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.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], August 3 (ANI): After the hooch tragedy that claimed 86 lives in Punjab, the Ludhiana police on Sunday said that they busted an illicit liquor manufacturing racket and recovered more than 2 lakh litres of lahan (fruit of mahua tree used in making liquor), 1,612 lit
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Claiming that about 100 lives had been lost due to the recent hooch tragedy in Punjab, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday urged the state government to immediately put a stop on trade in illicit liquor.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 2 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann on Sunday slammed the Punjab government over hooch tragedy and said when the government starts playing with the people's lives, they can't hope to benefit from that.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the hooch tragedy, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday suggested him to 'mind his own business'.