Delhi HC directs authorities to look into forcible detentions at de-addiction centreThe Delhi High Court instructed authorities to probe allegations of involuntary detention at a local de-addiction centre. The court ordered...
19 Aug, 2024, 03.59 PM IST
Punjab govt mulls decriminalising drug use, addicts caught with small amounts to be rehabilitated"Under this policy, drug addicts or people with substance use disorders caught with small amounts of drugs will be sent to de-addiction cen...
21 Jun, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Amritpal Singh was targeting rogue ex-servicemen, youngsters to build terrorist outfitFugitive radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh had been targeting drug addicts and rogue ex-servicemen to help him buil...
23 Mar, 2023, 06.35 PM IST
Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was preparing 'khadkoos', stockpiling arms: Intelligence dossierThe self-styled radical preacher has been on the run since the Punjab Police launched a massive crackdown on Saturday and arrested 78 membe...
19 Mar, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
- Assam govt to set up SOP to regulate rehabilitation and de-addiction centres
“The International Day against Drugs Abuse and Illicit trafficking” was observed at the Assam Police Headquarters. On this occasion, a meet...
26 Jun, 2022, 09.22 PM IST
Samarpan, inaugurated by Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt, offers a helping hand to battle addictionMahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt inaugurated the de-addiction centre near Mulshi in Maharashtra.
14 Mar, 2022, 08.27 AM IST
Assam government to come up with drug rehabilitation policy soonAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with the State Level Coordinating Agency (SLCA) on Drug Prevention, Assam as well a...
29 Jul, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Draft policy on drug demand reduction withdrawn from Cabinet to include new survey dataThe draft policy also proposed regulation of over the counter sale of sedatives and pain killers with the involvement of departments concer...
14 Oct, 2018, 05.03 PM IST
National policy to fight drug abuse on cardsA group of ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave its go-ahead to the policy in July and now the ministry of social jus...
06 Sep, 2017, 11.16 PM IST
Bihar booze ban: 750 alcoholics fall ill; 1 even eats soap to get a highAfter the Nitish govt banned all alcohol in the state on Tuesday, doctors have had to deal with hundreds of people going through alcohol wi...
07 Apr, 2016, 01.34 PM IST
Bihar government to set up a de-addiction centre in every districtCM ’s direction to set up de-addiction centres at district level has much to do with his announcement to ban alcohol in the state from Apri...
17 Dec, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed asks health dept to draft policy to deal with drug menace"We need de-addiction and rehab centres at all district hospitals for our youth who fall easy prey to drugs," Sayeed said.
06 Oct, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Kerala government mulls de-addiction instituteThe state-of-the-art institute, planned under the state Excise Department, will co-ordinate various de-addiction programmes now in progress...
04 Sep, 2015, 02.12 PM IST
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment sanctions 28 new de-addiction centres in PunjabThe Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment on Friday sanctioned 28 new de-addiction centres in Punjab to curb menaces of drug abuse.
26 Jun, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Government issues show-cause notices to 26 de-addiction and rehabilitation centresMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment has issued show-cause notices to 26 de-addiction and rehab centres for alleged irregularities du...
05 May, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
Centre assures support to Punjab on drug problemAn assurance to this effect was given by Meenai to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during her meeting with the latter.
07 Jul, 2014, 01.52 PM IST
- Gen Y getting addicted to de-addiction tourism
For those who believe that narcotics and liquor have got enough of them, de-addiction tourism is the new fixation. Cruise Liners | Global t...
24 May, 2008, 08.00 AM IST