Myanmar, embroiled in civil war since a military coup in 2021, has become a major hub for organized crime. The country leads in opium produ...

Laishram Kamal Babu's wife and other women are protesting in Manipur for his return, claiming he disappeared from an army camp. Manipur aut...

The Governor added that the ‘War on Drugs 2.0' is now going on and in 2023, 72.9 kg heroin, 147.1 kg opium, 195.2 kg ganja (marijuana), 111...

"BJP leaders want to take the election in a different direction with their statements. All kinds of misconceptions are being spread on What...

The vast majority of the world's opium and heroin comes from Afghanistan, with production and exports centred in areas controlled by the Ta...

Most observers think China and Russia would be among the first to recognise the new regime. But the question is how long they will take to ...

Police and narcotics control officers see this as a sign of desperation on the part of peddlers who have been sitting on piles of drugs sin...

The UNODC report noted opium cultivation increased by 63 per cent; from 201,000 hectares in 2016 to an estimated 328,000 hectares in 2017.

He also demanded that the state government should restart procurement of opium poppy husk (which is cultivated in the area) or the farmers ...

The government has initiated a pilot project for promoting medicinal plants to provide an alternative livelihood to border villagers.

Arunachal has emerged on top among illegal opium poppy producers in country, ringing alarm bells among security agencies given its proximit...

The finance ministry has shortlisted Sun Pharma, Alcaliber SA of Spain and Johnson Matthey of the UK to cultivate poppy on 5,000 acres and ...

Four multinationals are in the race to enter opium trade, after having bid for a govt contract to build ultra-modern processing plant to pr...

Taliban gets 2 lakh Pak rupees for each Nato soldier killed.

Amid a western plan to pay insurgents to lay down their weapons in Afghanistan, rebel commanders have said the Taliban militants are earnin...

Contrary to perception about benefits of futures market not reaching farming community, a study has found that mint growers are getting 67%...

And now opium production too is set to go private with top players such as Ranbaxy, Cipla and Dr Reddy’s Labs vying for a piece of the pie.