A heritage house in North 24-Parganas caught fire, sparking accusations against the police administration as local people alleged alcohol and drug addicts made a den at that house. Several antique and historically valuable furniture were reduced to ashes.
Myanmar authorities have seized 70 kg of ketamine in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported on Friday.
As part of the drive to check drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district.
Now scientists have uncovered what exactly is in cocaine that makes it such a dreaded narcotic substance.
To combat drug abuse in Himachal Pradesh, the state government will establish a state-level model drug de-addiction and rehabilitation center at Kotla Barog, in the Pachhad sub-division of the Sirmour district.
A pharmaceutical company in the US and its Indian-origin chief have agreed to resolve allegations that they knowingly underpaid Medicaid rebates due for the company's drug Nitrofurantoin Oral Suspension (Nitro OS).
Under the National Filariasis Elimination Program, Mass Drug Administration rounds will commence in 27 out of 50 districts in Uttar Pradesh from August 10.
In view of the growing menace of drug trafficking in the Samba district of Jammu, the police have decided to constitute secret committees at village level to nab heroin peddlers.
A drug trafficker was shot in the leg while trying to flee from police custody in Karbi Anglong district, officials said on Thursday.
More than a dozen women belonging to Kashmir, Jammu and Punjab have been arrested by the police in the past few months while smuggling narcotics. The arrests were more in the Kashmir Valley.
