Illegal cough syrup trade: UP Police book 12 medical store ownersAn FIR has been filed against twelve medical store owners and two individuals in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. They are accused of running a larg...
23 Nov, 2025, 11.33 AM IST
BSF foils major Phensedyl smuggling bid on Bangladesh borderPhensedyl smuggling is surging in Bengal, eclipsing cattle smuggling across the Indo-Bangladesh border. The BSF South Bengal Frontier recen...
15 Jun, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
ED conducts multi-state raids in cough syrup drugs case; nabs 2 NCB accusedThe Enforcement Directorate seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 2 crore and apprehended two accused involved in a drugs case. The raids were...
17 Feb, 2025, 03.57 PM IST
BSF seizes huge consignment of Phensedyl cough syrup worth 1.4 crore near India-Bangladesh borderA significant seizure of 62,200 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup, valued at Rs 1.4 crore, was made by the Border Security Force near the In...
25 Jan, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
BSF braves unfavourable terrain, weather to meet challenges in border areas of South BengalThe BSF is actively preventing smuggling and illegal activities along the India-Bangladesh border. In 2023, significant seizures of gold an...
09 Jan, 2025, 07.15 PM IST
Cough syrup suspected of killing 12 kids in Cameroon might be Made in IndiaCameroonian officials suspect a cough syrup is the cause of a dozen children’s deaths and it appears to have been manufactured in India. An...
19 Jun, 2023, 06.54 PM IST
WHO says toxic syrup risk 'ongoing', more countries hitThere is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The U.N. agency has already named ...
16 Jun, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
BSF kills three intruders from Pakistan, seizes Rs 180-crore drugsThe Inspector General of BSF in Jammu frontier, DK Boora, said they had successfully foiled the intrusion attempt following a tipoff regard...
06 Feb, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
India, Bangladesh facing new narco-terrorism threat with new drug smuggling routes: ReportAs a result (of a crackdown on Bangla-Myanmar border), the trans-border narcotic syndicates are now exploiting the Indo-Bangladesh border, ...
01 Jul, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Security agencies fear 'crazy' yaba may find ground in IndiaA dossier prepared by a central security organisation notes that while India at present is a "transit" territory for the circular-shaped an...
15 Dec, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Bihar to ban supply of medicinal drugs with alcohol contentBihar government is contemplating to restrict the supply of all medicinal drugs with have alcohol contents. In principal it has been decide...
16 Apr, 2016, 12.07 PM IST
CID files case against Abbott in cough syrup smuggling caseCID Telangana has registered case against Abbott Health Care Pvt Ltd and their associates in alleged case of smuggling cough syrup 'Phensed...
10 Jun, 2015, 08.19 PM IST
Two BSF personnel injured in attack by smugglersThey were later rushed to Malda Medical College and Hospital where their condition was stated to be serious, the sources added.
31 Jan, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
Mizoram government mulling new drug policy to counter abuseAccording to official sources, 1,234 people have died of drug abuse in the state since 1984 till May 25, this year.
23 Jul, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
Pharma products being smuggled outside India are misused: International Narcotics Control BoardPharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs continue to be diverted from Indian pharma firms and smuggled into South Asian countr...
05 Mar, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
- Pfizer, Nicholas Piramal hit by codeine shortage
Hit by the shortage of raw material codeine, India’s highest selling drug (in value) Pfizer’s cough syrup Corex has slipped to the eighth s...
18 Aug, 2007, 04.45 AM IST
- Shrinking pie forces pharma to build brands
Indian pharma companies which paid little focus on building brands will soon have to do so.
16 Dec, 2006, 01.45 AM IST