New Delhi: Odisha Excise Minister AU Singhdeo on Thursday resigned over hooch tragedy in Cuttack on moral grounds. The death toll has risen to 32 in number and as many as 67 people had fallen sick after consumption of a dubious medicinal concoction, which police claim was high in alcohol content and cheaply available at chemist stores. The pharmaceutical laboratory that supplied the medicines has been sealed. Meanwhile, several other...
03:17 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Cuttack: The death toll in the Cuttack hooch tragedy has gone up to 30 while 12 others continue to be in a critical state. As many as 67 people had fallen sick after consumption of a dubious medicinal concoction, which police claim was high in alcohol content and cheaply available at chemist stores. The pharmaceutical laboratory that supplied the medicines has been sealed. Meanwhile, several other victims are battling for...
08:37 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Cuttack: The toll in the hooch tragedy mounted to 30 on Wednesday with the death of 24 more ailing persons in different hospitals in Odisha. While 29 people died at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, one succumbed at the Capital hospital in Bhubaneswar, official sources said. As many as 51 others are battling for survival in SCB Medical College and Hospital, Emergency Officer BN Moharana said. The victims...
03:21 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Cuttack: At least 26 people have died and 25 are serious after consuming spurious liquor in Cuttack. Most of the victims were daily wage earners and worked in a brick kiln in Cuttack. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered a judicial enquiry into the tragedy. Two people have already been arrested in the case. The labourers complained of chest and eye pain after consuming liquor on Monday night. Many...
10:58 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has put the compensation for the families of the hooch tragedy victims on hold for eight weeks. This came after a PIL was filed challenging the compensation announced by the state government for the victims. The PIL challenged the rationale behind the payment of the compensation. The West Bengal government had announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the victims' families. More than 170...
05:10 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Diamond Harbour: Noor Islam Fakir alias Khonra Badsha, the prime accused in West Bengal's worst ever hooch tragedy that claimed 172 lives, on Monday surrendered before a court, police said. Hunted by the CID for about a month after the incident at Sangrampur in South 24-Parganas district on December 13, Khonra Badsha (48) surrendered before the sub-divisional court this morning. Earlier on December 24, CID sleuths arrested the prime accused's...
03:05 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to begin a padyatra on Friday to raise awareness about the hazards of consuming illicit liquor. This in the wake of the hooch tragedy that claimed over 170 lives in December. The West Bengal CID earlier arrested wife of kingpin Badshah and two others in the hooch tragedy case. Nurjahan is the wife of prime suspect Badshah Khokon alias Khora...
06:41 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: The West Bengal CID has arrested wife of kingpin Badshah and two others in the hooch tragedy case. Over 150 people died after consuming illegal liquor in West Bengal. Nurjahan is the wife of prime suspect Badshah Khokon alias Khora Badshah. The two others nabbed are Bakkar and Chotu. They were picked up from Canning in South 24 Parganas district. They used to supply liquor to Badshah. ...
01:20 PM, Dec 25, 2011
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting with all district SPs, district magistrates and senior excise officials in the wake of the recent deaths related to the consumption of illegal liquor. Over 150 people died after consuming illegal liquor in West Bengal last week. The local people of Sangrampur had said that spurious liquor joints, which they destroyed, ran in full public view and in...
08:41 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Kolkata: Close on the heels of the state's worst hooch disaster, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will take part in a padayatra on December 30 to raise awareness against consumption of illegal liquor. "On December 30, a padyatra will be held against this problem of illegal liquor. I'll also participate in it," Banerjee said. Describing this as a social movement, she invited everyone irrespective of political affiliation to participate...
06:51 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Kolkata: The hooch tragedy in West Bengal has claimed more than 160 lives. The villages affected have lost most of their men and their families now want the government to break the vicious narcotics nexus. One of the women from Sangrampur village, Murshida Bibi said, "Those who make gutkas, alcohol, hooch and drugs should be given the strictest punishment. These things kill our men. Now who will take care of...
09:20 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has finally taken action in the hooch tragedy by suspending Radheswar Pandey, the excise officer who was in charge of Diamond Harbour, where the tragedy took place. A departmental inquiry found Pandey guilty of negligence. The death toll in the hooch tragedy has touched 155 and over 300 others have been admitted to various hospitals. More officials are likely to face action. A majority of...
01:32 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: The horror continues to grow in West Bengal's hooch tragedy with the death toll reached 155 on Friday. Over 300 others were battling for their lives in hospitals. Twelve persons have been arrested so far for the toxic liquor deaths. Barely had West Bengal come to terms with the horror of the AMRI tragedy, a second man made disaster struck the state, this time killing at hundreds of...
10:21 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Diamond Harbour: Barely had West Bengal come to terms with the horror of the AMRI tragedy, a second man made disaster struck the state, this time killing at least 140 people who consumed country-made liquor which was contaminated with methyl alcohol. At the Diamond Harbour Sub Divisional Hospital it was chaos, with patients spilling over into the hospital corridors and staircases, and helpless hospital staff and doctors working on a...
10:49 PM, Dec 15, 2011
The Opposition's demand for Chidambaram's resignation over 'conflict of interest' cornered the Lokpal-hit UPA further. ...
10:34 PM, Dec 15, 2011
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