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Pune hooch tragedy: MCOCA to be invoked against main accused; ₹5L aid for each victim’s family

Mumbai, India - June 29, 2023: Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis interacts during his interview at Sagar Bunglow, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published 42 days ago

FDA cancels methanol supplier’s licence after Pune hooch tragedy, orders statewide inspection of 937 firms

**PTI's Best Photos of the Week** Pune: Bereaved family members mourn after several people died following the consumption of suspected spurious liquor, at Phugewadi area of Pimpri Chinchwad, in Pune district, Maharashtra, Friday, May 29, 2026. Seven persons died in the Phugewadi area of Pimpri Chinchwad, while five others died in the Pandhare Mala area of Pune's Hadapsar after consuming suspected spurious liquor. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_29_2026_000167A)(PTI05_31_2026_000240A) (PTI)

Published 63 days ago

Excise dept to seek custody of prime accused in Pune hooch tragedy

Excise dept to seek custody of prime accused in Pune hooch tragedy

Published 64 days ago

PCMC issues demolition notice to key accused in hooch tragedy

PCMC issues demolition notice to key accused in hooch tragedy

Published 64 days ago

Pune police commissioner writes to Supriya Sule, rebuts claims of deteriorating law and order

Pune, India - Feb. 19, 2024:Amitesh Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Pune during the press conference on MD drug smuggling at commissioner office in Pune India, on Monday, February 19, 2024. (Photo by Shankar Narayan/HT PHOTO)

Published 66 days ago

Pune hooch tragedy: Survivors may face lifelong health complications, warn doctors

Pune hooch tragedy: Survivors may face lifelong health complications, warn doctors

Published 66 days ago

Pune hooch tragedy: Crackdown on illegal liquor trade continues, 9 booked in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Pune hooch tragedy: Crackdown on illegal liquor trade continues, 9 booked in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Published 67 days ago

Opposition, Mahayuti allies target police and excise department over hooch tragedy

The Youth Congress also attempted to lock the Excise Department office in protest. (HT)

Published 68 days ago

22 officials suspended after Pune hooch tragedy

Following an internal inquiry, the Pune police commissionerate suspended three officers attached to Hadapsar police station. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Published 68 days ago

5 die in ‘hooch tragedy’ in Bihar’s Saran district

Viscera samples have been preserved for forensic examination and further investigation. (HT Photo)

Published 147 days ago

Death toll in suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar’s Saran rises to five

Death toll in suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar’s Saran rises to five

Published 147 days ago

Bihar home guard killed while chasing people carrying liquor, cops say accident

Multiple individuals every year face legal charges including arrest for selling spurious liquor in the state.

Published 355 days ago

Amritsar hooch tragedy: SC commission seeks action taken report from DC, SSP

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has launched an investigation into the hooch tragedy in Amritsar’s Majitha sub-division, which claimed the lives of 27 people in May.

Published 413 days ago

Hooch tragedy: MP Aujla seeks inquiry by sitting HC judge

Congress MP from Amritsar, Gurjeet Singh Aujla during a press conference in Chandigarh on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published 447 days ago

Amritsar hooch tragedy: 4 more die, toll mounts to 27

The death toll in the hooch tragedy that struck several villages in the Majitha sub-division of Amritsar district rose to 27 on Thursday, as four more people who had consumed spurious liquor succumbed to the effects while undergoing treatment at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, said officials.

Published 448 days ago

Amritsar hooch tragedy: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces ₹10 lakh relief for victims’ kin

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday visited Marari Kalan village of Majitha sub-division to meet the kin of the hooch tragedy victims. (@AAPPunjab)

Published 450 days ago

Hooch tragedies: 176 deaths in 5 years in Punjab but no lessons learnt

Grieving family members of one of the victims, Karnail Singh, at Threawal village in Amritsar on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 450 days ago

Punjab hooch tragedy toll rises to 21, Opposition calls for CM to resign

Relatives of those who lost their lives in the Punjab hooch tragedy have been mourning their deaths after they consumed spurious liquor.

Updated 451 days ago

Amritsar hooch tragedy: 17 dead, kingpin among 9 held in Majitha

Family members of the hooch tragedy victims grieving in Majitha sub division of Amritsar district on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 451 days ago

Amritsar hooch tragedy: 17 dead, many critical; kingpin among 9 held in Majitha

A man shows a packet of illicit liquor. (HT File Photo)

Updated 451 days ago

Bihar: 1 dead, 2 critical in yet another hooch tragedy in Siwan

Family members mourn the death of hooch tragedy victims in Bihar’s Saran last month. (HT Photo)

Published 630 days ago

Bihar Hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 35 after 10 more casualties

A woman in Bihar’s Siwan district shows spurious liquor after many people died after consuming tainted liquor this week (ANI)

Updated 658 days ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 25, Oppn targets Nitish Kumar govt

People being treated after the consumption of suspected spurious liquor, in Saran, (PTI Photo)

Updated 658 days ago

Opportunistic double engine govt in Bihar responsible for hooch tragedy: Kharge

Kharge’s statement comes in wake of the latest hooch tragedy in Bihar that claimed 36 lives. (ANI file photo)

Updated 659 days ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 24 from Saran, Siwan districts

Expressing their anguish over the incident, locals took to the streets voicing their dismay. (Representative file photo)

Published 659 days ago

8 dead in Bihar hooch tragedy

8 dead in Bihar hooch tragedy

Updated 660 days ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: 8 dead, many hospitalised after consuming illicit liquor

Consumption of spurious liquor has left multiple dead in Bihar. (HT PHOTO/REPRESENTATIVE)

Published 660 days ago

Suspected spurious liquor leaves at least eight people dead in Bihar

Consumption of spurious liquor has left scores dead in Bihar. (HT PHOTO/REPRESENTATIVE)

Published 660 days ago

Remove word ‘tribal’ from names of state govt schools, Madras HC tells state

The bench of justices SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan who stated that it was “painful” that even in the 21st century the government would allow such terms when in schools which are functioning out of public money. (ANI)

Updated 741 days ago

TN hooch tragedy: AIADMK begins hunger strike, demands CBI probe

The AIADMK members are also demanding TN chief minister MK Stalin's resignation following the illicit liquor tragedy. (ANI Photo)

Published 771 days ago

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