"The liquor ban policy brought by Nitish Kumar's government has completely failed. On one hand, many gangs have emerged. The (Bihar) liquor ban has not been implemented completely. Even today, home delivery is happening there. Those who are poor and cannot afford good liquor are being for
Taking to social media X, Tejaswi Yadav wrote in a post "27 people have been killed due to poisonous liquor under government protection. Dozens have lost their eyesight. There is a so-called liquor ban in Bihar but due to the nexus between ruling party leaders, police and mafia, liquor is
Ahead of his party's foundation day on October 2, Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor vowed to end the liquor ban in Bihar instantly if elected to power on Saturday.
The Bihar Police, based on secret information arrested Janata Dal United (JDU) Block President President Sitaram Prasad and 13 other people in Amber here in the case of gambling on Wednesday night.
The incident happened on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when Begusarai's Naokothi Police Station received information that liquor was being transported in a car. As the police team tried to stop the car, the smugglers increased its speed and hit the inspector and others,
Bihar police on Monday conducted a raid in Bhagwanpur village of Begusarai district and arrested 2 persons with liquor, said the authorities. Bihar is a dry state where the sale of alcohol has been prohibited since 2016 under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
Enforcement Directorate has recovered 14 bottles of liquor during a raid at the residence of SP Sinha - owner of Patna' famous Maurya hotel. ED team from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj had come to Bihar on Saturday after a man having links Maury hotel with was held with foreign currency at Banara
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has appealed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led government to review its liquor policy as it is affecting the tourism and revenue of the State.
Delhi police on Wednesday busted a liquor smuggling gang transporting the bottles to Bihar and recovered 626 bottles of illicit liquor from Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Trasport (SGT) Nagar.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition on January 9 seeking an independent and SIT probe in Chhapra, Bihar hooch tragedy that has claimed over 40 lives so far.