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Punjab plans to decriminalise drug use, narcotics to remain illegal

The Punjab government is considering "decriminalising" drug use so that addicts caught with small amounts of narcotics are sent to de-addiction centres and not jails, a minister said in Chandigarh......

Will Indrani nail Chidambaram?

On Thursday, Indrani will be obligated to change into the green uniform sari she receives visitors in, as per jail rules, and meet the gentlemen from the income tax department. She may also at some......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something.Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut......

Into the mind of the rapist

Why makes rapists do what they do? Abhishek Mande speaks to psychologists to try and profile themIllustrations by Dominic XavierThe brutal gang rape of a young student of the National Law College......

'99 pc Indians have no access to palliative care'

Over the years, as the number of ailments and diseases known to man has increased, medical field and health care has also evolved with time. One such branch of medicine is palliative care, or the......

Insurers urged to expand scope to cover mental illness also

Insurers say they will have to study the available data to work out by how much premiums will have to go up to be able to cover mental illnesses as well The Insurance Regulatory and Development......

Why the child labour law should not be amended

The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

The pressure of being a Bollywood star

By talking about her struggle with depression, Deepika Padukone has exposed the stress-filled lives of filmstars. While most heroines of her time were accompanied on shoots by fiercely protective......

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Punjab plans to decriminalise drug use, narcotics to remain illegal

Will Indrani nail Chidambaram?

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

Into the mind of the rapist

'99 pc Indians have no access to palliative care'

Insurers urged to expand scope to cover mental illness also

Why the child labour law should not be amended

The pressure of being a Bollywood star

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