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1 week, 2 days ago

Turkey: 37 die after consuming spurious alcohol in Istanbul, 17 others in hospital

“Thirty-seven people died and 17 others are still receiving treatment” over a period of six weeks, the governor’s office said The death toll from people drinking tainted alcohol in Istanbul jumped to 37, the governor’s office said Monday. “Thirty-seven people died and 17 others are still receiving treatment” over a period of six weeks, the governor’s office said. On December …

Alcohol Turkey Die Istanbul Tainted Alcohol 17 Others

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Bihar: 2 Leaders Of Chirag Paswan's LJP Found Dead, Lens On Spurious Liquor

ABP News

Two senior leaders of the Chirag Paswan-led LJP were found dead on Wednesday in suspicious circumstances in Bisfi, Madhubani district of Bihar. The deceased were identified as LJP-RV block president Laliteshwar Paswan and IT cell district spokesperson Amarjeet Kumar Yadav. Amarjeet, the operator of Payal Nursing Home in the village, was found dead on the facility's premises. Laliteshwar Paswan's wife, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Bihar's Alcohol Crisis: A Grim Grip on the State

ABP News

A devastating hooch crisis has unfolded in Bihar, with the death toll rising to alarming numbers. The tragedy has sparked outrage and protests, demanding accountability from the government. The Bihar government, which has imposed a complete ban on alcohol since 2016, is facing increasing pressure from opposition parties to address the illicit liquor trade that has led to these deaths. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

When spurious liquor struck twice and killed 140 unsuspecting tipplers in Madras

The Hindu

It was the time when the Prohibition Act was in force in Madras State. On the auspicious day of Aadi Amavasai on August 6, 1967, unsuspecting residents in and around Krishnampet in south Madras, mostly Corporation conservancy workers, drank French polish containing alcohol. On August 9, it soon turned into a twin hooch tragedy as 42 residents of Walajabad in …

Victims Hospital Hindu State French Prohibition Polish

6 months ago

Tamil Nadu hooch deaths, Kanchenjunga Express accident and more: The week in 5 charts

The Hindu

Spurious liquor death toll reaches 59 in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu At least 59 people died after consuming spurious liquor in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. Editorial:Killer moonshine: On the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi Kanchanjunga Express train accident kills at least 10 At least 10 people were killed after a good’s train rammed into the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express on Monday, June 17, …

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6 months ago

Tamil Nadu spurious liquor case: Death toll reaches 47 in Kallakurichi, 3 accused sent to jail

Op India

Tamil Nadu Director of Medical Education Sangumani on Friday said that 47 people have lost their lives after consuming illicit liquor in the Kallakurichi district of the State. Meanwhile, the second day of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Session began in Chennai on Friday with a ruckus as AIADMK legislators sporting black clothes raised slogans inside the House over the hooch …

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6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 33; CM Stalin suspends SP, orders CID probe

Hindustan Times

As many as 33 people have died in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district after consuming spurious liquor allegedly mixed with methanol on Tuesday night, officials said, adding that the death toll from in the hooch tragedy could rise as several others are critical. Officials interact with a patient who is undergoing treatment after consuming spurious liquor in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. Nearly …

Tamil Nadu Liquor Cid Stalin Kallakurichi Toll Rises Spurious Liquor

9 months ago

Sangrur hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 20, Election Commission seeks report

Hindustan Times

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with four more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday, even as the Election Commission sought an immediate report from Punjab chief secretary and director general of police in connection with the incident. A four-member special investigation team, led by additional director general …

Liquor Election Commission Report Sho Singh Sangrur Sit

9 months ago

Punjab: Toll in Sangrur hooch tragedy rises to 20, SIT formed

Hindustan Times

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday. The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing on Saturday. Patiala range deputy inspector general Harcharan Bhullar, Sangrur …

Sangrur Sit Spurious Liquor Sangrur District

9 months ago

Punjab: Death count rises to 20 in Sangrur spurious liquor case, SIT formed

India TV News

Punjab news: The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials today said. Deputy Inspector General Harcharan Bhullar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, Sartaj Chahal, and Additional Commissioner Naresh Dubey will be part of the SIT. The police had earlier recovered 200 litres of …

Liquor Punjab Sangrur Sit Spurious Liquor Spurious

1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu spurious liquor tragedy | CB-CID takes over probe

The Hindu

The Crime Branch-CID has taken over the probe into the deaths of 22 persons who had consumed spurious liquor in the two districts of Villupuram and Chengalpattu. According to the police, the two separate incidents of spurious liquor deaths were reported in the northern districts of Tamil Nadu in which 22 people have lost their lives since May 12. He …

Tamil Nadu Deaths Liquor Report Stalin Villupuram Spurious Liquor

1 year, 7 months ago

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Four more deaths take toll to 21

The Hindu

The toll in the twin spurious liquor tragedy rose to 21 on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 with the death of one more victim from Marakkanam in Villupuram district and three more victims from Madurantakam in Chengalpattu district. In Marakkanam, the toll rose to 13 as one victim, who was undergoing treatment at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital, died. …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Toll rises to 17; CM Stalin orders CB-CID probe, suspends SP

The Hindu

The toll in the twin spurious liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu rose to 17 on Monday, May 15, 2023. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here In the Marakkanam incident, the toll increased to 12, with the death of three more victims, who were undergoing treatment at the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | With four more deaths at Marakkanam and Maduranthakam, toll rises to 17

