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:

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Lure of more money leads liquor manufacturers to take to setting up spurious liquor distilleries, with the administration as well as politicians turning a blind eye - till a tragedy like the liquor de

Rescuers brought out seemingly dead patients as anxious relatives stared, hoping their worst fears would not come true, as thick black smoke billowed from the Annex 1 new building of Kolkata's AMRI ho

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Top Maoist leader Kishenji has been reported killed after a firefight with security forces in West Bengal, TV channels have claimed.

Reports say Kishenji was killed in

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in the capital on Tuesday night and is expected to press the Centre for financial assistance to her cash-strapped government.

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Breaking the ice after three years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday personally called up her predecessor and arch-foe Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to invite him to the 17th Kolkata

Under pressure from its powerful Trinamul ally, the UPA government is expected to release “some amount” as a bailout package for West Bengal.

Sources said West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamul bos

Controversy surrounded the intervention of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the clash between police and youths during a religious procession, as she came under attack from opposition CPI-M and BJ

Four more babies died at Kolkata's B.C. Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, besides 12 newborns in the Burdwan Medical College, taking the death toll in two governmen

The Maoists on Tuesday announced they were prepared to hold arms for a month if the West Bengal government halted the joint security forces' operation to build a congenial atmosphere for dialogue.

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