Punjab: SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia' s judicial custody extended till August 28A Mohali court has prolonged SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia's judicial custody until August 28 in connection with a disproportionate asse...
14 Aug, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
Delhi: Fugitive drug supplier wanted in 567 kg cannabis case arrestedSanjeev Kumar Shah, a cab driver, has been arrested in Uttam Nagar, Delhi. He is wanted in a Rajasthan narcotics case. The case involves th...
21 Jun, 2025, 04.33 PM IST
Delhi Police Vacancy 2025: SHO appointments to be made through exam, a first in its 70-year historyDelhi Police is setting up a merit-based exam for SHOs for the first time. This exam aims to improve transparency and efficiency in selecti...
17 Mar, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
Legalise cannabis, America may followCannabis in India is regulated by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985. The law imposes a ban on extracting th...
05 May, 2024, 11.16 PM IST
Retrospective provisions clarificatory, says FM Sitharaman; LS nod to NDPS (Amendment) BillThe anomaly crept in when the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was amended in 2014 to allow better medical access to n...
13 Dec, 2021, 10.19 PM IST
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 ...
06 Dec, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
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.
25 Nov, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
Enhanced jurisdiction to strengthen hands of state police: BSFSanjay Singh Gehlot, Inspector General of BSF, Guwahati Frontier said that BSF is the first line of Defense and mandated to secure the inte...
18 Nov, 2021, 11.07 PM IST
View: India needs a drug policy based on science, compassion, health and human rightsThe Indian State and society are still unsure whether a drug addict is a criminal or a diseased person. The NDPS Act throws a drug user beh...
27 Oct, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
BSF can now search and arrest deeper inside Assam, Bengal and PunjabIt means officers of the BSF, like their counterparts in the state police, can make arrests, carry out searches and seize material in these...
13 Oct, 2021, 03.11 PM IST
Karnataka will have basic FSL labs in every district to fight drug menace: Home MinisterAsserting government's strong commitment against the menace,the minister also said synthetic drugs like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ha...
08 Dec, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
Supreme Court says right to privacy will apply to accused charged under NDPSThe NDPS Act allows the central and state governments to invest their own officers from the central excise, narcotics, customs, revenue int...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Coming week crucial in fight against drugs, agencies & laws will be strengthened: Basavaraj BommaiFurther noting that state has the powers to frame rules for the implementation of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS)...
13 Sep, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
Addicts in Punjab getting attracted to medicine-based drug: NCBNarcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here, the Home Minister discussed the narcotic scenario in Punjab and steps taken to check the incidents of ...
06 Jul, 2016, 07.58 PM IST
Essential narcotic drugs: Cabinet moves to amend NDPS ActIndia plans to introduce a new category of drugs, essential narcotic drugs, which will be regulated by the central govt.
05 Nov, 2012, 05.17 AM IST
- Finance ministry mulls law amendment to increase morphine supplies
National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi raised the issue of acute shortage of the cancer and HIV pain reliever.
03 Oct, 2012, 06.05 AM IST
- 'More teeth vital to curb economic offences'
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday indicated that a re-look at laws relating to narco-terrorism, forfeiture of property, ...
08 Apr, 2002, 08.46 AM IST