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RBI tells parliamentary panel that virtual digital assets like cryptocurrency a threat to economyThe Reserve Bank of India has informed a parliamentary panel that virtual digital assets like cryptocurrency pose a threat to India's devel...
Mirwaiz says anti-drug crackdown welcome, warns against 'law and order prism'Mirwaiz Umar Farooq supports the administration's drug abuse crackdown. He stresses a broader approach is needed, not just arrests. He high...
West Bengal assembly elections 2026: BJP stresses security, TMC eyes revival in Siliguri corridorThe BJP and Trinamool Congress are in a direct electoral battle for four assembly seats in Siliguri. This region, known as the Siliguri cor...
Drug crimes under MCOCA, couriers as co-accused: Maharashtra CM FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a strict crackdown on narcotics, adopting a zero-tolerance stance toward drug-re...
Kingpins stay behind, ABCD are caught: SC on arrests in drug-trafficking casesThe Supreme Court observed that drug trafficking cases often see minor players arrested while masterminds remain hidden. This concern arose...
BSF seizes 95kg ganja, 510 bottles of cough syrup in West Bengal border raidBSF South Bengal Frontier seized 95 kilograms of Ganja and 510 bottles of Wincerex, thwarting a narcotics smuggling attempt along the Indo-...
J-K police detains overground worker of terrorists in PoonchIn Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police detained Mohd Qayoom, an alleged overground worker for terrorists, under the Public Safety A...
Opioid Tapentadol may be put under Narcotics Act to curb its accessThe government is planning to regulate Tapentadol under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. This follows concerns about its...
Logistical issues hinder move to decriminalise personal drug useDiscussions on decriminalisation through an amendment to Section 27 of the Narcotic, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have come t...
Centre plans 2 legislations to amend Narcotic Substances ActLaw enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.
Consensus emerges on decriminalising personal drug consumptionAll key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...
Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar gets one-day NCB custody in drugs caseKaskar's alleged involvement in the case surfaced following the recent seizure of 27 kg of hashish. The NCB officials had sought his custod...
Supreme Court says right to privacy will apply to accused charged under NDPSThe NDPS Act allows the central and state governments to invest their own officers from the central excise, narcotics, customs, revenue int...
Rs 2,000 crore drug haul leads to bad blood in FDABased on the findings, seven officials to be charged under Section 59 of the NDPS Act, applicable to an officer who stops performing his ro...
Drug peddlers slip via legal loophole as police watch in vainWhen the police conduct a raid to nab a drug peddler, they have to take along residents from the area to witness the arrest.
Mizoram lifts 17-year-old liquor banState Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana had earlier hinted that retail wine shops would be run by sick PSUs.
Punjab drug dealers' Rs 1.23 crore assets frozen for launderingA special PMLA court in Delhi attached over Rs 1.23 cr assets and cash of an alleged drug kingpin from Punjab on charges of laundering huge...
A unique number in the offing to control drug pilferageThe URN will be issued by the NCB, which is the national agency tasked to curb the menace of illicit drugs and enforce stringent anti-narco...
Goa to crackdown on illegal drug detoxification centresSeveral medical facilities, like hospitals along the beach sides, have been doubling up as drug detoxification centres, without permission ...
Cancer, HIV patients suffer as morphine supplies are hobbled by excessive regulationThe supply of morphine is severely constrained in local hospitals and retail stores due to stringent laws that prevent making of the final ...