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Bihar liquor ban: Sushil Kumar Modi questions Nitish Kumar's decision to ban toddy

Claiming that toddy has not been listed among toxic substances under the Bihar Excise Act, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi charged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with targeting the Pasi community by arresting them for selling toddy derived from palm tree, on Wednesday.

Declare your stand on toddy ban: Tamil Nadu body asks DMK and AIADMK

Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement, which is seeking to lift ban on toddy in the state for the last one decade, today wanted AIADMK and DMK to declare their stand on the issue.

Bihar: Prohibition won't work in hard drinking India, say non resident Biharis

"They had to ban something to avoid civil war, so they banned liquor instead of the real killer Khaini -- local tobacco," says Manish Jaiswal

Toddy to stay on as health drink: Kerala HC

A Kerala High Court observation that the government should consider banning toddy had ruffled feathers in a state where many consider it a "health drink". With the court now reluctantly accepting that a ban was not feasible, it's cheers once again.

Ruling coalition split over banning toddy in Kerala

The Congress and IUML are divided over a recent high court direction to shut down toddy shops.

HC directs Kerala govt to ban toddy

The HC has directed the Kerala state govt to ban toddy terming it as a 'disgraceful' business.