CHANDIGARH: Sixteen out of the 27 people who died due to consumption of illicit liquor in Amritsar belong to the Dalit community, said Punjab BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha President S.R. Ladhar here on Saturday.
CHANDIGARH: Reiterating that Bhagwant Mann's government has been completely hijacked and take over by AAP's Delhi-based leaders which has led to a constitutional crisis in the state, the Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Monday demanded that ambit of CBI probe into the Delhi Excise Policy must also investigate the Amritsar Hooch Tragedy.
AMRITSAR: The death toll in the hooch tragedy that struck several villages in the Majiths subdivision of Amritsar district rose to 27 in Thursday, as four more people who had consumed spurious liquior succumbed to the effects while undergoing treatment at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, said officials.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today expressed grief and sorrow over the death of 16 persons after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Majitha in Amritsar district.
CHANDIGARH: With the death toll in Punjab hooch tragedy in Amritsar district rising to 17, most of them daily-wagers, and many critical, state BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying those who have been jailed for liquor scams in Delhi are now governing Punjab from government residences in Chandigarh.
CHANDIGARH: The anti drug drive 'Yudh Nasheyan Virudh' launched by AAP government in Punjab has lost its shine and purpose as the millions of public funds spent on poster campaign have gone down the drain with tragic deaths of 20 persons in Hooch tragedy that stuck atleast five villages in Majitha sub division in Amritsar district.
NEW DELHI: Mr. Ravneet Singh Bittu, Union Minister of state for Railways and Food Processing today blamed the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi drug mafia running illegal trade in Punjab for the Hooch tragedy in Majitha sub didicion in Amritsar district, claiming the lives of 16 innocent persons.
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that claimed the lives of 68 people.
PATNA: The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Bihar's Siwan and Saran districts has mounted to 24, Director General of Police Bihar Alok Raj said on Thursday.
PATNA: After ten people died due to spurious liquor consumption in Bihar's Gopalganj, the SHO of Mohammadpur police station and a chowkidar have been suspended for failing to check the illegal trade, police said on Friday.
AGRA:The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended eleven policemen, including three SHOs, after a report by senior officials who investigated the hooch tragedy resulting in death of ten persons.
ALIGARH: Rishi Sharma, the key accused in the Aligarh hooch tragedy which has claimed at least 35 lives, was arrested from near Bulandshahr border, early on Sunday morning.
ALIGARH: Six more persons died and 24 more are undergoing treatment after consuming spurious liquor in a village here, days after another hooch tragedy resulted in the death of at least 35 in the district.
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered suspension of two police officers in Pratapgarh regarding the sale of spurious liquor, which recently led to the death of seven persons.
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Amandeep Singh Bhullar, the main accused in connection with 2011 Jodhpur hooch tragedy in which 22 people allegedly died due to consumption of spurious liquor.
NEW DELHI:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against liquor mafia Sanjay Pratap Singh and others in connection with a hooch tragedy in which 21 people lost their lives in Bihar's Ara district in December 2012.
CHANDIGARH: Manjit Singh Ghasitpur President of Tarn Taram district unit of Congress party today resigned from his post and party in protest against inaction against accused liquor smugglers responsible for hooch tragdy that claimed 120 lives.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the targeted attack by SAD against a senior and highly professional officer of Punjab Police was yet another shameful attempt by them to exploit the unfortunate hooch tragedy to push their own political agenda with an eye on the next Assembly polls in the state.
CHANDIGARH/TARN TARAN :In a healing touch to the bereaved families affected due to Hooch tragedy, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced to enhance the compensation being given to the victim families from existing Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
CHANDIGARH: President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Mr Sunil Jakhar today urged the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to ensure exemplary action against the conspirators, financiers, patrons and officers involved in unfortunate hooch tragedy.
CHANDIGARH: A group of Punjab ministers on Thursday hit out at the Akalis and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for shamelessly using the hooch tragedy to play with the sentiments of the people with an eye on the Assembly elections.
CHANDIGARH: Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta on Wednesday ordered constitution of two Special Investigation Teams (SITs) to fast-track investigations in all the FIRs registered in the hooch tragedy.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he will not tolerate any political interference in the hooch tragedy case, and directed the DGP to book those directly involved for murder under section 302 of IPC.
CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough in the hooch tragedy case, Punjab Police has arrested the Ludhiana-based Paint Store owner, allegedly responsible for triggering the chain of events that ultimately resulted in the death of 111 persons across three districts.
CHANDIGARH: Asserting that he will finish the liquor mafia in the state, Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, on Tuesday said no one, whether a politician or a public servant, will be spared if found complicit in the hooch deaths.
CHANDIGARH:Condoling the death of over 100 people in the spurious liquor tragedy in the State in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Batala in Gurdaspur, Mr. Sunder Sham Arora said that this is not the time to derive mileage and score political brownie points instead the occasion demands that all the political parties come together on a single platform and present a united front.
CHANDIGARH:Condoling the death of over 100 people in the spurious liquor tragedy in the State in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Batala in Gurdaspur, the Food and Civil Supplies minister Punjab Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that this is not the time to derive mileage and score political brownie points instead the occasion demands that all the political parties come together on a single platform and present a united front.
CHANDIGARH:Describing hooch tragedy unfortunate, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary today said that Punjab Police is very much capable to crack down the entire case. She said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has already ordered the suspension of seven excise officials and six policemen with immediate effect and initiated an inquiry against them besides giving strict orders to state police to bring the guilty to justice.
CHANDIGARH: As the death toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 80, the Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 17 more persons in a massive crackdown spanning more than 100 raids in the three affected districts of Amritsar Rural, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran, along with several other places in and around Rajpura and Shambhu border. The total number of arrests in the case has gone up to 25.
CHANDIGARH:Even as the toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 38, Punjab Police on Friday arrested seven more bootleggers from Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran districts in over 40 raids conducted by five teams led by senior officers.