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Rohania Station House Officer Raju Singh said that the Fast Track Court had issued a notice on February 27, directing Jaiswal to appear within 30 days. "As he did not comply within the deadline, a case was registered late Tuesday night on the complaint of investigating officer Dinesh Tripathi, and he has now been declared an absconder," Singh said. Jaiswal is an accused in a case related to the destruction of codeine-based cough syrup worth around ₹2 crore in Bhadhwar area of Varanasi on Nove ...Read More >
Varanasi (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) A local court here has declared the alleged kingpin of the cough syrup trafficking racket, Shubham Jaiswal, a proclaimed offender after he failed to appear within the stipulated time despite a court notice, police said on Wednesday. Rohania Station House Officer Raju Singh said that the Fast Track Court had issued a notice on February 27, directing Jaiswal to appear within 30 days. "As he did not comply within the deadline, a case was registered late Tuesday night on ...Read More >
Sonbhadra (UP), Dec 17 (PTI) A 28-year-old man, wanted for allegedly trafficking codeine-based cough syrup, was on arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra on Wednesday, police said. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said the accused, Satyam Kumar (28), a resident of Gola Deenanath in the Varanasi commissionerate, was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head. He was arrested from Chandi Tiraha here. Satyam allegedly obtained a drug licence in the name of "Maa Kripa Medical" by submitting ...Read More >
At first, the mansion's opulence from the outside made headlines when the Enforcement Directorate raided dismissed police constable Alok Pratap Singh's Lucknow home. And now comes a list of luxury items seized from the home, as probe into the multi-crore cough syrup smuggling racket reveals new details, on Sunday. The 7,000-sq-ft home has ornate European-style interiors and spiral staircases, plus vintage-style lights. The trove of luxury items seized includes handbags of major brands Prada and ...Read More >
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed two writ petitions filed by Sintu alias Akhilesh Prakash and Akash Maurya against whom an FIR was lodged with the Kotwali police station of Jaunpur in the codeine-based cough syrup case of UP.The order was passed by Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Garima Prasad. The petitioners had moved the court challenging the FIR lodged against them and also for stay on arrest in the matter. The court dismissed the petitions by saying that the act of pe ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's drug regulator has sought strict compliance with revised Schedule M. It has asked state drug regulators to carry out inspections of pharma manufacturing units which have applied for extension of Schedule M to verify their compliance with the requirements, in a bid to ensure quality of pharma products by mandating Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). "In case any manufacturing unit is found non-complying to the requirements of revised Schedule M during inspections, strict actio ...Read More >
After contaminated cough syrups made headlines linked to child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India's drug regulator has launched a digital monitoring system so that officials can oversee production, movement and quality of high-risk ingredients used in making these formulations. The move comes after several reports of diethylene glycol (DEG) contamination in cough syrups, which raised serious safety concerns and prompted nationwide scrutiny of pharmaceutical manufacturing practices. ...Read More >
India is once again reeling from a preventable tragedy: the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to contaminated cough syrup. This grim pattern of recurring medical negligence and weak drug regulation can be traced as far back as 1986, when 14 patients died in Mumbai's JJ Hospital after consuming glycerol contaminated with 18.5 per cent diethylene glycol (DEG). Then followed 11 child deaths in Bihar (1988), 33 in Gurgaon (1998), and 12 in Jammu & Kashmir (2020). Internationa ...Read More >
Aizawl: The Assam Rifles on Saturday arrested two men and seized explosives -- 5,800 pieces of gelignite rods, 10,500 metres of Cordtex, and 6,000 pieces of detonators -- at Vaphai, an Indo-Myanmar border village in Mizoram's Champhai district. The force received an intelligence report regarding the transshipment of a "large quantity of war-like stores and launched an operation at Vaphai," a statement issued by the Assam Rifles said. The Assam Rifles team tried to stop a vehicle, but the occup ...Read More >
In a major crackdown on illegal drug trafficking, police and excise officials in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district have seized banned cough syrup valued at approximately Rs 3 crore and arrested three individuals allegedly connected to the smuggling network. Seizure Operation The joint operation, conducted late Saturday evening near Churk Mod on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar route, was led by Additional SP Anil Kumar. A combined team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and the excise department i ...Read More >
Varanasi: In joint action by Robertsganj Police, Special Operation Group and excise department, a large consignment of banned cough syrup and stock worth Rs 3.5 crore on two trucks was seized in Sonbhadra district on Saturday night.On Sunday, Sonbhadra ASP (headquarters) Anil Kumar said that on receiving inputs regarding movement of a banned drugs consignment, joint team of police and excise department cordoned off the Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway near Police Line-Churk turning and intercepted t ...Read More >
Agartala, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tripura Police, in coordination with intelligence agencies, have intensified their anti-narcotics operations over the past 10 days, leading to significant seizures of contraband substances across the state, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday. Taking to various social media platforms, the Chief Minister Saha informed that during the past 10 days, the police recovered 896 kg of ganja (cannabis), 90,617 bottles of cough syrup, 180 highly addictive meth ...Read More >
Given that deaths have now been reported across multiple states, this cannot remain a state-specific inquiry. It needs a coordinated, multi-state probe under the supervision of central agencies such as the CBI and the Union Health Ministry Over the past month, at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have lost their lives after consuming contaminated cough syrup. In MP's Chhindwara district alone, where nine deaths occurred, families reported a distressing similarity. The children f ...Read More >
