Illicit Liquor

30 dead in Gujarat after drinking spurious liquor: A look at the worst hooch tragedies in India

As many as 30 people have died in Gujarat's Botad district after consuming illicit liquor. Death by spurious alcohol is not rare and claims hundreds of lives every year. In 2019, 168 people died in Assam and in 2011, at least 167 lives were lost in West Bengal

Bihar hooch tragedy: About 40 dead in several districts since Diwali

The latest deaths have been recorded in Samastipur district. Earlier, at least 33 people died in Gopalganj and West Champaran districts upon consuming spurious liquor.

Bihar: Toll climbs to 33 in spurious liquor consumption cases in Gopalganj and West Champaran districts

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav blamed CM Nitish Kumar over the hooch deaths and accused those in his government, including a BJP minister, of being involved in sale of illicit liquor

Amarinder Singh terms Punjab hooch tragedy as 'sheer murder', says won't spare anyone found complicit

As many as 111 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur's Batala

Tamil Nadu Lockdown Diary: From enforcing COVID-19 quarantine to managing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, health workers in rural TN have their task cut out

In rural Tamil Nadu, a health sub-centre is the first institution from the primary health care system that anybody from the community would turn to,

Phase 4 of Lok Sabha election: Election Commission seizes Rs 785.26 crore in cash and Rs 249 crore illicit liquor

The Election Commission said it has seized unaccounted money, illicit liquor, drugs and other inducements worth a total of Rs 3,274 crore in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Monday.

Hooch tragedy claims 150 lives in Assam; Golaghat worst affected region as mass alcohol poisoning grips North East after UP, Bihar

Hundreds of mainly poor people die each year in India from tainted liquor, which normally costs just a few US cents a bottle. Cheap, locally made booze is common in rural parts and bootleggers often add methanol — a highly toxic form of alcohol sometimes used as an antifreeze — to their product to increase its strength.

Assam hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 102; state government cracks down on illicit liquor amid protests

The toll in the Assam hooch tragedy has been rising with every passing hour, with over 400 still admitted in hospitals.

NHRC issues notice to UP government over spurious liquor production in Mainpuri; 150 women lost husbands to hooch, say reports

NHRC took suo motu cognizance of reports that in Pusaina village, out of 300 families, 150 have widows whose husbands died after consuming spurious liquor

In Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Opposition blames Yogi Adityanath for hooch deaths, demand his resignation

The uproar by Opposition members — over the hooch tragedies in Saharanpur and Kushinagar districts last week — led to adjournment of the entire Question Hour.