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Vijender Singh glad to put drug scandal behind him

May 21, 2013
‘The nightmare is finally over and I am back to a normal life’, said a relieved Vijender Singh as he broke his silence on the sensational drug scandal that severely hurt his reputation, insisting that more than a crisis, it …

Boxer Vijender Singh had drugs 12 times: Official statement by Punjab police

April 1, 2013
It seems boxer Vijender Singh has landed himself in thick soup. In a new twist to the Zirakpur heroin haul case, Punjab Police has said that the boxer and his sparring partner had bought narcotics for personal consumption. The …

Heroin racket: Vijender Singh questioned, refuses to undergo drug test!

March 11, 2013
Boxer Vijender Singh, being questioned by a Punjab Police team near here Monday in a drugs seizure case, refused to give his blood and hair samples for forensic analysis, police said. Police sources said the questioning at the …

IPS officer gets jail for selling heroin

March 11, 2013
A court in Chandigarh sentenced a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and his aide to 13 years in jail in a case of pilfering seized contraband. The IPS officer, Saji Mohan, 44, who was arrested with 12 kg heroin in …

We took drugs for fun: Vijender’s sparring partner Ram Singh

March 11, 2013
Boxer Ram Singh, who is under detention in the multi-million dollar drug racket, has said that he and Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh had tried drugs, but just for the sake of ‘adventure’. He has also admitted …

Vijender and I mistook heroin for a food supplement: Sparring partner Ram Singh

March 10, 2013
Some alarming new developments have emerged in the Vijender Singh drug scandal with a fellow boxer, Ram Singh revealing they had used heroin for fun before and had been given the drug free of cost before by their arrested friend …

Is Vijender Singh a heroin addict?

March 8, 2013
There seems to be an upsurge in cases of athletes and drugs. First it was Oscar Pistorius who had in his possession herbal drugs to boost his sex life and now it’s our very own boxing ace Vijender Singh who is going to be …

Painkillers more fatal than heroin and cocaine put together!

September 24, 2012
A new report suggests that prescription painkillers kill more people in US than heroin and cocaine combined. Experts from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Programme (PDMP) Centre of Excellence at Brandeis University's Heller …

How to detox – Delhi centres show the way

September 3, 2012
An animated discussion on self-control and inner strength is under way in an air-conditioned cottage tucked away inside a plush south Delhi farm. The group includes people from the US, Canada, Oman as well as from Southeast Asia …

Breakthrough in blocking morphine addiction

August 16, 2012
Scientists have found a new way to stop morphine and heroin addiction. A new study has found that it is possible to block addiction to morphine and heroin while boosting relief from pain.  A team from the universities of …

Heroin addiction vaccine ready for human trial

February 25, 2012
Mexican scientists trying to develop a vaccine to prevent heroin addiction are almost ready to begin human clinical trials, a scientist said. Tests of the medication on animals have achieved "significant advances", said Maria …

A vaccine to beat heroin addiction

February 6, 2012
A vaccine against heroin addiction that has been patented in Mexico will be ready for human use in around five years. Health Secretary Salomon Chertorivski said laboratory experiments have been carried out on rats and "the next …