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TopicBihar liquor ban

Topic: Bihar liquor ban

Can PK lift Bihar’s spirit? Poll promise of revoking liquor ban finds support across villages

Lifting liquor ban isn’t Jan Suraaj’s only promise. For voters looking for change & who don’t see Lalu’s RJD as alternative, Kishor represents new hope, one Nitish embodied in his early years.

Bihar DMs now tracking hooch deaths since 2016 to grant Rs 4 lakh ex gratia, says prohibition minister

Bihar minister Sunil Kumar says ‘humanity’ is why Nitish Kumar govt has had a change of heart about awarding compensation to families of hooch victims, but prohibition here to stay.

Nitish Kumar is riding a tiger with prohibition in Bihar. Everyone knows it’s failed

Last week's hooch tragedy, which killed over 70, has again raised questions on implementation of prohibtiion law, with many blaming corruption in police & system for easy availability of liquor.

Bihar continuing with liquor ban is an exercise in madness with no method

It is now universally agreed that women-led community-based approaches are likely to yield better results than a ban. The sooner Bihar realises this, the better it will be.

On Camera

World’s greatest cricket rivalry is now an off-field battle between BCCI, PCB, and ICC

An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.