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Bihar Hooch Tragedy: 8 More Die, Death Toll Soars To 80

Close on the heels of the hooch tragedy in dry Bihar that left over 70 people dead in Saran district, eight more died allegedly after consuming some spurious liquor in Siwan and Begusarai districts on Saturday. Read on for details:

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NHRC Issues Notice To Bihar Govt Over Saran Hooch Tragedy, Seeks Report Within 4 Weeks

"Suo moto cognizance taken over Hooch tragedy notices issued to Chief Secretary & DGP of Bihar seeking a report within four weeks, NHRC wants to know how this happened despite a ban on liquor in state and what action is being taken against negligent cops,". Read on for details:

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Bihar Hooch Deaths: Now, Spurious Liqour Kills 5 In Siwan, 1 In Begusarai After Chhapra

Days after the hooch tragedy in Bihar's Chhapra claimed over 50 lives, at least 5 people died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Siwan. Read on for details:

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Bihar: Death Toll In Chhapra Hooch Tragedy Soars To 50

The toll of dead in Bihar's Chhapra Hooch tragedy has soared to 50, with 11 more people succumbing after consuming spurious liquor in Saran district. Read on for details:

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Daily Dose Ep 1226: RS ruckus, Bihar liquor deaths, Nirav Modi request denied

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from Delhi, Bihar, UK, and US.

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Dodgy alcohol kills 31 and leaves 20 others in critical condition after booze ban

The deaths happened in India's eastern state of Bihar, where an alcohol ban is in place and cheap booze made in unregulated back-alley distilleries is responsible for killing hundreds each year

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At least 31 dead in India’s Bihar after drinking toxic alcohol

Deaths happened mainly in two villages in impoverished state, where sale and consumption of liquor were banned in 2016.

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Bihar:'If You Drink, You Will Die', Says CM Nitish Kumar After Death Toll In Hooch Tragedy in Chhapra Soars To 39

A day after political storm in Bihar after the deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said "whoever consumes liquor, they will die". Read on for details:

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Daily Dose Ep 1225: Disruption in parliament, tragedy in Hooghly, Covid in China

Jude Weston brings you the news from the parliament, Bihar, Bengal, and China.

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Bihar Man Arrested For Threatening Sharad Pawar

"A person identified as Narayan Kumar Soni has been arrested from Bihar. He called up NCP President Sharad Pawar's residence Silver Oak yesterday & threatened to kill him. He will be produced before the court today,": Read on for details:

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5 Dead After Consuming Spurious Liquor In Bihar's Chhapra

The police in Ishauvpur have not confirmed the cause of "suspicious" deaths yet, they apprehended that the toll may rise which various sources put at five, six and 10.

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RJD Chief Lalu Yadav's Kidney Transplant Surgery Successful: Son Tejashwi Yadav

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's kidney transplant surgery has been successful, his son and Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said. Read on for details:

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By Poll: Voting Underway In 6 Assembly Seats Of Five States, Rampur Witnesses Lowest Turnout

Assembly seats in Rampur Sadar and Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, Padampur in Odisha, Sardarshahar in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, and Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh are in for a by-election race. Read on for detals:

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Bihar: 2 constables, 5 inmates arrested for having liquor party inside lock-up

One of the arrested persons made the video of the party and sent it to his family members saying that there is no problem in police custody. Read on for details:

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‘We lived there once’: An underwater mosque resurfaces in India

A mosque’s appearance stirs memories of displacement for people who lost their village when it was flooded 34 years ago.

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In former Bihar DGP’s account, a solution-driven police career, eventful teaching detour

More often than not, the memoirs of civil servants are fraught with risks of weaving personal accounts into a larger canvas of the public realm. And it isn’t unusual to see such exercises get stuck either within cautious tones and guarded memories or narrations from a conceited perch of the…

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India faces deepening demographic divide as it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country

India’s entrenched north-south divide is growing as its population changes, with serious social and political consequences

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Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar Emphasises On Girls’ Education To Check Population Growth

The Bihar Chief Minister pointed out that "if a girl has completed school education, the fertility rate on an average falls to 1.7 per cent nationally”. Read on for details:

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Bihar: Convicted Ex-MP Anand Mohan Granted Parole, To Be Out Of Saharsa Jail Soon

Anand Mohan was serving lifetime imprisonment in Saharsa jail in a case of lynching the District Magistrate of Gopalganj, G Krishnayya. Read on for details:

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Voting On Across 6 States In Assembly Bypolls, Telangana In Top Focus

Voting is underway in six states including Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh. Read on for details:

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Bihar: Two Cops Killed As Truck Hits Motorcycle Near Arrah

Bhojpur Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said that the accident took place on a national highway near Arrah town around 10 AM when the deceased were travelling to their homes for Chhath festival. Read on for details:

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Daily Dose Ep 1186: Kejriwal's Gujarat CM campaign, Karnataka journalists 'bribed'

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Gujarat, New Delhi, Karnataka, Bihar, and the United States of America.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 243: UP floods, Bihar drought, data and politics

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by freelance journalists Neeraj Priyadarshy and Prashant Pandey.

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Bihar: 50 Injured After LPG Cylinder Explodes Due To Fire In A Store Amid Chhath Puja In Aurangabad

Police and fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and several police personnel sustained burn injuries while trying to put out the fire. Read on for details:

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Daily Dose Ep 1181: Nagaland CM on separate state demand, PM launches recruitment drive

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Bihar, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, and China.

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