At least three people died and around a dozen others were battling for their lives after consuming spurious liquor in Gaya district of dry Bihar on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Pathra village in...

At least three people were killed while several others were battling for their lives  in a hooch case in Saran district of dry Bihar that surfaced on Monday. One youth has lost his eyesight in t...

Chief minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government claimed on Monday that the frequent hooch incidents were not connected in any manner to prohibition. It also asserted that some people with “ves...

The brew becomes poisonous only if they mix methyl alcohol or industrial spirit to save on time and cost. However, the administration and police gave various reasons — from the cold exposure an...

Meanwhile, rattled by the deaths, police and excise officials launched raids in Amnour, Maker and Marhaura police station areas where the deaths occurred. Police arrested 52 persons and recovered arou...

The death toll in the latest hooch tragedy in Bihar climbed to 33 on Friday, while arrests were made and errant officials punished in connection with sale of illicit liquor, even as Chief Minister Nit...

At least 17 people died after allegedly consuming hooch in two districts of dry Bihar on Diwali while around 20 more are said to be critical. The toll pushed the deaths due to suspected consumption o...

Noor Islam Fakir a.k.a. Khonra Badsha, the main accused in the 2011 Sangrampur hooch tragedy that claimed 172 lives and blinded many others, received a life sentence from the additional district and s...

The Assam Branch Indian Tea Association (Abita) has assured the state government that it would extend full cooperation to the prevention of brewing and selling of illicit liquor in tea gardens.Speakin...

The Assam excise department has directed its legal team to “strongly” oppose court stay orders on transfers carried out in the wake of the hooch tragedy.Over 150 people, mostly from the Upper Assa...