Rahul Mahajan granted bail

Nine days after his arrest for alleged drug abuse, Rahul Mahajan was on Wednesday granted bail by a special court with the prosecution having failed to prove his involvement in "systematic and......

Get yourself a lifesaver

How often have you screamed for help?Mumbai is a city where a mentally retarded girl was raped in front of six people in a local train.So if you don't want to scream maybe it is time you bought one......

GM food hazard: Crisis worse than global meltdown

For a country that doesn't take much interest in scientists, Gilles-Eric Seralini can probably be termed well-known in India. Seralini is professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen in......

Piramal to be first pvt company to process opium

The Mumbai-based Piramal Healthcare is preparing to become the first private sector company to process opium for use in pharmaceutical products.The development, which would end the six-decade......

Narcotics is big biz, not menace: Govt panel

A high-level inter-ministerial task force wants the business of narcotics to be simplified, something which, it said, would be an opportunity for the over $17-billion Indian pharmaceutical......

Pvt sector may make narcotics

The Centre is planning to allow the private sector to enter the lucrative legal narcotics business to meet the growing demand for opium alkaloids from the domestic pharmaceutical industry. At......