Security forces in Manipur's Kangpokpi district have eradicated approximately 25 acres of illicit poppy cultivation, preventing the product...

The government has announced its licensing policy for opium poppy cultivation in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh for the 2025-...

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

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh reported the discovery of new poppy cultivation in Suangkuang under Singngat Sub Division (Churachandp...

The state government earlier stated encroachment evictions from reserve forests and protected forests were done in the state to preserve fo...

The red poppy pins, a tradition dating back to 1921, have become an integral part of the royal wardrobe, especially in November, leading up...

The Manipur government has formed a reconstituted anti-narcotic task force with 18 members, including police officers and experts from vari...

In response to this peculiar predicament, animal rescuers and volunteers, including those from the Slovak Environmental Protection Agency, ...

The state government stated that since 2017 around 291 encroachers are evicted/removed from the forest land. These include several district...

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...

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, and apprised him about the 'ground situation' and 'advers...

A total of 703 people including five chiefs of hill villages have been arrested and over 400 acres poppy fields destroyed. In Ukhrul, Senap...

Afghanistan is the world's biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia. Production spiraled over the past 20 ye...

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.

SOCCER-FIFA/POPPIES (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Soccer-N.Ireland, Wales face FIFA action over poppy displays

Kabul may find a solution to its poppy menace courtesy J&K. A delegation of Afghan farmers are in Srinagar undergoing training on how saffr...