Judicial probe into the recent hooch tragedy that struck several villages in Cuttack and Khurda districts of Odisha has begun even as the death toll due to it mounted to 35, official sources said on S

The death toll due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor has risen to 30 in Odisha, but the authorities have held two medicines responsible for the tragedy.

The victims, mostly poor men from Cutt

Odisha Excise Minister A. U. Singhdeo on Thursday resigned following the hooch tragedy in Cuttack and Khurda districts, which has claimed 30 lives so far.

Singhdeo sent his resignation on moral groun

Thirteen people died and at least 25 were battling for life after consuming spurious liquor in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said on Wednesday.

The victims fell ill after consuming moonshine they

With 14 more persons succumbing to illness caused by spurious liquor, the death toll in Odisha hooch tragedy mounted to 19 on Wednesday prompting the state government to order a judicial probe into

The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal police has arrested three people in connection with the hooch tragedy earlier this month that left at least 171 dead in South 24 Parganas district.

Two more persons succumbed to illicit toddy on Thursday taking the toll to 25 in the twin hooch tragedy in Malappuram district, police said.

Velayudhan of Kolathur in the district and Kanakkayi of p

Four more persons have died in the twin hooch tragedy in the district, taking the toll to 19, officials said here on Tuesday.

The toll was likely to go up as several persons who consumed the killer

Four persons died after allegedly consuming illicit liquor from a toddy shop at Kuttippuram in the district on Monday, police said.

The bodies of two persons were recovered from Kuttippuram Railway