Police: Bus blast kills 6 paramilitary soldiers in insurgency-hit eastern IndiaJuly 27th, 2009 Bus blast kills 6 paramilitary soldiers in IndiaNEW DELHI — Suspected Maoist rebels in eastern India blew up a bus with a roadside bomb, killing six paramilitary soldiers, police said Monday. Another three Central Reserve Police Force soldiers were wounded in Sunday's attack in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh state — a rebel stronghold about 350 miles (560 kilometers) south of the state capital, local police constable Yashwant Singh said.
Police say 86 have died from drinking toxic home-brewed liquorJuly 9th, 2009 Indian police say toxic home brew has killed 86AHMADABAD, India — At least 86 people, mostly poor workers living in slums, have died over the past few days after drinking tainted home-brewed liquor in western India, an official said Thursday. The death toll has risen precipitously since people first fell ill Monday after a night of drinking.
Police say tainted homemade liquor kills 43 in western India, some die on streetsJuly 8th, 2009 AHMADABAD, India — Tainted home-brewed liquor that poor workers living in slums drank over the weekend has left at least 43 dead in western India, police said Wednesday. Another 23 were battling for their lives in three hospitals in Gujarat state's main city Ahmadabad, said S.S.
Liquor laced with methanol kills 25, including 4 foreigners, on Indonesian resort islandsJune 2nd, 2009 Poisoned liquor suspected in 25 Indonesian deathsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Twenty-five people, including four foreigners, have died over the past two weeks possibly after drinking homemade liquor laced with methanol on the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok, officials said Tuesday. Police spokesman Gde Sugianyar said that 20 others fell ill and were hospitalized after consuming home-brewed rice liquor, arak.
Spurious liquor kills four in OrissaMay 5th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least four people died and six others fell sick after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in a village in Orissa's Bolangir district, an official said Friday. The residents of Bandhpali village in Bolangir, 330 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, developed sickness after consuming liquor Thursday night.
Over 3,500 liquor bottles seized in ChandigarhApril 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 3,500 bottles of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) were seized here Wednesday, while they were being smuggled into Punjab, police said. 'It was during our regular search drive in which we arrested Darshan Singh, a resident of Patiala while carrying 3,576 bottles of IMFL in his Tata-407.
Roadside blast kills 5 in Indian KashmirApril 22nd, 2009 Blast kills 5 in Indian KashmirSRINAGAR, India — A roadside bomb set off by suspected separatist rebels ripped through a bus in a remote village in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing at least five people and wounding eight others, police said Wednesday. K. Rajendra, a top state police officer, said the homemade bomb exploded Tuesday near Marah, a mountainous village 105 miles (170 kilometers) southwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir.
Spurious liquor kills nine in AssamApril 20th, 2009 DIBRUGARH - At least nine tea plantation workers were killed and two fell ill after consuming spurious rice beer in Assam, police said Monday. The incident took place late Sunday near Tingkhong in eastern Assam, about 490 km from the state's main city of Guwahati.
Five die in hooch tragedy in DelhiApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least five people have died in the past three days in west Delhi after consuming spurious country liquor, police said Sunday. The victims were residents of Raghuveer Nagar in West Delhi.
Ahead of polls, dry Gujarat tightens vigil on liquor smugglingApril 1st, 2009 DAHOD - The Gujarat police have intensified patrolling on a highway bordering Madhya Pradesh following reports of a number of make-shift country liquor vends coming up in the neighbouring state. The police suspect that before the polls, a lot of liquor is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat, a state under prohibition.
Spurious liquor kills four in Delhi, residents hold protestsMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in southwest Delhi, police said Thursday, even as protests by residents - who claimed the toll was over 10 in the past week - led to massive traffic jams in the area. 'Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in the Brahmapuri region,' the duty officer at the Dabri police station said.
Wife refuses money for liquor, angry husband kills herFebruary 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - An alcoholic man killed his 32-year-old wife smashing her head with a stick, when she refused to give him money for buying liquor, the police said Wednesday. The accused has been arrested.
Row over liquor deaths in West BengalJanuary 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Violence erupted in a West Bengal town Tuesday following reports that six people had died after consuming illicit liquor, but police denied anyone had fallen victim to the moonshine. Residents of Maheshtala town in South 24 Parganas ransacked illegal liquor shops and destroyed the hooch stored there as news of the alleged deaths spread.
Man kills mother for Rs.15 in ChhattisgarhJanuary 13th, 2009 RAIPUR - A 24-year-old alcoholic man hacked to death his mother in Chhattisgarh after she refused to give him Rs.15 for his daily dose of liquor, police said Wednesday. The incident was reported from the Kaya village in Raigarh district, about 280 km from here.
Six die after drinking poisonous hooch in KolkataJanuary 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - At least six people died and 25 others fell sick after consuming poisonous country made liquor here, the police said Sunday. 'At least six persons have died and 25 others have fallen sick after consuming poisonous country made liquor at Khidderpore area in south-west Kolkata Sunday,' Special Additional Police Commissioner (Armed police) Debasis Roy told reporters here.
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