Assam Police has destroyed 170 Bighas of illegal poppy cultivation worth Rs 27.20 crore in Goalpara district. Assam Chief Minister Himanta ...

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...

Indian militant groups, trained and armed in Myanmar's civil war, are returning to Manipur, escalating the 19-month ethnic conflict between...

Assam Rifles destroyed 354 acres of illegal poppy fields in three Manipur districts during 2024. The force targeted Ukhrul, Churachandpur, ...

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

Just as the Biden administration has subsidised the construction of computer chip and electric vehicle factories to limit dependence on for...

Singh had previously stated that from 1987 to 2021, 877 square kilometers of forest cover in Manipur were destroyed, primarily due to illeg...

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...

"The deployment posture along the Indo-Myanmar border has been strengthened ever since the crisis began in May. Ethnic violence, while nece...

While protests were triggered by several factors that came up recently, they emerged from a deeply divided society in which different group...

The genesis of the violence that has gripped Manipur now lies in the ethnic and geographic division of the state. Manipur has people who li...

In a series of social media posts, the Chief Minister said, “To protect the state, the government has launched a green Manipur campaign, id...

A group of poppy importers and India’s poppy farmers are alleging that a small number of importers have cornered the latest import order vi...

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.

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

Xinjiang is restive for the past few years over protests by native Uygur Muslims objecting to the increasing settlements of Hans.

Khas khas, an ingredient used to make desserts, is now under govt lens that the money from import could be used for arms trafficking in Pak.