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Special Team To Probe Bihar Toxic Liquor Deaths Case, Action Taken Against Officials
A special investigation team has been set up to crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, where 26 people have died and at least 12 others have taken ill since Tuesday night, officials said.
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28 Dead In Gujarat After Drinking Illicit Liquor, More In Hospital, Case Against 14
The number of deaths due to the consumption of illicit or toxic liquor in Gujarat's Botad district has gone up to 28, a senior police official said today.
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Bill Proposes Death Penalty In Hooch Tragedy Cases in Madhya Pradesh
A bill proposing stricter punishment up to life imprisonment and death penalty to perpetrators of hooch tragedies was cleared by the Madhya Pradesh cabinet today.
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UP Toxic Liquor Tragedy Case: BJP Expels Accused From Party
The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party and said he was not an active member.
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9 Dead After Drinking Toxic Liquor Dumped In Canal In UP
Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh have died, taking the count in the second hooch tragedy in the district to nine, officials said on Friday.
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UP Toxic Liquor Tragedy Case: 13 More Including Factory Owner Arrested In Police Raids
Thirteen more people, including the owner of a chemical factory, were arrested in Aligarh for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with a hooch tragedy, officials said on Tuesday.
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22 Dead In Yet Another Toxic Liquor Tragedy In UP, 5 Officials Suspended
In yet another tragedy linked to spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh, 22 people have died in the state's Aligarh district since Friday morning.
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Samajwadi Party Forms Panel To Probe Into UP Hooch Tragedy
The Samajwadi Party has constituted a nine-member committee to probe into the death of five people after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district.
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7 Dead, 15 Hospitalised In UP After Consuming Toxic Liquor
Six people died and at least 15 are admitted to a hospital after allegedly consuming suspected illicit liquor in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.
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Main Accused In UP Spurious Liquor Tragedy Arrested After Encounter
Pappu Jaiswal, the main accused in the Barabanki spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed 16 lives, was arrested early on Wednesday after an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police.
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12 Die Consuming Spurious Liquor In UP, Political Conspiracy Suspected
At least 12 people died and around 40 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, officials said today.
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155 Dead; Assam Lawmaker Alleges Officials Linked With Hooch Sellers
Over 150 people, most of them tea garden workers, have died in one of the worst hooch tragedies in Assam. Over 90 are dead in Golaghat and the rest in Jorhat. The number of deaths is likely to go up district administrative officials have told NDTV.
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Opposition Demands Yogi Adityanath's Resignation Over Hooch Deaths
Opposition members on Monday created chaos in the Uttar Pradesh assembly over allegations that negligence on the part of the state government led to a large number of deaths after consumption of spurious liquor. This led to adjournment of the Question Hour.
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Over A 100 Dead In Hooch Tragedy, 2 Senior Officers In UP Suspended
Two senior officers have been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday, in connection with the hooch tragedy in the state and neighbouring Uttarakhand, which killed 104 people. While 67 died in UP, 37 people have been killed in Uttarakhand. After a statewide crackdown, 79,000 litres of country made liquor have seized across the state.
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"Illegal Liquor Trade Thrived": Priyanka Gandhi On UP, Uttarakhand Deaths
A day after over 70 people died after consuming poisonous liquor in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said the state governments must take action against those responsible for the tragedy, and offered her condolences to the families of those who died. The BJP is in power in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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Special Team To Probe Bihar Toxic Liquor Deaths Case, Action Taken Against Officials
A special investigation team has been set up to crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, where 26 people have died and at least 12 others have taken ill since Tuesday night, officials said.
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28 Dead In Gujarat After Drinking Illicit Liquor, More In Hospital, Case Against 14
The number of deaths due to the consumption of illicit or toxic liquor in Gujarat's Botad district has gone up to 28, a senior police official said today.
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Bill Proposes Death Penalty In Hooch Tragedy Cases in Madhya Pradesh
A bill proposing stricter punishment up to life imprisonment and death penalty to perpetrators of hooch tragedies was cleared by the Madhya Pradesh cabinet today.
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UP Toxic Liquor Tragedy Case: BJP Expels Accused From Party
The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party and said he was not an active member.
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9 Dead After Drinking Toxic Liquor Dumped In Canal In UP
Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh have died, taking the count in the second hooch tragedy in the district to nine, officials said on Friday.
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UP Toxic Liquor Tragedy Case: 13 More Including Factory Owner Arrested In Police Raids
Thirteen more people, including the owner of a chemical factory, were arrested in Aligarh for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with a hooch tragedy, officials said on Tuesday.
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22 Dead In Yet Another Toxic Liquor Tragedy In UP, 5 Officials Suspended
In yet another tragedy linked to spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh, 22 people have died in the state's Aligarh district since Friday morning.
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Samajwadi Party Forms Panel To Probe Into UP Hooch Tragedy
The Samajwadi Party has constituted a nine-member committee to probe into the death of five people after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district.
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7 Dead, 15 Hospitalised In UP After Consuming Toxic Liquor
Six people died and at least 15 are admitted to a hospital after allegedly consuming suspected illicit liquor in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.
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Main Accused In UP Spurious Liquor Tragedy Arrested After Encounter
Pappu Jaiswal, the main accused in the Barabanki spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed 16 lives, was arrested early on Wednesday after an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police.
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12 Die Consuming Spurious Liquor In UP, Political Conspiracy Suspected
At least 12 people died and around 40 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, officials said today.
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155 Dead; Assam Lawmaker Alleges Officials Linked With Hooch Sellers
Over 150 people, most of them tea garden workers, have died in one of the worst hooch tragedies in Assam. Over 90 are dead in Golaghat and the rest in Jorhat. The number of deaths is likely to go up district administrative officials have told NDTV.
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Opposition Demands Yogi Adityanath's Resignation Over Hooch Deaths
Opposition members on Monday created chaos in the Uttar Pradesh assembly over allegations that negligence on the part of the state government led to a large number of deaths after consumption of spurious liquor. This led to adjournment of the Question Hour.
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Over A 100 Dead In Hooch Tragedy, 2 Senior Officers In UP Suspended
Two senior officers have been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday, in connection with the hooch tragedy in the state and neighbouring Uttarakhand, which killed 104 people. While 67 died in UP, 37 people have been killed in Uttarakhand. After a statewide crackdown, 79,000 litres of country made liquor have seized across the state.
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"Illegal Liquor Trade Thrived": Priyanka Gandhi On UP, Uttarakhand Deaths
A day after over 70 people died after consuming poisonous liquor in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said the state governments must take action against those responsible for the tragedy, and offered her condolences to the families of those who died. The BJP is in power in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
