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Patna: Liquor bottles recovered from Maurya Hotel owner's residence during
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
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
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Karnataka: Section 144 imposed, ban on liquor in few areas extended till D
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The prohibitory orders imposed in Surathkal, Bajpe, Kavoor and Panamburu police station limit have been extended till 6.00 am on December 29 by the city police commissioner N Shashikumar.
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Liquor ban in Bihar is a "complete failure": Former Dy CM Sushil Modi slam
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"More than 100 people have died, the government is hiding the figures, and the police are threatening the people saying that they would be sent to jail if they get the post-mortem done. Due to fear, people are going to other ghats and burning dead bodies. An atmosphere of fear has been creat
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If BJP wants to end liquor ban in Bihar, party should say it clearly: Teja
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As the winter session of the Bihar Assembly concluded on Monday with outrage and uproar over the Chhapra hooch tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that if the BJP wants to end the liquor ban in the state, the party should say it clearly.
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PIL in SC seeks SIT probe in Bihar hooch tragedy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking an independent SIT probe in the Bihar hooch tragedy that has claimed 50 lives so far.
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Death toll in Chhapra Hooch Tragedy soars to 50
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
11 more people succumbed in Bihar to the Chhapra Hooch Tragedy taking the toll to 50.
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Bihar hooch tragedy: Nitish Kumar should apologize to people of state, say
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Terming the Bihar hooch tragedy "shameful", Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Thursday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the incident.
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"Where were you earlier?": Tejashwi compares hooch tragedy to BJP-ruled st
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Bihar raised the hooch tragedy issue in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday leading to a ruckus, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the BJP, saying they only have an agenda of "spreading hatred and lies".
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There is no liquor ban in Bihar, it is just Nitish Kumar's ego, says BJP M
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday attacked chief minister Nitish Kumar over the alleged failure of the liquor ban. The Godda MP alleged that many people in his state Jharkhand are "spoilt" since they supply liquor to Bihar. He further alleged that there is no liquor
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Bihar excise Minister on spurious liquor deaths: 'Govt will take strict ac
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"People have died in Bihar even before the Liquor ban. People responsible will be punished. Strict action will be taken without any discrimination. we have always taken action against the accused," he said.
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Bihar: 2 constables, 5 inmates arrested for having liquor party inside loc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As many as five inmates and two constables were arrested for having a liquor party while in the custody of the excise department in Paliganj city of Patna district in Bihar, said police on Thursday.
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Liquor ban has not been successful in Bihar, says JD (U) leader Upendra Ku
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Liquor has been banned in Bihar since April 2016 with severe punishment, up to a 10-year jail term. In March this year, the Liquor Amendment Bill was also passed by the Nitish government and implemented the same from April 1.
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