Hooch Tragedy
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Uttar Pradesh: Four dead, five hospitalised after consuming illicit liquor in Prayagraj
Locals said the shop was running despite its owners facing cases of selling smuggled liquor.
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Uttar Pradesh: Three dead, five in hospital after drinking spurious liquor in Sitapur
One person has been arrested.
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Uttar Pradesh: Main accused in Barabanki hooch tragedy arrested after police encounter
The toll has gone up to 16, while 38 people are undergoing treatment.
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Uttar Pradesh: Thirteen die after consuming spurious liquor in Barabanki district
Chief Minister Adityanath has ordered the excise department to conduct an inquiry, and directed senior officials to take action against the guilty.
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Will Assam government’s ban on using molasses to make liquor put an end to hooch deaths?
The government has acted belatedly to fix a regulatory black hole that may have been the trigger for 155 deaths in February.
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Hooch deaths: Assam government orders ban on molasses, which is used to make country liquor
More than 150 people died in February after consuming spurious alcohol in Golaghat and Jorhat districts.
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Assam liquor deaths: Toll rises to 155, MLA alleges nexus between excise department, liquor traders
The Opposition disrupted the Assembly session seeking punishment for those responsible for the deaths.
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Assam liquor deaths: Trade union of tea workers to shut down alcohol shops from today
Meanwhile, the state government banned laligur, a form of molasses used in making Sulai, a country liquor.
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Assam: Toll in hooch tragedy rises to 124, over 300 in hospital
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the toll and the number of people admitted to medical facilities is ‘changing minute to minute’.
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Spurious liquor deaths: NHRC issues notice to UP government on report claiming 150 died in 15 years
The news report, if true, indicate failure on part of the concerned authorities for not taking lawful action against the culprits, the human rights panel said.
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‘Why should we not blame BJP?’: As hooch kills 108 men, anger rises against UP politicians, police
The tragedy occured in Balupur village in Haridwar on February 7.
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Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath sets up SIT to look into deaths caused by drinking spurious liquor
The toll across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand has risen to 108, and 215 arrests have been made so far.
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