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New Delhi: The government will issue more licences for opium cultivation in crop year 2025-26, the finance ministry said Friday while announcing the annual opium poppy cultivation policy. It will issue 121,000 licenses in the opium crop year beginning October 1, up 23.5% from the previous year, the ministry said in a statement. The opium poppy cultivation policy aims to make India self-reliant in alkaloid production, which is used for manufacturing essential narcotic drugs. The policy also stipulates that licences will be suspended for those farmers who didn't meet the minimum qualifying yield of 800 kg/hectare in the previous crop year. Existing opium gum cultivators with high morphine yields can retain their licenses, while those with lower yields can opt for the concentrate of poppy straw (CPS) method. The policy covers mainly the farmers of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The statement also said the alkaloid factory at Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh has achieved WHO good manufacturing practice (GMP) certification, reflecting the government's efforts to upgrade its facilities.
Srinagar: The Srinagar Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested two people allegedly running a drug smuggling racket operating in Anantnag district, officials said on Sunday. "The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Srinagar Zone, has successfully busted a narcotics smuggling racket operating in South Kashmir with the arrest of two key accused, including a former militant," the department said in a statement. The bureau had conducted an operation in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on July 8 and July 9. "The operation led to the seizure of about 28 kilograms of poppy straw and the arrest of ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Srinagar Zone has uncovered a major drug smuggling racket in south Kashmir, along with the arrest of two individuals including a former militant and the seizure of 39 kilograms of poppy straw, as per an official statement. According to officials, the operation was launched based on specific intelligence inputs and carried out in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on July 8 and 9. The two arrested individuals have been identified as Shabir, a resident of Nowshera in Srigufwara, and Amin, a resident ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday destroyed over 1,629.4 kg of seized illicit drugs valued at Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market. The destruction marked the culmination of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada (Drug-Free India Fortnight), observed from June 12 to June 26.The destruction of the narcotics was done at the Biotic Waste Solutions in Jahangirpuri and was attended by the lieutenant governor and top brass of Delhi Police. The contraband included 961.9 kg of ganja, 542.9 kg of cocain ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Over 22,000 narcotic smugglers have been arrested so far under a state-level campaign against drugs, officials said on Friday. Under the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' (war against drugs) campaign, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 113 drug smugglers and recovered 1.5 kg heroin, 5 kg opium, and 31,237 intoxicant pills from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested in 138 days of the campaign has reached 22,377. Special DGP (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla stated that over 180 police teams, comprising more than 1,300 police personnel, under the supervision of 93 ...Read More >
Shillong, Aug 21 (PTI) Drugs worth more than Rs 412 crore have been seized in Meghalaya over the past five years and over a thousand people arrested in connection with trafficking, officials said on Thursday. Superintendent of Police (SP) in-charge of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Giri Prasad said between 2020 and 2025, the force and state police seized 400,993 grams of heroin, 12,756 kg of marijuana, 2,79,636 kg of opium, 76 kg of yaba tablets, 14 kg of white crystal meth and 1,24,906 bottles of codeine cough syrup. Prasad said the seized drugs were valued at over Rs 412 crore and ne ...Read More >
The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered 10 sophisticated pistols along with 500gm of opium from their possession, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday. Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Sagar (28), a resident of Faizpura in Amritsar, Surinder Singh alias Pali (24), a resident of Tali Wala village in Fazilka, ...Read More >
Dibrugarh: In one of the largest anti-encroachment drives in recent years, the Lakhimpur district administration on Thursday demolished 218 illegal homes and cleared 288 bighas of encroached land across three Village Grazing Reserves (VGRs).The eviction drive, which was conducted under the supervision of district commissioner (DC) Pronab Jit Kakoty and senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gunendra Deka, saw a massive deployment of police and paramilitary forces, along with 12 excavators, at Phukanarhat, Debera Doloni and Christian VGR areas."The drive was conducted peacefully and no untoward ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Revenge was not the reason for killing the rewilded, radio-collared tiger in the forests of Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh. The killers of the big cat were illegal opium cultivators who wanted to keep forest patrol teams and officials away from their illegal farming activities.Increased presence of the forest team that tracked the tiger movement through its radio-collar was proving to be a cause of concern for the accused, said investigators.The tiger, around four-and-a-half years old, was released into the wild in Dec 2024 after it was moved from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to Sa ...Read More >
Government of India announced on Friday a special policy which benefits many Poppy cultivators. The policy has enabled 15,000 farmers this year itself. The Indian Government today announced licensing policy for cultivation of opium poppy. The policy is currently announced specifically for farmers of states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The revised licensing policy is estimated to make 1.21 lakh farmers eligible for cultivating Poppy in these states - a 23 percent jump from the ...Read More >
