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.

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Six people were killed and three others were in serious condition after consuming spurious liquor in a West Bengal town, police said.

The incident took place in Sangrampur in South 24-Parganas distr

Illicitly distilled liquor, Gudumba, has been ravaging the lives of tribals of several hamlets of Mulug and Mahbubabad mandals, as it has over the years claimed lives of large number of men folk and l

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today said cinemas and liquor shops should reopen in Kashmir to give more options to tourists visiting the state. "When we can have television at home, when we can watch

Police in the Pakistani capital on Thursday seized 7,200 bottles of liquor from a truck during the checking of vehicles on the outskirts of the city, officials said.

The liquor, concealed in cartons

Where there’s a will there’s a way — actually, a bridge.

Although the Pennaiyar river, flowing across the territorial limits of Puducherry and the neighbouring district of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, i

Social activist Anna Hazare told a TV channel on Monday that people who consume alcohol 'should be flogged in public'.

In commments that are likely to attract strong criticism, Hazare, during an inte

In a move aimed at imposing a total ban on alcohol consumption in Chhattisgarh, the state government has shut down 263 liquor shops in rural areas, an official said on Tuesday.

"The government is wor

Mumbai: Maharashtra government is reaping double benefits after banning country liquor from the state as the move has led to an increase in revenue by Rs 1200 crore and a drop in wife beating cases

New Delhi: In a move to check sale of spurious liquor and bootlegging, all alcohol bottles sold in the city will soon have two-dimensional modern bar coding with Delhi government today deciding to