US to loosen marijuana rules in major shift for $47 billion industryThe United States Department of Justice is easing rules on certain marijuana items. The drug will be reclassified as less dangerous. This s...
24 Apr, 2026, 09.05 AM IST
Pakistan says still no answer from Iran whether it will attend last-ditch peace talksIran's attendance at last-ditch peace talks with the U.S. remains unconfirmed as American forces boarded an Iranian oil tanker. President T...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.55 PM IST
India tells UN Security Council it has suffered from cross-border terror, illicit arms traffickingIndia’s envoy to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, urged a zero-tolerance approach to states enabling illicit arms trafficking, saying India has...
11 Nov, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
NCB highlights six-fold rise in trafficking of synthetic drugs since 2019The report notes that use of courier, bitcoins, crypto currency and dark web has increased since Covid-19 pandemic. Courier, parcel and pos...
18 Sep, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
At anti-narcotics meet, Amit Shah calls for tough extradition system against traffickers, gangsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah highlighted the importance of deporting and extraditing individuals involved in narcotics trade. He addressed...
17 Sep, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
Drug-laden Pakistani drones significant threat to India's internal security: NCB reportA new report reveals a surge in drug smuggling via drones from Pakistan into India. Narcotics Control Bureau reports a six-fold increase in...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
India suffered immensely due to cross-border terrorism: Amb Ruchira KambojKamboj also stressed that UN peacekeeping missions could support host countries in addressing the issue of the illicit transfer of small ar...
18 Dec, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
India calls for zero tolerance for terror actors, sponsors at UNIndia's UN representative, Ruchira Kamboj, urged zero tolerance towards terror groups and their patrons, emphasizing how the illicit small ...
16 Dec, 2023, 12.00 PM IST
Preventive detention is "serious invasion" of personal liberty, safeguards must be strictly adhered to: SCA bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and JB Pardiwala made these observations as it quashed an order of preventiv...
30 Sep, 2022, 09.22 PM IST
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...
23 Jun, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
Lookout notice issued against Punjab's ex-minister MajithiaMajithia was booked under Sections 25 (allowing premises to be used for commission of an offense), 27A (financing illicit traffic and harbo...
23 Dec, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
Sameer Wankhede's sister-in-law involved in drug case, says Nawab MalikKranti Redkar, Sameer Wankhede's wife, put out a statement saying, "I would like to say that my sister was and continues to be a victim in ...
09 Nov, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
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...
19 Jul, 2021, 08.22 AM IST
Punjab govt to reward those who provide information that leads to drugs recoveryChief Minister Amarinder Singh, who gave the go-ahead to the policy, said it is an important step towards motivating people to play a proac...
21 Apr, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
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...
23 Apr, 2020, 03.13 PM IST
Jawans to be sensitised on cross-border smuggling of drugs"The cross-border smuggling of drugs is a major area of concern for the government," a senior ministry official said.
25 Jun, 2016, 10.48 PM IST
- Timber thief in preventive detention
The Supreme Court has ruled that if a person habitually violates forest laws and fells precious trees, the concerned state government can b...
11 Sep, 2011, 05.27 AM IST