Manipur: Colonel detained for smuggling drugs The Manipur Police on Sunday detained an Army officer after he was found carrying drugs worth Rs 16 crore. The officer, reportedly a Colonel, was returning from Moreh on the Myanmar border and was caught at Chandel. ...  
03:22 PM, Feb 24, 2013

China launches probe into WADA doping allegations China will investigate claims that virtually all the raw materials used to produce illegal performance-enhancing drugs come from the country, even if they have serious reservations about their accuracy, state media said on Tuesday. ...  
02:09 PM, Feb 19, 2013

I would leave parties before drugs happened: Brooke Shields Brooke Shields, who began her showbiz journey at the age of 12, says she avoided being a Hollywood wild child by leaving parties before drugs happened. ...  
12:41 PM, Feb 19, 2013

MP: Archbishop allegedly tried to make priest mentally unsound A local court has ordered registration of a case against the Archbishop of Bhopal and two others for allegedly conspiring to make a priest and former spokesperson of the local church mentally unsound by administering drugs. Judicial Magistrate First Class Alok Mishra ordered the filing of a case against Archbishop Father Leo Cornelio and the other two under IPC Sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison etc with intent...  
03:35 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Russian weightlifter stripped of Athens bronze medal Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov was stripped of his 2004 Olympic bronze medal after a retest of his sample from the Athens Games returned positive. ...  
11:46 PM, Feb 12, 2013

Clean declaration must for Australia's Olympic athletes Australia's Olympic athletes will be required to sign statutory declarations saying they have no history of doping. ...  
07:03 PM, Feb 12, 2013

Rafael Nadal says he wants drug cheats caught Nadal says testing for performance-enhancing drugs in sport should strike a balance between catching the cheats and respecting the athletes. ...  
10:33 AM, Feb 09, 2013

Australia sports must cough up more for anti-doping: WADA WADA chief says that performance enhancing drugs in Australian sport showed the country's professional leagues had patently failed to build robust anti-doping regimes. ...  
07:25 PM, Feb 08, 2013

Armstrong sued over $12 mn in Tour de France prize money Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong on Thursday was sued by a company that paid him about $12 million for three of his seven Tour de France wins that have since been stripped from him for his use of banned drugs. ...  
09:34 AM, Feb 08, 2013

No use of drugs in Australian cricket: CA chief
by AFP
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said there was nothing in a damning government report into doping that linked the sport to drugs, saying he was shocked by the findings. ...  
08:45 AM, Feb 07, 2013

Banned drugs prevalent in Australian sports: Report A government investigation has unearthed widespread use of banned drugs and links with organized crime in Australian sports. ...  
08:38 AM, Feb 07, 2013

US exports may drive growth of Indian pharma companies Top Indian pharma players will continue to grow strongly at over 20 per cent in 2013, primarily led by exports to the US market, India Ratings said in its outlook for the sector. "We believe that top players of the sector will continue to grow strongly in 2013 (over 20 per cent per annum), primarily led by exports. Of the export markets, Indian pharma will focus on the US market...  
12:14 PM, Feb 03, 2013

Golfer Vijay Singh admits using controversial spray Former world number has admitted using deer antler spray, but says he was unaware the extract contained an insulin-like growth factor. ...  
09:47 AM, Jan 31, 2013

Lance Armstrong sued for fraud over book fabrications The class-action complaint was filed in federal court in Sacramento, California after Armstrong admitted that he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles. ...  
08:45 AM, Jan 24, 2013

Key quotes from Armstrong interview with Oprah Key quotes by Lance Armstrong from the first part of his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. ...  
03:09 PM, Jan 18, 2013

India is second largest drug exporter to US: FDA
by IANS
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) runs two offices in India to monitor the quality of foods and drugs made in India, the second largest drug exporter and the seventh largest food exporter to the US. Nearly one quarter of the spices, oils and food colourings used in the US comes from India, the largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices globally, the FDA said in a consumer update. ...  
11:18 AM, Jan 09, 2013

J&K: Man arrested for drugging, raping minor girl A man in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district was arrested for drugging and then raping a minor girl. The accused committed the crime on November 26, 2012, but a case was registered with the police on December 3. ...  
09:41 AM, Jan 05, 2013

Trials of untested drugs creating 'havoc': SC The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Centre for its failure to stop illegal clinical trials of untested drugs by multinational companies, saying the drug trials are creating "havoc" in the country and causing death of many citizens. ...  
03:04 PM, Jan 03, 2013

Was Whitney Houston murdered by drug thugs?
by IANS
Houston was murdered, according to a leading private investigator, who claims to have unearthed new evidence. ...  
10:59 AM, Dec 29, 2012

Maharashtra: Kasab hanging, Jundal deportation hog limelight The hanging of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, deportation of his handler Abu Jundal from Saudi Arabia, explosions in Pune, arrest of two girls over their Facebook post and August 11 violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan grabbed the headlines in Maharashtra in 2012. ...  
04:52 PM, Dec 19, 2012