Ranchi: Thirteen people, including a volleyball coach, have died over the last two days after consuming spurious liquor, police said. According to police sources, volleyball coach in Ranchi University Amit Kumar died on Wednesday after consuming spurious liquor. The first seven deaths caused by spurious liquor were reported on TuesdayContinue Reading

Ujjain: The Kumbh Mela may be open to saint and sinner but Ujjain has welcomed its version of the event by banning liquor and the city’s army of sex workers. Liquor cannot be sold here till the Simhastha, which began today, ends on May 21, chief minister Shivraj Singh ChouhanContinue Reading

Patna: Tipplers in Bihar may be in for a shock of their lives! They may habitually trudge to their favourite liquor shops for a bottle of their drink but get a pouch of milk or a pack of lassi instead. The man at the counter may also be willing toContinue Reading

Itanagar: Novelist and screenwriter Raymond Thornton Chandler once said: “There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.” People in Arunachal Pradesh appear to have taken his words to heart. Data from the National Sample Survey between July 2011 and June 2012 has revealedContinue Reading

Imphal — Nearly 24 years after prohibition was imposed in Manipur, the state, for the first time, is planning to lift the ban on the manufacture and sale of liquor, with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh tabling a proposal for the same in the Assembly. Speaking in the Assembly, theContinue Reading