Drug Menace

Man shot dead in Delhi: Three cops suspended, SHO sent to district lines after locals blame police-inaction on drug menace

The victim's family alleged that the police had not done anything to curb the drug menace in the nearby slum area in Delhi's Taimoor Nagar.

Jalandhar police personnel combat drug abuse with the pen, write poems cautioning people against menace

Taking time out of their busy and often stressed schedules, some policemen in the district have penned down poems, ghazals and songs to mobilise people to act against drug menace in the state.

'Willing to undergo dope test,' says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh; calls for social movement to wipe out drug menace in state

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said on Thursday he was willing to undergo a dope test but would leave it to the conscience of other elected representatives if they wanted to follow suit.

Congress clinches win in Gurdaspur bypolls: Strong anti-SAD sentiments helped party; premature to write off BJP though

Congress won the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday, but only after the demise of Vinod Khanna who had defeated the then sitting MP and Punjab state Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa in 2014

Drug abuse on the rise in Kashmir as growing militancy, hostilities provide safe ground for poppy cultivation

The Kashmir unrest seems to have fuelled not just drug abuse but also drug cultivation in the Valley with poppy cultivators finding a safe haven amid rising hostilities and militancy

Venkaiah Naidu calls for collective responsibility to tackle drug menace, urges excise officials to be wary

It is the collective responsibility of a society to tackle drug menace, NDA's vice-presidential nominee M Venkaiah Naidu said

Delhi Police mulls setting up of SHGs to spread awareness on drug abuse

The Delhi Police is mulling over setting up self-help groups to dissuade youngsters from falling prey to drug abuse.

Punjab Election Results 2017: Congress wins 77 seats; Amarinder Singh to be next CM

After a long-drawn electoral battle which saw politicians attacking each other on issues like corruption and drug addiction, Congress won 77 out of the 117 seats that went for poll in Punjab

Laxmikant Parsekar to take steps to tackle sale of drugs outside educational institutes

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday said that it has come to his notice that drugs are being being sold outside reputed educational institutes in the state

Udta Punjab 1, Pahlaj Nihalani 0: HC passes Kashyap's film with single cut

The 'Udta Punjab' verdict is out.