensation of ₹20 lakh and a government job for each of them Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday met the families of the Sangrur hooch tragedy victims and demanded a compensation of ₹20 lakh and a government job for each of them. Mr. Badal visited Gujran and Dhandoli Khurd villages and expressed …

Methanol, not alcohol, led to TN hooch tragedy, accused also receives Rs 50,000 for treatment | DETAILS
1 year, 7 months ago

Methanol, not alcohol, led to TN hooch tragedy, accused also receives Rs 50,000 for treatment | DETAILS

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Hooch Tragedy: The hooch incident in Tamil Nadu has taken a dramatic turn as the police on Tuesday claimed that the tragedy that struck Ekkiyarkuppam and Perunkaranai villages was due to the consumption of methanol and not due to spurious liquor. Methanol, not spurious liquor behind the tragedy The police on Tuesday informed that methanol, a deadly concoction …

Death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy touches 14
1 year, 7 months ago

Death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy touches 14

Deccan Chronicle  

Villupuram: The death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy in two northern districts increased to 14 on Monday and 51 people who consumed the poisonous brew were being treated in various hospitals, the government said. After visiting those being treated at Villupuram government medical college hospital, Chief Minister M K Stalin told reporters here that investigation into the matter would …

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: 12 dead, several hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in 2 districts
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: 12 dead, several hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in 2 districts

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy : As many as 12 people died after consuming spurious liquor in two separate districts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, police said. The death stood at 10 persons on Sunday after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts of the state. "Two spurious liquor incidents have been reported, one in Chengalpattu district and another …

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police files charge sheet against 15 accused
1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police files charge sheet against 15 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Siwan police in Bihar on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against 15 people arrested in the January 2023 hooch tragedy case, which claimed eight lives at Bala village of Bhopatpur panchayat of Maharaajganj sub-division. Over 70 were killed in December last year after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Saran district in Chapra The charge sheet has named 15 persons—Dipak …

'Our official figure...': Bihar govt on hooch tragedy death toll
2 years ago

'Our official figure...': Bihar govt on hooch tragedy death toll

Hindustan Times  

Bihar excise minister Sunil Kumar said Monday 38 people had died - the 'official' death toll - in the hooch tragedy that has rocked the state since December 14. Representational image Former Bihar deputy chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Modi has claimed the actual death toll is over 100 and that many of the families are afraid …

Hooch tragedy: Eight more die in two other Bihar districts
2 years ago

Hooch tragedy: Eight more die in two other Bihar districts

The Hindu  

Close on the heels of the hooch tragedy in dry Bihar that left 30 people dead in Saran district, eight more died allegedly after consuming some spurious liquor in two other districts, officials said on Saturday. About the six deaths in Bhagwanpur division of Siwan district since Thursday, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sanjay Kumar said the administration has initiated an investigation. Saran …

Hooch tragedy claims several lives in dry Bihar
2 years ago

Hooch tragedy claims several lives in dry Bihar

The Hindu  

Six villagers have died in a suspected hooch tragedy in Saran district in dry Bihar, the district administration said on Wednesday. The district administration has confirmed six deaths due to a “suspected hooch tragedy” in villages under the Masrakh, Marhaura, Amnour and Ishuapur Blocks of Chhapra, district headquarter of Saran district, in dry Bihar. When Opposition BJP legislators raised the …

Death toll reaches 42 in Gujarat hooch tragedy
2 years, 4 months ago

Death toll reaches 42 in Gujarat hooch tragedy

The Hindu  

Death toll in the Gujarat hooch tragedy climbed to 42, even as 97 people are still under treatment in various hospitals in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad. On Wednesday evening, Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi told media persons in Gandhinagar that the trial will be conducted in a fast track court and the accused would be chargesheeted within 10 …

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