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Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: Media, cinema, law enforcement agencies – everyone must help combat illicit liquor menace
July 01, 2024 2:02 pm
There are no simple solutions, but we need decisive political will and action. The time is right for political parties and all stakeholders to make tough decisions and ensure a pragmatic and holistic policy framework in the future.
13 dead after having spurious liquor in Tamil Nadu, supplier faced previous cases too
June 20, 2024 7:12 am
Opposition parties AIADMK and BJP criticise ruling DMK government for its failure to curb sale of illicit liquor.
5 dead, several ill after consuming spurious liquor in Tamil Nadu; 1 held, 4 cops suspended
May 15, 2023 1:30 am
Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that Rs 10 lakh each would be given to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those under medical treatment.
14 dead in Motihari in suspected hooch case
April 16, 2023 12:08 am
Police confirmed the 14 deaths of which postmortem of only three — Ashok Paswan, Rameshwar Ram and Chhotu Paswan — could be done as the rest were cremated even before the police reached the spot.
At least 7 dead after ‘consuming spurious liquor’ in Bihar
April 15, 2023 4:47 pm
This comes after 72 people had died in December last year after consuming spurious liquor in Saran district
Underreported deaths, cremations without postmortem: what NHRC flags in its Bihar hooch deaths report
March 27, 2023 8:20 pm
Calling the lack of government compensation “unfair”, the report says it is the duty of the state towards the “family members of those who died due to the failure to enforce its prohibition policy”
Bihar Govt, oppn spar over report on hooch deaths
March 25, 2023 12:38 pm
According to reports, the NHRC, which took suo motu cognisance of the deaths caused by drinking spurious liquor in the dry state, has concluded that the total number of people who died exceeded 70, far more than the 38 casualties confirmed officially.
Hooch claimed 38 lives in Saran, higher death figures misleading: Bihar minister
December 19, 2022 5:07 pm
Nitish Kumar talks about the Saran Hooch tragedy, asserting that the higher quoted death figures by media reports to be misleading.
Hooch deaths: A policy failure foretold, Nitish Kumar caught in a trap
December 18, 2022 9:07 pm
The hooch deaths in Saran also point to the predicament of Nitish Kumar trapped in his own policy and political flailing.
11 die over three days after drinking hooch in Bihar
August 06, 2022 4:15 am
This is the sixth major hooch tragedy since November. Around 90 people have died so far in Gopalganj, East Champaran, Nawada, Nalanda and Saran because of illicit liquor consumption.
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