Silchar (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): In a major anti-narcotics success, Assam Rifles Battalion on Saturday, in coordination with the police, carried out a swift, intelligence-based operation in the general area of Meharpur. During the operation, suspect movement was detected, and the vehicle attempted to evade the security forces, leading to a brief chase before being intercepted. The swift response by the joint team resulted in the recovery of 30 soap cases of heroin weighing approximately 349 grams, with an estimated market value of Rs 2.10 crore. Also Read | Avoid Panic: Delhi CM Rekha ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family on Saturday, accusing them of shielding each other in corruption cases and questioning the constitutional propriety of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's recent tweet defending his brother-in-law Robert Vadra. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Trivedi took a sharp dig at LoP Gandhi, saying, "He stood in support of his 'hardworking farmer' brother-in-law Robert Vadra (in a sarcastic tone), after the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet aga ...Read More >
Gadwal: A sensational murder case that shook both Telugu states has been cracked within a short period by the Jogulamba Gadwal district police. The investigation revealed that a wife and her paramour conspired to murder her husband, who was allegedly obstructing their illicit relationship. They hired a supari gang (contract killers) to carry out the murder. District Superintendent of Police (SP) T. Srinivasa Rao, IPS, conducted a press meet today revealing crucial details of the case. Case Background On 18th June 2025, a person named Ganta Tejavardhan, son of Ganta Jayaramudu, aged 32, resi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 18 (PTI) Over 22,000 narcotic smugglers have been arrested so far under a state-level campaign against drugs, officials said on Friday. Under the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' (war against drugs) campaign, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 113 drug smugglers and recovered 1.5 kg heroin, 5 kg opium, and 31,237 intoxicant pills from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested in 138 days of the campaign has reached 22,377. Special DGP (Law and Order) Arpit S ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Police in J&K's Kulgam district on Wednesday attached the property of a detained drug peddler/supplier under the Prevention of Illegal Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act. "In a major action against drug trafficking, Kulgam police today attached property belonging to Ghulam Rasool Dar, son of Late Abdul Rehman Dar, resident of Vidoe Mishipora, Police station Qaimoh, under the provisions of Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and P ...Read More >
Silchar (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): In a major anti-narcotics success, Assam Rifles Battalion on Saturday, in coordination with the police, carried out a swift, intelligence-based operation in the general area of Meharpur. During the operation, suspect movement was detected, and the vehicle attempted to evade the security forces, leading to a brief chase before being intercepted. The swift response by the joint team resulted in the recovery of 30 soap cases of heroin weighing approximately 3 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday destroyed over 1,629.4 kg of seized illicit drugs valued at Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market. The destruction marked the culmination of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada (Drug-Free India Fortnight), observed from June 12 to June 26.The destruction of the narcotics was done at the Biotic Waste Solutions in Jahangirpuri and was attended by the lieutenant governor and top brass of Delhi Police. The contraband included 961.9 kg of ganja, 542.9 kg of cocaine, 6 kg of heroin, 3 kg of charas, 5.4 kg of opium, and 18 kg of alprazolam powder seized by the cr ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 30 (ANI): In a significant step towards the vision of Nasha Mukt Bharat, the Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) of Chandigarh Police on Monday disposed of seized narcotics weighing a total of 35.38331 kg from 36 NDPS Act cases. The drive was conducted under the chairmanship of the Superintendent of Police (Crime), who also heads the Drug Disposal Committee. The contraband, including opium plants, heroin, charas, ganja, cocaine and ice/methamphetamine, had been seized across 11 police stations of Chandigarh Police--PS-31, PS-ANTF, Maloya, Industrial Area, PS-4 ...Read More >
Srinagar: Police in Kulgam have attached property belonging to Ghulam Rasool Dar, son of Late Abdul Rehman Dar of Vidoe Mishipora, under the provisions of Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, a police spokesman informed Wednesday. He said the accused person is involved in case FIR No. 62/2021 U/S 8/15-29 NDPS Act of Police Station Qaimoh, in which 520 kilograms of poppy straw were recovered. He is already detained under the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in NDPS Act (PIT-NDPS) and is presently lodged at Central Jail Kot Bhalwal, Jammu. The attac ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Kukatpally police on Saturday arrested three men for possessing narcotic substances, near IDL lake in Kukatpally. Kukatpally inspector K. Rajesh identified the accused as Kacchawa Kalu Ram, autorickshaw driver from Subhashnagar, Jeedimetla; Shamlal Bishnoi, a chemical worker from Venkateshwara Colony, Quthbullapur; and Anil Bishnoi, 22, a solvent trader from Bank Colony, Suchitra. All three hail from Rajasthan. A search of their belongings led to the seizure of 1.175 kg of ganja, 1.262 kg of poppy straw, and 18 grams of MDMA. 6 techies use drugs at birthday party, held Hyderab ...Read More >
Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati on Sunday said that the dispute and violence happening over language all over the country, especially in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, is "dangerous"."Mumbai is the economic capital of the country, with which people from all states have a direct contact. The govt must guarantee the safety of people's lives, property, and religion. The central govt should also take interest in this," she saidShe added that such disputes take place when narrow politics of religion, region, caste and language tries to dominate patriotism and love for the country. "Every Indi ...Read More >
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I'm truly overwhelmed and deeply grateful to receive the 71st National Film Award for Best Music Direc ...Read More >