Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu reports 66 drug overdose deaths in Himachal Pradesh over three years, with 6,246 cases registered under the NDPS Act. The state government is implementing measures to combat drug abuse, including confiscating assets, launching awareness campaigns, and establishing rehabilitation centres.
A 35-year-old convict serving a life sentence for rape died in Bhondsi Jail, Gurugram. Police suspect a drug overdose or heart attack as the cause of death, pending a post-mortem examination and magisterial inquiry.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu reports 66 drug overdose deaths in the state over three years, along with details of NDPS Act cases, government prevention efforts, and rehabilitation initiatives.
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Reports show that she had a significant increase in the level of benzodiazepine, a class of anti-depressants.
The minister said that the Director General of Police B S Bassi must have received wrong information about the drug being easily available at the fest in Candolim beach. Also, he said that there was no delay on the part of state police to inspect the venue and check on the information received by the DGP.
"There was no overdose, nor any poison. Her condition could have worsened as she had briefly stopped taking medicines and was suffering from weakness," said Inspector General of Prisons Bipin Kumar Singh.
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The Delhi Police have recovered Alprax tablets -- an antidepressant -- from the hotel room in which Sunanda Pushkar was found dead. Vicky Nanjappa reports
However, the US embassy, making public the punitive action, did not divulge the identity of the business leaders whose visas were revoked in view of the allegations.
Seattle city Attorney Erika Evans said in a statement that Jaahnavi Kandula's death was heartbreaking, and the city hopes this financial settlement brings some sense of closure to the Kandula family.
Among the patients, one was hospitalised with snake bite, the second was a drug overdose patient, while the third was suffering from tuberculosis. All three were put on ventilators.
There was no trace of alcohol in the body of Sunanda Pushkar though some evidence of presence of anti-depressant drug was likely, sources in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences said on Sunday.
The SP said Chopra is the kingpin of drugs in Hamirpur and added that this is the seventh case registered against him under the NDPS Act.
According to a statement issued by the Grand Mufti's office, the decision was made after a high-level meeting held in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, where it was decided to completely cancel the death sentence, which had been temporarily suspended earlier.
Actor Sapna Singh staged a protest in Bareilly after her 14-year-old son was found dead under suspicious circumstances. Police arrested his two friends, Anuj and Sunny, on charges of murder. The postmortem report indicated possible poisoning or drug overdose, and the friends confessed to consuming drugs and alcohol with the victim before he collapsed.
The recommendation is being forwarded to the Union government.
The development comes months after another Seattle police officer Daniel Auderer was fired following his insensitive comments and laughter after Kandula's death.
He said Sahil had got the drugs from Vasant Vihar, an area of Delhi he knew very well, but police were not aware of the quantity of contraband he had procured.
The Seattle police officer who struck and killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula while responding to an overdose call, will not face any criminal charges due to lack of 'sufficient' evidence, authorities said.
Experts have said that the charges will depend on what the investigation states.
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What has really alarmed the police, and also the families of young drug abusers, is the entry of "chitta" -- a highly refined white powdery semi-synthetic substance (mainly heroine) -- into the drug scene and has spread like wildfire among the state's youth. Ashwani Sharma reports.
Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Seattle Police Officer Kevin Dave as she was crossing a street on January 23.
"The next 48 hours will be critical for her," J J Hospital Dean Dr T P Lahane told reporters on Saturday when asked if she is out of danger.
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The Goa police say British teen Scarlette Keeling was first raped and then died due to a drug overdose. The police claim that Placido Carvalho had been supplying drugs to Scarlette and that he was the one who raped her. Scarlette's mother has sought the Prime Minister's intervention in the case, saying she had lost faith in the state police.
More than two years after Nicole Anne Smith, the former Playboy model and wife of a Texas oil baron, had died of drug overdose, and over a year since the Los Angeles police had exonerated him, Sandeep Kapoor, a specialist in geriatric and internal medicine, was charged with a conspiracy to furnish drugs to Smith.
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A 26-year-old Indian employee at an IT firm, who was accused of murdering an American woman, was found dead after he allegedly committed suicide due to suspected drug overdose at a New Jersey hotel.
The royal couple's 21-year-old son died a few hours later apparently due to drug overdose, local media reports said on Tuesday.
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Jaahnavi Kandula, the Indian student who was struck and killed by a speeding police car here will be awarded her master's degree posthumously, the Chancellor of Northeastern University has announced, hoping that the ongoing probe will bring a measure of justice and accountability.
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