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Delhi court orders framing of charges in codeine syrup seizure caseA Delhi court ordered charges against Vipin Chawla for possessing over 4,300 kg of cough syrup. Police recovered 36,238 bottles of the bann...
Easy access, rising addiction: The new face of Northeast’s drug problemNortheast India’s narcotics crisis is no longer confined to cross-border trafficking. As heroin becomes widely available across parts of As...
Manipur Police arrest woman for allegedly routing drug money to MyanmarIn a significant crackdown, Manipur Police apprehended a woman in Churachandpur for her involvement in channeling drug money to Myanmar, re...
'Bhang is not ganja': Man arrested with 11 kg of 'suspected drug' walks free after Jharkhand HC says NDPS Act does not ban bhangBhang not ganja: The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted a man convicted under the NDPS Act for allegedly carrying 11 kg of ganja, after a F...
Ladakh rings in new excise policy- wider choice in low alcohol content; hard liquor also at retail vendsThe administration’s decision comes in the wake of growing concerns raised by civil society, religious organizations, and medical experts r...
Ladakh's new excise policy eases restrictions on liquor saleLadakh's new Excise Policy permits hard liquor sales, reduces license documents from 16 to six, and expands availability to four more distr...
Businessman spent 57 days in jail over aamchur & garam masala in airport luggage. Here’s what went horribly wrongA businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High...
UAE introduces stricter drug laws, mandates deportation for offendersThe UAE has strengthened its anti-drug law with stricter penalties. New rules mean increased fines and longer jail terms for drug offences....
Unified portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics to instil efficiency, cut time to get licence: Finance MinistryCBN is a central government organization dealing with the international trade of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and precursor che...
Government to move NDPS from Finance Ministry to Ministry of Home AffairsCurrently, while the home ministry governs the Narcotics Control Bureau, the Department of Revenue (DoR) in the finance ministry administer...
Bill to correct drafting error in NDPS Act introduced in Lok SabhaMinister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad introduced the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that seeks to ...
Centre plans 2 legislations to amend Narcotic Substances ActLaw enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.
Consensus emerges on decriminalising personal drug consumptionAll key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...
Centre holds back cabinet note to amend drugs act amid debateThe draft bill is learnt to have proposed imposing a fine for first offences, mandatory community/social work for second offences and impri...
Centre mulls amending law on drugs to make it strongerET has reliably gathered that inter-ministerial discussions have now been initiated on both amending the NDPS Act, 1985 and shifting admini...
Assam cops book 20 drug peddlersAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that over the last two months, 874 cases have been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Ps...
SC adds teeth to anti-narcotics law, says entire weight of banned drug mixture to determine quantitySC said that the amount of neutral substance in a mixture has to be included along with the actual weight of the banned substances for dete...
Illicit diversion of pharma products challenge for industry: ReportThe diversion of pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotics and precursors like ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to illicit channels in ...
Delhi Police so far unsuccessful in tracking party drug 'Meow Meow'Police has failed to seize a single consignment of popular party drug 'Meow Meow', despite its "rampant use" in the national capital.
FDA suspends licences of Goa pharmacies flouting drug normsGoa Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) department has started suspending licences of retailers found violating the laws.