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  OPINION | Bihar hooch tragedy: Police raids to cover up Nitish Kumar’s failure

  India | December 21, 2022 6:13 IST

  The Special Investigation Team has arrested a local liquor trader Akhilesh Rai alias Yadav from Isuapur in Saran district, and seized Rs 2.17 lakh cash from his locations. More than 28 people connected with liquor trade have been arrested in Saran district alone. Thirty-one people have lost their ey

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  Bihar: Excise officials attacked by women associated with liquor business in West Champaran

  India | December 20, 2022 12:23 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: Nitish government recently appointed Rajvinder Singh Bhatti as Director General of Police (DGP) to check the liquor business in the dry state. Subsequently, officials have been carrying out massive search operations across the state.

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  Hooch tragedy: 'If then, why not now?' Sushil Modi slams CM Nitish over no compensation to victims

  India | December 19, 2022 14:11 IST

  The CM had further said that liquor deaths were much higher in other states, particularly ruled by the BJP. "Top per hai Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, UP...kahan nahi hai. Sab jagah ka dekh lijiye hisaab kitaab," he said.

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  ‘Shameful…’: BJP’s Anil Vij slams Tejashwai Yadav to compare Bihar hooch tragedy with deaths in othe

  India | December 19, 2022 7:10 IST

  Bihar government is under severe attack as the number of deaths in Chhapra hooch tragedy continues to increase and the political blame game is also on in the state.

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: Union Minister Giriraj Singh hits out at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

  India | December 18, 2022 8:38 IST

  Defending the liquor ban in his state, Nitish Kumar had said that the state’s prohibition policy has been beneficial to several people and a large number of people had also given up drinking alcohol as an after-effect of this step.

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: SIT arrests liquor mafia Anil Singh, 271 others under 'Operation Clean'

  India | December 18, 2022 6:27 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: 271 liquor traders were arrested under Operation Clean, according to the police.

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  Chhapra hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 71; Tejashwi Yadav blames UP, Haryana for liquor supply

  India | December 17, 2022 11:08 IST

  Chhapra hooch tragedy: Earlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said no compensation will be given if a person dies after consuming spurious liquor.

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  OPINION | A minister’s campaign against alcohol and drug addiction

  India | December 16, 2022 16:50 IST

  On Friday, Nitish Kumar repeated his remark “Piyoge, toh maroge”(you will die if you drink liquor) and took a jibe at BJP over the Morbi bridge collapse incident in Gujarat. He said, “even though so many people died in Morbi, that news made it to the newspapers just for a day”.

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  Saran hooch tragedy: NHRC takes suo motu of incident, issues notice to Bihar govt and police chief

  India | December 16, 2022 16:27 IST

  Saran hooch tragedy: The NHRC said in a statement that the sale and consumption of alcohol were completely banned in Bihar in April 2016, but its "implementation has been patchy."

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  'Sawaal hi nahi...': Nitish's stern remark over demand for compensation for hooch tragedy victims

  India | December 16, 2022 14:15 IST

  Bihar liquor deaths: CM Nitish Kumar has made it clear that no compensation will be given to family of those who die after consuming spurious liquor.

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  Tejashwi counterattacks BJP, claims saffron party-ruled states accounted for most hooch deaths

  India | December 15, 2022 16:30 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the BJP-ruled states have the worst track records in terms of spurious liquor deaths.

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  ‘Peeoge to maroge’: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's bizarre remark over hooch tragedy

  India | December 15, 2022 12:13 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday lost his cool and burst out at the BJP-led opposition which was protesting against the state government over the latest hooch tragedy in Chhapra where atl least 39 people died after consuming illicit liquor.

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 39; political blame game at play

  India | December 15, 2022 11:51 IST

  This is not the first time a hooch tragedy took place in Bihar where the liquor ban is in place. In fact, the Nitish government is always being criticized for the poor implementation of the law.

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  'Sharabi ho gaye tum log,' Nitish Kumar loses cool after Oppn drama over Chhapra hooch tragedy

  India | December 16, 2022 12:15 IST

  Nitish Kumar became aggressive in the assembly and lashed out at the BJP saying, "they were too in the favour of imposing liquor ban... had sworn for it... and now what happened...

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: Suspected spurious liquor kills 4 in Saran district

  India | August 12, 2022 12:36 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: According to the officials, the death toll in the incident, which took place on Thursday, is likely to rise.

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: 11 dead, 5 arrested, SHO suspended

  India | August 05, 2022 23:31 IST

  Bihar Hooch Tragedy: The anti-liquor law has been criticised for poor implementation by the Opposition while maverick leaders such as former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, whose party is a constituent of the ruling alliance, have been advocating the withdrawal of prohibition.

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  Seven die in yet another hooch tragedy in dry Bihar

  India | August 05, 2022 14:04 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: Among the seriously ill, more than 10 people have suffered loss of vision, the District Magistrate said.

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  Bihar hooch tragedy: 2 dead, 4 lose eyesight after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Saran

  India | August 02, 2022 14:33 IST

  Bihar hooch tragedy: All affected people were daily wage labourers, involved in the construction of a building at Jivpur under Panapur police station in the district.

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  Gujarat hooch tragedy: Congress demands probe by sitting HC judge

  India | July 29, 2022 13:46 IST

  Khera: "it has come to light that 600 litres of ‘methyl alcohol’ was brought from Ahmedabad to Botad district after which water was mixed in it..."

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  Gujarat hooch tragedy: 6 cops suspended; Botad, Ahmedabad SPs transferred as death toll reaches 42

  India | July 28, 2022 13:21 IST

  Gujarat hooch tragedy: At least 97 people were still admitted to hospitals in Bhavnagar, Botad and Ahmedabad.