The Rajasthan Police has seized over 693 kg of opium husk (doda chura) that was being transported hidden beneath sacks of onions in a pickup truck in Chittorgarh district, officials said on Wednesday.

The operation began in January 2024 with a search warrant at the shop, where investigators found hidden opium and illegal ...

Poppy seed is so commonplace in Bengali cuisine – and held in such high regard – that I almost took a packet as a gift for my ...

Celebrated author Amitav Ghosh‘s next book, ‘Smoke and Ashes’, to be released by Harper Collins India’s Fourth Estate imprint on July 15, is, in the words of its sub-title, ‘A Writer’s ...

The Doraha police claimed to have recovered 1 kg of opium from a man at a naka on the Rampur road here. The suspect involved ...

Delhi Police has busted an international drug syndicate that was smuggling high-quality opium in the form of 'anardana' digestive tablets and arrested two men of the cartel, an official said on ...

Professor-author Amar Farooqui, who recently delivered a lecture series, unravels the insightful emergence of the city as a ...

Amit Dahiya shared that the case dates back to July 2024. Jaskaran, a native of Punjab, was employed in Bengaluru at the time ...

A teenager was arrested in Jharkhand’s Chatra district after opium worth Rs 1 crore was seized from his possession, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the Hadhadwa forest ...

The judgment was delivered by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Daltonganj, under NDPS Case No. 12/2021, linked to ...