Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Sixteen out of the 27 people who died due to consumption of illicit liquor in Amritsar belong to the Dalit community, said Punjab BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha President S.R. Ladhar here on Saturday. Taking cognisance of this month’s deaths of 27 people due to poisonous liquor … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Reiterating that the AAP government in Punjab has been completely hijacked and taken over by the party’s Delhi-based leaders, and that has led to a constitutional crisis, Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Monday demanded a CBI probe into the hooch tragedy in Amritsar that claimed … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Majitha (Amritsar), May 13 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the state government would not spare anyone, however affluent he may be, involved in the heinous crime of sale of spurious liquor that led to the hooch tragedy in Amritsar district. Interacting with the media after sharing … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) With the death toll in Punjab hooch tragedy in Amritsar district rising to 17, most of them daily-wagers, and many critical, state BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying those who have been jailed for liquor … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) As the hooch death toll in Punjab rose to 17, most of the victims daily-wagers, and many critical in Amritsar district, Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has arrested 10 people, including the kingpin of the racket, along with several distributors and suppliers of methanol, a … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) Punjab Finance and Excise Minister Harpal Cheema on Sunday announced a breakthrough in the state’s ongoing “Yudh Nashian Virudh” (war against addiction) campaign with the seizure of 2,240 litres of pilfered extra neutral alcohol (ENA), averting a potential major hooch tragedy. Cheema also highlighted the campaign’s … Read more
