Bihar Tragedy

At least 20 people, who were on their way to attend a funeral on a makeshift raft, fell into a river in Bihar's Purnia. The group of people had created the makeshift raft with bamboo sticks to cross the river due to the absence of a bridge.

In a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar, two persons have died and as many have lost their eyesight after consuming spurious liquor in Muzaffarpur district, a police officer said on Sunday.

Two bodies were found as the search operation continued on Friday morning for the people who went missing in the boat capsize in Bagmati river in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, officials said.

Eleven children are still missing after a boat carrying more than 30 people, including kids on their way to school, overturned near the Madhupur Patti Ghat on the Bagmati River inBihar's Muzaffarpur district on Thursday morning.

At least 25 deaths in one day, wailing relatives and overcrowded wards with patients being laid out on stretchers on the floor - a hospital in Bihar's Bhojpur is laying bare the human tragedy of the heatwave sweeping many states in the country.

The death count in a suspected illicit liquor or hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 today with one more person losing his life after consuming the toxic liquor in Bihar's Motihari, police said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he is deeply pained over the deaths in the suspected hooch tragedy at Motihari in East Champaran district, and announced an aid of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the victims.

The death count in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 26 on Monday with four more people losing their lives after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said.

A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, "involved in the illegal trade of liquor", have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.

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 toll in the suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar's Siwan district rose to five after two more deaths were reported on Monday, a senior police officer said

Empty liquor bottles were found in the Collectorate premises in Samastipur yesterday. The recovery came in the backdrop of a wave of deaths in the Chhapra district linked to spurious liquor.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking an independent and Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe in the hooch tragedy in Bihar's Chhapra that has claimed over 40 lives so far.

The special investigation team caught a homoeopathy practitioner, allegedly the mastermind of the hooch tragedy that claimed at least 38 lives

After the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team arrived in Bihar to probe the hooch tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the rights panel visit is propaganda by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre.

At least 20 people, who were on their way to attend a funeral on a makeshift raft, fell into a river in Bihar's Purnia. The group of people had created the makeshift raft with bamboo sticks to cross the river due to the absence of a bridge.

In a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar, two persons have died and as many have lost their eyesight after consuming spurious liquor in Muzaffarpur district, a police officer said on Sunday.

Two bodies were found as the search operation continued on Friday morning for the people who went missing in the boat capsize in Bagmati river in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, officials said.

Eleven children are still missing after a boat carrying more than 30 people, including kids on their way to school, overturned near the Madhupur Patti Ghat on the Bagmati River inBihar's Muzaffarpur district on Thursday morning.

At least 25 deaths in one day, wailing relatives and overcrowded wards with patients being laid out on stretchers on the floor - a hospital in Bihar's Bhojpur is laying bare the human tragedy of the heatwave sweeping many states in the country.

The death count in a suspected illicit liquor or hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 today with one more person losing his life after consuming the toxic liquor in Bihar's Motihari, police said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he is deeply pained over the deaths in the suspected hooch tragedy at Motihari in East Champaran district, and announced an aid of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the victims.

The death count in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 26 on Monday with four more people losing their lives after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said.

A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, "involved in the illegal trade of liquor", have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.

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 toll in the suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar's Siwan district rose to five after two more deaths were reported on Monday, a senior police officer said

Empty liquor bottles were found in the Collectorate premises in Samastipur yesterday. The recovery came in the backdrop of a wave of deaths in the Chhapra district linked to spurious liquor.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking an independent and Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe in the hooch tragedy in Bihar's Chhapra that has claimed over 40 lives so far.

The special investigation team caught a homoeopathy practitioner, allegedly the mastermind of the hooch tragedy that claimed at least 38 lives

After the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team arrived in Bihar to probe the hooch tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the rights panel visit is propaganda by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre.