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Topic: Drugs Case

From Gorakhpur to Singapore & Cyprus, Punjab vigilance cites ‘money trail’ to seek Majithia’s remand

Member of Bikram Singh Majithia’s legal team says Akali Dal leader ‘resigned as director of firm Saraya Industries, and his role was limited to that of a shareholder’.

1,200 kg cocaine, shell companies & a Dubai kingpin—Delhi Police charge sheet in Rs 13,000-cr drug bust

Ex-leader of Congress Tushar Goyal among 14 accused arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in this case last year. The other 5 are absconding.

4 months after fentanyl arrests, 6 Indian-origin men held in $48 mn cocaine bust in Canada

Arrests come amid Canadian crackdown on international drug trafficking networks. Last November, RCMP arrested one Gaganpreet Randhawa in what was termed ‘largest’ drug lab bust.

Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal’s brother arrested in drugs case, family claims ‘falsely implicated’

Tarsem Singh, father of Lok Sabha MP from Khadoor Sahib Amritpal Singh, has alleged Punjab police ‘falsely implicated’ his elder son Harpreet Singh in the NDPS case.

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 case of planting drugs to frame lawyer

Bhatt was held guilty of falsely implicating a Rajasthan-based lawyer by claiming, in 1996, that police had seized drugs from a hotel room in Palanpur where the lawyer was staying.

Punjab police arrests Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in 2015 drugs case

Slamming the Bhagwant Mann government, the Congress MLA claimed that he was being apprehended in a fake case and that 'jungle raj' was prevailing in the state.

Russia sends US basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 yrs in jail, ‘unacceptable’ says Biden

Verdict comes 6 months after the Olympic gold medallist was arrested on charges of smuggling in less than 1 gram of cannabis oil in her luggage.

Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia appears before SIT in drugs case

Majithia was directed by the high court to join the investigation while granting him anticipatory bail Monday. He was also asked not to leave India till the next date of hearing.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.