Caffeine no different from cocaine in Punjab textbooksIn fact, the chapter nowhere explains in detail what addiction is, and only briefly touches upon the long-term damage addiction causes to t...
29 Jul, 2018, 11.58 AM IST
How Punjab is fighting the drug menaceThe chief minister says the efforts of the special task force, police and intelligence agencies have led to a decline in supplies of heroin...
15 Jul, 2018, 12.47 PM IST
We can't expect the drug problem to disappear in months: Punjab CM Amarinder SinghThis problem has become huge because of years of neglect and the failure to keep youth gainfully employed, says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh.
15 Jul, 2018, 02.08 AM IST
Pakistan pumps diluted heroin into Punjab, triggers fearDr Aditya Avinash Kaushik says, "The supplier can afford to dilute a drug only if there is permanent demand in the system.There have to be ...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.34 PM IST
Punjab attacks: Link between the old war on drugs & new war on terrorJust last week Punjab Police arrested a BSF man in Tarn Taran district for allegedly helping cross-border smugglers sneak in heroin from ot...
13 Jul, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
Why opioid must worry India as much as USThese drugs work on the brain’s reward system, which gives the user “positive sensation” and euphoria.
28 Oct, 2017, 11.50 AM IST
Narcotics trade via darknet, Bitcoin reported in India for first timeWhile 'darknet' is a clandestine internet network which can only be accessed with specific software, is difficult to track by the usual com...
17 Jul, 2016, 10.00 AM 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
Udti khabar: Drugs to be poll issue in PunjabPunjab chief minister M Sukhbir Badal often points to widespread drug abuse in Goa, Delhi and Himachal not getting the same attention as th...
12 Jun, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Punjab sinking in drugs worth Rs 7,500 crore from Pakistan per year: AIIMSThis is a startling revelation given that almost all the heroin that comes to Punjab is through the Pakistan border, pumped in by smugglers...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
Punjab to move Madhya Pradesh HC for ban on poppy cultivation and opium saleBadal claimed that While heroin comes from Pakistan, opium comes from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
18 Jul, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
Punjab bearing brunt of its war against drugs: Chief Minister Parkash Singh BadalPunjab Chief Minister Badal said that the state was being maligned irrespective of the fact that not even a single ounce of drug was produc...
27 Jun, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
Drug issue: Parkash Singh Badal asks political parties not to malign PunjabChief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said that Punjab alone was fighting the nation's war against drugs despite it now being a "cosmopolitan"...
25 Jun, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
BSF objects three “anti-drug” rallies SAD is planning on January 5Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the rallies on Sunday to “pressurise BSF” to stop the entry of drugs from Pakistan.
01 Jan, 2015, 04.21 AM IST
Shiromani Akali Dal MP wants poppy husk vends in PunjabIt was in 2009 that the state government had accepted before the high court that 70% of the state's youth were addicted to drugs.
19 Apr, 2014, 11.32 AM IST
Rahul was right, Punjab youth in the grip of drugsRahul Gandhi lamented about scourge of drugs in Punjab last year and his statement was roundly panned by several state politicians.
19 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Assembly Election 2012: Democratic exercise intoxicating in Punjab"The emergence of drugs as a potential vote-catching ingredient in Punjab is perhaps the most worrying trend of these polls," EC said.
31 Jan, 2012, 05.47 AM IST