Acting on a tip-off that drugs were being peddled at the 'Bombay 72 Degree East' night club, the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the city police raided the establishment late Sunday night, police said. A woman and an Israeli national were among the eight arrested, they said.
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Two weightlifters from Uzbekistan tested positive for drugs and have been thrown out of the Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced on Sunday.
The South African all rounder played the last of his three Tests against the West Indies in Jamaica in April 2001.
Rediff Labs investigates the issue of child drug abuse in India in an attempt to quantify the seriousness of the issue.
The 22-year old tested positive for cannabis after winning a silver medal in the men's 60 metres at the European indoor championships in Madrid in March.
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A union representing British sportsmen and women has launched legal action in Switzerland to try to ensure more sympathetic treatment for athletes caught using recreational drugs.
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The NCB claimed that the students were both addicts and suppliers of these drugs.
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The man was shot after confronting police officers on a busy city street, authorities said. He was taken into custody in a critical condition. He succumbed to the gunshot wounds in the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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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 point on Thursday video conference with Delhi in the INX Media-Karti Chidambaram case where she might become an approver.
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Investigators say the aim of the kidnapping was to scare and drive away the nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal communities from the Hindu dominated area.
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Indian-origin Dr Vivek H Murthy expresses his reservations on marijuana, now legalised in two US states
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Peter said he needed a broom to sweep his cell because, he joked, there are no vacuum cleaners in jail.
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