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TopicDrug racket

Topic: drug racket

Delhi Police bust fake cancer drugs racket, Syrian national among 4 arrested

Cyber cell seizes fake as well as unregistered medicines worth Rs 4 crore from two firms which allegedly manufactured and distributed them.

‘No prescription sought, drugs under different names’ — Maharashtra FDA busts ‘abortion pill racket’

FDA officers in 13 parts of the state posed as customers and managed to easily procure the kits. FIRs lodged against e-commerce app, ‘unlicensed’ agency.

Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi arrested in Sandalwood drug case

The Central Crime Branch had earlier carried out searches at Ragini Dwivedi's residence in Bengaluru Friday morning, police sources said.

Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi’s residence searched in connection with drug racket probe

On 21 August, the Central Crime Branch had arrested three persons who were allegedly supplying illegal drugs in the Kannada film industry.

Punjab Police arrests father-son duo running ‘pharma drug cartel’ in India

Police say the duo is one of the biggest manufacturers & suppliers of different types of pharmaceutical opioids, controlling almost 70% of the total illegal drug trade.

ED officer who questioned Akali leader Majithia in multi-crore drug bust case resigns

Niranjan Singh, a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, resigned citing "personal reasons".

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Stop telling South Indians to learn Hindi. In Hyderabad, languages coexist without imposition

I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.