Bihar Liquor Ban

A Hindustan petroleum oil tanker, carrying alcohol, was seized in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

Former election strategist Prashant Kishor's long-pending entry to electoral politics came today with the formal launch of his Jan Suraaj group as a political party.

Ahead of his party's foundation day on October 2, Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor vowed on Saturday to end the liquor ban in Bihar immediately if elected to power.

The tragedy, the latest in a series of such deaths since 2016 when the Bihar government banned alcohol in the state, has been reported from Lakshmipur, Paharpur, and Harsiddhi blocks of Motihari.

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Bihar government on whether it had conducted any study or had any empirical data to show whether liquor consumption has decreased after the enactment of prohibition law in the state.

The lives of the people of Bihar have come under risk because of the state government's failure to effectively implement its much-touted prohibition law, the Patna High Court has said.

Liquor is banned in Bihar since April 2016 with severe punishment up to 10 year-jail term.

Election strategist-turned-politician, Prashant Kishor, on Thursday said prohibition in Bihar has been a complete failure but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "does not want to accept this reality".

Battling criticism over repeated hooch tragedies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday called the people who consume liquor "Mahapaapi" (sinners) and said the state government cannot be made liable for providing relief to them.

At least 10 deaths in two districts of dry Bihar have been blamed by locals on suspected consumption of spurious liquor during Holi celebrations, police said on Sunday.

Bihar has pressed helicopters in service to trail the manufacture of illicit liquor and its trade in the state.

Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The Patna High Court has told the Supreme Court that there is "phenomenal increase" in filing of bail applications due to the enforcement of prohibition in the state and roughly 25% of regular bail pleas are being filed under the prohibition law.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called for public shaming of those flouting liquor ban in the state while hardening his stance against relaxing the stringent prohibition law for those coming to the dry state from elsewhere.

A doctor has been arrested for violating the ban on liquor, the Bihar Police said. He was caught drinking in Patna, the police said, adding he has been sent to jail.

A Hindustan petroleum oil tanker, carrying alcohol, was seized in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

Former election strategist Prashant Kishor's long-pending entry to electoral politics came today with the formal launch of his Jan Suraaj group as a political party.

Ahead of his party's foundation day on October 2, Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor vowed on Saturday to end the liquor ban in Bihar immediately if elected to power.

The tragedy, the latest in a series of such deaths since 2016 when the Bihar government banned alcohol in the state, has been reported from Lakshmipur, Paharpur, and Harsiddhi blocks of Motihari.

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Bihar government on whether it had conducted any study or had any empirical data to show whether liquor consumption has decreased after the enactment of prohibition law in the state.

The lives of the people of Bihar have come under risk because of the state government's failure to effectively implement its much-touted prohibition law, the Patna High Court has said.

Liquor is banned in Bihar since April 2016 with severe punishment up to 10 year-jail term.

Election strategist-turned-politician, Prashant Kishor, on Thursday said prohibition in Bihar has been a complete failure but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "does not want to accept this reality".

Battling criticism over repeated hooch tragedies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday called the people who consume liquor "Mahapaapi" (sinners) and said the state government cannot be made liable for providing relief to them.

At least 10 deaths in two districts of dry Bihar have been blamed by locals on suspected consumption of spurious liquor during Holi celebrations, police said on Sunday.

Bihar has pressed helicopters in service to trail the manufacture of illicit liquor and its trade in the state.

Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The Patna High Court has told the Supreme Court that there is "phenomenal increase" in filing of bail applications due to the enforcement of prohibition in the state and roughly 25% of regular bail pleas are being filed under the prohibition law.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called for public shaming of those flouting liquor ban in the state while hardening his stance against relaxing the stringent prohibition law for those coming to the dry state from elsewhere.

A doctor has been arrested for violating the ban on liquor, the Bihar Police said. He was caught drinking in Patna, the police said, adding he has been sent to jail.