New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said he will sit on a dharna outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence here on August 11 to protest against "the party's involvement in production and pedalling of spurious liquor that killed mo
Chandigarh [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said that perpetrators for hooch tragedy would not be spared at any cost and properties of those responsible would be confiscated.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday increased the ex-gratia amount for the next to the kin of the deceased in the hooch tragedy to Rs 5 lakhs from Rs 2 lakhs.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 6 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal, met Governor VP Singh Badnore on Thursday, demanding an inquiry by the High Court or the CBI into the hooch tragedy as well as an enforcement directorate investigation.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 6 (ANI): The Punjab cabinet on Thursday demanded immediate expulsion of Congress MPs Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo for attacking their own Congress government in the state over the hooch tragedy, the chief minister's office said in a statemen
Chandigarh [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed the Director-General of Police (DGP) to book those directly involved in hooch tragedy under Section 302 of IPC.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): The Punjab government said that the state police have arrested a Ludhiana-based paint store owner, allegedly responsible for triggering the chain of events that ultimately resulted in the hooch tragedy.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The hooch tragedy could not have happened without the knowledge of the authorities; otherwise how could the raw material for making illicit liquor be transported during the lockdown? asked Rajya Sabha Congress MP Shamsher Dullo on Tuesday.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 4 (ANI): Terming the hooch tragedy as amounting to murder, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that he will not spare anyone involved in the matter.
Chandigarh (Punjab), Aug 4 (ANI): The Punjab Police on Monday apprehended twelve more persons, including two businessmen in connection with the spurious liquor case.
Chandigarh [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Describing the hooch tragedy as unfortunate, Punjab Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development Aruna Chaudhary on Monday said the Punjab Police are capable of cracking down on the case.