Bihar Prohibition Policy

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.

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

Bihar's contentious prohibition policy sparked a showdown in the Assembly today between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who hit out at the ruling JDU-BJP government over a liquor bottle in the House.

"Some people have turned against me over the prohibition policy," Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said.

More than three years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rolled out an ambitious prohibition policy, its success remains a matter of debate. But one thing it has achieved is an alarmingly high pile of excise cases. Now, the Patna High Court has asked the state government to present a plan for how it plans to dispose these cases.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said there would be "no compromise" in the prohibition policy, but hinted that amendments, aimed at eradicating alleged misuse of the anti-liquor law, may be introduced in the upcoming state legislative assembly session.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said there would be "no compromise" in the prohibition policy, but hinted that amendments, aimed at eradicating alleged misuse of the anti-liquor law, may be introduced in the upcoming state legislative assembly session.

A 31-member team of Karnataka State Temperance Board on Thursday called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to learn about state's total prohibition policy and its implementation.

Lakhs of people across Bihar on Saturday, including men, women and children, formed a human chain in support of government's prohibition policy introduced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Expressing concern over the "forcible participation" of school children in a proposed "human chain" in support of the state government's prohibition policy, the Patna HC directed the Bihar CS and the DGP to appear before it on Friday.

It's being called the "Boss effect" in Patna. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's praise of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy last week, his party the BJP has said it will participate in a "human chain" being organised by Mr Kumar to popularise the liquor ban in the state.

Two days after Nitish Kumar received lavish praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his liquor prohibition policy in the state, the Bihar chief minister has decided to double up the length of a human chain planned to raise awareness on the issue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."

Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, has finally decided to drop some of the most controversial parts of his liquor ban policy.

The Nitish Kumar government wants advice. After being skewered over its prohibition policy, it wants people to suggest how best they can be banned from drinking.

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.

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

Bihar's contentious prohibition policy sparked a showdown in the Assembly today between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who hit out at the ruling JDU-BJP government over a liquor bottle in the House.

"Some people have turned against me over the prohibition policy," Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said.

More than three years after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rolled out an ambitious prohibition policy, its success remains a matter of debate. But one thing it has achieved is an alarmingly high pile of excise cases. Now, the Patna High Court has asked the state government to present a plan for how it plans to dispose these cases.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said there would be "no compromise" in the prohibition policy, but hinted that amendments, aimed at eradicating alleged misuse of the anti-liquor law, may be introduced in the upcoming state legislative assembly session.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said there would be "no compromise" in the prohibition policy, but hinted that amendments, aimed at eradicating alleged misuse of the anti-liquor law, may be introduced in the upcoming state legislative assembly session.

A 31-member team of Karnataka State Temperance Board on Thursday called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to learn about state's total prohibition policy and its implementation.

Lakhs of people across Bihar on Saturday, including men, women and children, formed a human chain in support of government's prohibition policy introduced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Expressing concern over the "forcible participation" of school children in a proposed "human chain" in support of the state government's prohibition policy, the Patna HC directed the Bihar CS and the DGP to appear before it on Friday.

It's being called the "Boss effect" in Patna. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's praise of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy last week, his party the BJP has said it will participate in a "human chain" being organised by Mr Kumar to popularise the liquor ban in the state.

Two days after Nitish Kumar received lavish praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his liquor prohibition policy in the state, the Bihar chief minister has decided to double up the length of a human chain planned to raise awareness on the issue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."

Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, has finally decided to drop some of the most controversial parts of his liquor ban policy.

The Nitish Kumar government wants advice. After being skewered over its prohibition policy, it wants people to suggest how best they can be banned from drinking.