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Kashmir drug scam: Protests shuts down the Valley

May 6, 2013
Life in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley was affected on Monday by a shutdown against the alleged spurious drugs scam called by the Doctors Association of Kashmir The scam has been hogging headlines in local …

Kashmiris worried about fake drugs

May 1, 2013
What started as an allegation over the wrongful purchase of antibiotics by a government-appointed committee in Jammu and Kashmir has now started haunting the imagination of the public in the Valley. But is the issue being blown …

Kashmir drug scam: Court orders immediate arrest of 15 involved in racket

April 25, 2013
Taking cognizance of the seriousness of the spurious drug scam in Jammu and Kashmir, a local court ordered the immediate arrest of 15 people involved in the racket whose names have so-far cropped in investigations. The court …

Kashmir drug scam: Former Health Minister Lal Sharma gets a clean chit

April 22, 2013
The Omar Abdullah government has given a clean chit to former Health Minister Lal Sharma in J&K and handed over investigations of the spurious drug scam to the Crime Branch. Current Minister of State for Health, Shabhir Ahmed …

Kashmir fake drug scam: Were spurious drugs responsible for high infant deaths last year?

April 16, 2013
Kashmir is simmering again and it has nothing to do with army violence or militant activity. Ten days ago, the Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) and the Jammu and Kashmir Chemists and Druggists Association demanded the …

G B Pant infant deaths: Docs hit back at corrupt administration

May 23, 2012
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) alleges that the action taken against doctors in the  J & K infant deaths case has been done to cover up administrative botches.  Even the selection of a retired doctor as Medical …