Ecstasy

Maynard was high on drugs before accident: Police

Tom Maynard was electrocuted after stepping on a live track before he was hit by a train, causing him to die from multiple injuries last year. ...  

Art bonds India, Sri Lanka at music festival

Chennai: War-torn Jaffna in Sri Lanka had a musical symphony earlier this month. Carnatic vocalists TM Krishna and P Unnikrishnan, along with Bharatnatyam dancer Alarmel Valli enthralled Jaffna with their performances and workshops for three days. These artistes from Chennai participated in the three-day event called 'Divine Ecstasy', set up by TM Krishna. "In a way it is re-inforcing a cultural depth they already had. You are not introducing anything...  

Steve Jobs' agony and ecstasy to hit NY stage

New York: A new play about Steve Jobs, the public's love affair with the devices he created, and the human cost of creating them, will go ahead next week despite his death, theater representatives said on Thursday. The off-Broadway one-man show, 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs', will open at The Public Theater in New York on October 17 with previews beginning next week. The Apple Inc. co-founder...  

Scientist haunted by misuse of drugs he invented

Washington: David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths. Nichols makes chemicals roughly similar to ecstasy and LSD that are supposed to help explain how parts of the brain function. Then he publishes the results for other scientists, hoping his work one day leads to treatments for depression...  

Hong Kong hopes to break record with 3-D porn

Hong Kong: On the leafy fringes of Hong Kong in a shabby film studio, a nude ponytailed actor stretched out on animal-skins with his lover as the cameras rolled in a set evoking a subterranean sex lair in ancient China. Turning away from a slightly blurred high definition TV screen as the actors writhed, director Christopher Sun shouted "cut" whilst yanking off his 3-D glasses. "Good" he yelled. No ordinary...  

DJ Aqeel cleared of drug charges

DJ Aqeel was discharged in the drug possession case, two weeks after he was allegedly caught with ecstasy tablets in Dubai. ...  

On a high? Please mind your health

What can drugs do to your system? An hour after cocaine is used, the risk of a heart attack goes up by 24 times. ...