A Pakistani legislator caused consternation among his colleagues when he suggested in the Sindh Assembly that alcohol should be as easily available as soft drinks in a country whose majority Muslim po

When you enter the premises of North Malabar’s Sri Muthappan temple at Parassinikadavu in Kerala, you may wonder whether you are standing in front of a holy shrine.

No doubt, you are. It’s only that

The relief amount that the government is distributing to the cyclone-hit, to enable them to return to normal life by reactivating their source of livelihood, is, ironically, finding its way to the Tas

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district rose to 18 on Monday with another person succumbing at a hospital. The condition of four others remain critical.

About 50 trib

Inspired by a Bollywood flick, three unemployed men started supplying illicit liquor in an ambulance but were arrested in south Delhi after an unwarranted use of the siren alerted the police, an offic

The death toll in the hooch tragedy jumped to 167 today with 19 more casualties reported from three hospitals as police arrested two more persons in connection with the incident.

More deaths are fea

Spurious liquor claimed 31 more lives today, taking the toll in the hooch tragedy at Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district to 98. More than 60 people are battling for their lives in several hospitals

Seven persons were today arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy in South 24 Parganas district even as the West Bengal Government ordered a CID investigation into the incident.

Making a statem

It has been a horrifying few days for West Bengal. A fire in a Kolkata hospital claimed 93 lives on December 8 and now, one of India's worst hooch tragedies is unfolding in the state.

121 people hav

More than 120 people were killed in a West Bengal village after consuming illicit liquor on Tuesday night. Following are major hooch tragedies in India in the past few years:

December 2011 - 121 peop