The Centre had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet WHO-recommended standards (File image) The central government has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. The Centre had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their p ...Read More >
A government hospital in Gwalior has sealed its entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic after a complaint alleged worms were found in a bottle given to a child. This incident follows recent child deaths in Madhya Pradesh linked to a toxic cough syrup. Samples of the antibiotic have been sent for testing. Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital in Gwalior is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given ...Read More >
New Delhi -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in India over the last month. The drugs were identified as specific batches of Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife, the WHO said in a statement, manufactured by three Indian companies: Sresan Pharmaceutical, Rednex Pharmaceuticals, and Shape Pharma. The oral liquid drugs were found to cont ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI, India - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to preven ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup . New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organisation-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cross-contaminati ...Read More >
Bhopal/Nagpur: A four-year-old girl, Ambika Vishwakarma from Kakai Bhilwa village in Chhindwara, died early Wednesday after battling for life for over a month at a private hospital in Nagpur, taking the toll of children believed to have been killed by consuming toxic cough syrup to 24.Meanwhile, MP govt told a Chhindwara district court that Dr Praveen Soni, arrested for prescribing Coldrif, took Rs 8 per bottle as commission. The court, while rejecting Soni's bail plea on Oct 8, took note of the ...Read More >
Bhopal/Nagpur: Doctors across the country have united to protest the arrest of paediatrician from Chhindwara, Dr Praveen Soni who is accused of prescribing the 'killer cough syrups' to kids resulting in their deaths.The Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), representing over 47,000 paediatricians across the country on Friday sought withdrawal of cases against Dr Soni, claiming criminalising standard medical prescriptions will only create fear among doctors and severely impact healthcare delivery, ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday launched searches at seven locations in Chennai in connection with the Coldrif cough syrup case, which led to the deaths of several children. The raids are being conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are linked to Sreesan Pharma, the manufacturer of the syrup that is now banned across several states in the country. Premises being searched by the central probe agency reportedly include residences of top offi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Central drug regulator CDSCO has informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that three cough syrups -- Coldrif, RespifreshTR and ReLife -- have been recalled and manufacturers have been ordered to stop their production. The CDSCO on Wednesday informed the global health agency that none of the products were exported from India, official sources said. The WHO had sought to know from Indian authorities whether the cough syrup linked to children deaths in the country was e ...Read More >
After the death of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrup, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Wednesday issued a strict advisory for drug controllers of all states and Union Territories and instructed them to ensure every batch of raw material and finished formulation is properly tested before use or sale. The advisory, dated October 7, 2025, was sent by Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI ...Read More >
The World Health Organization is seeking details from India regarding a cough syrup linked to child deaths. Several Indian states have banned the 'Coldrif' syrup. Lab reports confirmed it contained a toxic industrial solvent. A criminal case has been registered against the manufacturer, Sresan Pharma. The doctor who prescribed the syrup has been arrested. The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought clarification from Indian authorities on whether a cough syrup linked to deaths of children ...Read More >
Representatives of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Madhya Pradesh Branch and doctors held a protest in Chhindwara district on Tuesday, demanding the release of a government doctor, Praveen Soni, who was recently sent to jail in relation to the death of children due to alleged consumption of cough syrup in the district. Dr Soni is a government paediatrician at Civil Hospital, Parasia in Chhindwara, who was recently suspended and later faced legal action, resulting in being sent on 14-days judi ...Read More >
Two more children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, have died from kidney failure after consuming a contaminated cough syrup, bringing the total to 16. The affected children had reportedly taken the Coldrif syrup, with samples found to contain toxic substances. Investigations are ongoing, leading to suspensions and arrests. Chhindwara, Two more children from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara who were undergoing treatment for kidney failure after drinking a contaminated cough syrup have died, taking the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) In view of pediatrician's arrest following deaths of children due to the consumption of a "contaminated" cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday sought Union Health Minister JP Nadda's intervention into the matter and immediate withdrawal of the case against the bona fide medical practitioner. Condemning the action taken against the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP), IMA said the root cause of this tragedy is the failure of qua ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 8 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh government has banned the sale and use of Coldrif cough syrup in the wake of death of 14 children in Madhya Pradesh, linked to consumption of the medicine, an official said on Wednesday. The Arunachal Pradesh Drugs Control has issued an advisory prohibiting the sale, distribution and stock of Coldrif cough syrup, manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceutical, the official said. The advisory has been issued following reports linking the cough syrup to child deaths ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country's drug regulator said on Wednesday, opens new tab, after deaths in the past month of 17 children linked to toxic cough syrups. An advisory by the drugs controller general of India, Rajeev Raghuvanshi, said the regulator carried out checks at some factories and found serious lapses. In the advisory dated October 7 and posted on a government website ...Read More >
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