The Hindu

The toll in the twin spurious liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu rose to 17 on Monday, May 15, 2023. In the Marakkanam incident, the toll increased to 12, with the death of three more victims, who were undergoing treatment at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital. Official sources said 37 persons were undergoing treatment in Villupuram, three at Jawaharlal …

Hospital Puducherry Villupuram Spurious Liquor

1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll reaches 27, police arrest 174 people

The Hindu

The death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 on April 18 with one more person losing his life after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said. The police have so far registered five cases and arrested 174 people as part of the investigation into the matter," said a statement issued by …

Bihar Liquor State District Spurious Liquor Hooch Tragedy Motihari

1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 27 as one more dies

Hindustan Times

The death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 on Tuesday with one more person losing his life after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said. Huge quantities of spurious liquor and other related chemicals have been seized during searches at more than 600 places in different parts of Motihari since April …

Liquor Death Toll District Spurious Liquor Motihari Bihar Hooch

1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll rises to 26; five SHOs suspended for dereliction of duty

The Hindu

The death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar’s East Champaran district rose to 26 on April 17 with four more people losing their lives after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, SP Kantesh Kumar Mishra said. Disciplinary actions were taken against 11 police personnel, including nine chowkidars, on Sunday, he said, adding that the district police have so …

Bihar Liquor Tragedy Pti Spurious Liquor East Champaran Hooch

1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch toll reaches 22 as 8 more die

Hindustan Times

The toll in the hooch tragedy in Bihar’s East Champaran district jumped to 22 after eight more deaths were reported on Sunday from different health facilities even as the district administration suspended 11 police personnel in the aftermath of the incident, police said, adding, so far, 25 people have been arrested in this connection. The toll in the hooch tragedy …

Bihar Liquor East District Sinha Nitish Kumar Kumar

1 year, 8 months ago

8 more die in Bihar’s Champaran hooch tragedy; toll rises to 22

Hindustan Times

The death toll in East Champaran’s suspected spurious liquor consumption cases climbed to 22 on Sunday with eight fresh casualties reported from different health facilities even as 11 police personnel were suspended in the aftermath of the incident. The Bihar police said that 12 to 13 people are under treatment after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in East Champaran. Confirming this, …

Liquor Spurious Liquor East Champaran Hooch Tragedy Champaran

1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy | 20 held, huge cache of illicit liquor seized

The Hindu

Police have arrested 20 people and seized huge quantities of spurious liquor from different villages in Bihar’s Motihari, even as the death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy climbed to 14, officials said on April 16. A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, “involved in illegal trade of liquor”, have been arrested following searches in …

Bihar Liquor Seized

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 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Authorities in Bihar suppressed hooch tragedy death toll: NHRC

Hindustan Times

PATNA: The National Human Rights Commission has blamed the authorities in Bihar for “suppressing the death toll” in the hooch tragedy in Saran and Siwan districts in December 2022, saying at least 77 people had died in the incident as against the government’s figure of 42 deaths. A 13-member team of NHRC, which probed the hooch tragedy, has also observed …

Death Bihar Tragedy State Report Pti Nhrc

1 year, 9 months ago

NHRC report: Saran hooch toll at least 77, Bihar tried to hide figures

Hindustan Times

A 13-member team of the National Human Rights Commission team, which probed the hooch tragedy in Saran and Siwan districts of Bihar in December 2022, has observed in its report that “deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor have become part of the law and order landscape of Bihar ever since prohibition was enforced in the state in the year …

Bihar Victims Liquor Tragedy Family Members State Report

2 years ago

The high cost of spurious liquor

Hindustan Times

The worst poisonous alcohol-related tragedy in Bihar since the imposition of prohibition appears to have forced the government on the backfoot, with aggressive responses by chief minister Nitish Kumar to legitimate questions about what his administration was doing to track the sale of spurious liquor and how it was available so widely in a state where all sale and consumption …

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Turkey: 37 die after consuming spurious alcohol in Istanbul, 17 others in hospital

Bihar: 2 Leaders Of Chirag Paswan's LJP Found Dead, Lens On Spurious Liquor

Bihar's Alcohol Crisis: A Grim Grip on the State

When spurious liquor struck twice and killed 140 unsuspecting tipplers in Madras

Tamil Nadu hooch deaths, Kanchenjunga Express accident and more: The week in 5 charts

Tamil Nadu spurious liquor case: Death toll reaches 47 in Kallakurichi, 3 accused sent to jail

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 33; CM Stalin suspends SP, orders CID probe

Sangrur hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 20, Election Commission seeks report

Punjab: Toll in Sangrur hooch tragedy rises to 20, SIT formed

Punjab: Death count rises to 20 in Sangrur spurious liquor case, SIT formed

Tamil Nadu spurious liquor tragedy | CB-CID takes over probe

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Four more deaths take toll to 21

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Toll rises to 17; CM Stalin orders CB-CID probe, suspends SP

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | With four more deaths at Marakkanam and Maduranthakam, toll rises to 17

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll reaches 27, police arrest 174 people

Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 27 as one more dies

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll rises to 26; five SHOs suspended for dereliction of duty

Bihar hooch toll reaches 22 as 8 more die

8 more die in Bihar’s Champaran hooch tragedy; toll rises to 22

Bihar hooch tragedy | 20 held, huge cache of illicit liquor seized

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police files charge sheet against 15 accused

Authorities in Bihar suppressed hooch tragedy death toll: NHRC

NHRC report: Saran hooch toll at least 77, Bihar tried to hide figures

The high cost of spurious liquor