Police say 86 have died from drinking toxic home-brewed liquor

October 7th, 2009 Boxer plans hearing on toxic school drinking waterFRESNO, Calif. — The head of the U.S.

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Beware! All those purchasing liquor and drinking it in a public place or inside their parked car will soon have to pay a hefty fine of Rs.50,000. A bill providing for this fine is likely to be introduced in the winter session of the Delhi assembly.

October 5th, 2009 EPA to brief Boxer on toxic school drinking waterFRESNO, Calif. — A California senator called on the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to disclose how the agency plans to address the widespread problem of toxic drinking water in the nation's schools.

August 7th, 2009 Texas liquor board report cites violations in raidFORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission report says two agents who took part in a June raid on a gay bar failed to report that they used force when arresting a patron or that he suffered a serious head injury. The report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press says the agents also are accused of participating in the June 28 raid without their supervisor's approval, among other policy violations.

July 20th, 2009 Drinking binge at banquet kills Chinese officialBEIJING — One Chinese official is dead and another is in a coma after bouts of excessive drinking, state media said Monday in a report highlighting the dangers of a drinking culture connected with government and business work. Jin Guoqing, a district deputy director of water resources in Wuhan, the capital of central Hubei province, fell unconscious while entertaining guests at an official banquet last week and died on the way to the hospital, the official China Daily said.

July 11th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas Saturday rebuked liquor baron Vijay Mallya who had suggested the state review its prohibition policy after illicit liquor claimed at least 136 lives in Ahmedabad this week. "This is an internal matter of the Gujarat government and Mr.

July 10th, 2009 Death toll in India's toxic brew tragedy hits 107AHMADABAD, India — Opposition leaders accused police of abetting bootlegging in western India, saying they were partly responsible for the recent deaths from illegally brewed poisonous liquor. The death toll rose to 107 on Friday.

July 10th, 2009 Death toll in India's toxic brew tragedy hits 112AHMADABAD, India — Opposition leaders accused police of abetting bootlegging in western India, saying they were partly responsible for the recent deaths from illegally brewed poisonous liquor. The death toll rose to 112 on Friday.

July 9th, 2009 Death toll in Indian liquor tragedy rises to 69AHMADABAD, India — At least 69 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 tragedy began unfolding on Monday when people began to fall sick after drinking sessions over the weekend in Ahmadabad, the main city in Gujarat state.

July 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.

June 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.

May 5th, 2009 Police: Homemade liquor kills 15 in eastern IndiaCALCUTTA, India — Police say at least 15 people have died and 48 have been hospitalized in eastern India after they drank locally brewed alcohol that was apparently toxic. Senior local health official Rabikinkar Nayek says he expects the death toll to rise.

May 5th, 2009 NRA convention venue seeks OK for alcohol, weaponsPHOENIX — Phoenix Convention Center officials want state officials to suspend their liquor license — but only in part of the building — so National Rifle Association conventioneers can carry and exhibit guns. Arizona state law bars people from carrying weapons in venues where liquor is served.

March 31st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Unfazed by the global economic crisis, tipplers in the state will have consumed an estimated Rs.4,600 crore worth of liquor this fiscal - a record - to clock the highest ever annual sales in Kerala's history. According to a senior official of the Kerala State Beverages Corp (KSBC), the sole wholesalers of liquor and beer that is promoted by the state government, sales this fiscal are expected to touch Rs.4,600 crore by end of Tuesday - the last day this fiscal - as against Rs.3,669 crore the previous financial year.

February 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At a time when the country's general elections are just round the corner, the Haryana government Monday announced that reservations were being made for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Backward Classes (BC) category A in allotment of liquor vends under the new excise policy for this year. Haryana Finance and Excise and Taxation Minister Birender Singh said that the reservation, the first and the 'most unique' in the country, was being made to ensure participation of these categories in economic growth.