The New Year began on a tragic note in Andhra Pradesh with 17 people losing their lives due to illicit liquor in two separate incidents since Saturday, officials said.

When Ogyen Trinley Dorje is not busy managing his 900-year-old religious order, the 17th Karmapa likes to do more human and colourful things — painting and writing poetry, songs and plays.

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district rose to 18 on Monday with another person succumbing at a hospital. The condition of four others remain critical.

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Like every year-eve the popular youth hangouts

What could have been New Year's Eve celebrations turned into mourning and tragedy in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district on Saturday as eight people died and at least 10 others were battlin