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Union Minister's Response To 4 Questions In Parliament On Manipur Illegal Opium Poppy Cultivation
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said.
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Manipur Cops Walk 3 Hours To Raze Illegal Poppy Farms, Face "90 Armed Miscreants", Turn Back: FIR
- Sunday November 24, 2024
- India News | Written by Debanish Achom
A Manipur Police team that went to destroy illegal opium cultivation in the hills of Kangpokpi district were stopped by "80-90 armed miscreants" and forced to return without clearing the illegal farms, a police officer said.
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Exclusive: End Of Opium Poppy Cultivation In Manipur Soon? Satellite Imagery Data Shows...
- Sunday April 14, 2024
- India News | Written by Debanish Achom, Ratnadip Choudhury
The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the autonomous government institution Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre shows.
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Centre Announces Annual Licensing Policy For Poppy Cultivation In 3 States
- Thursday September 14, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
The Union Government on Thursday announced the annual licensing policy for crop year 2023-24 for the cultivation of opium poppy for farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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"Opium-Addicted" Parrots Affecting Poppy Cultivation In Madhya Pradesh
- Tuesday February 26, 2019
- India News | ANI
But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
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"Uncle Used It As Medicine": Navjot Sidhu Supports Legalisation Of Opium
- Monday October 1, 2018
- India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has supported an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in his demand to legalise the sale and cultivation of opium in the state. The suspended member of Parliament from Patiala, AAP's Dharamvir Gandhi, a dcotor, has been pitching for legalisation of poppy and opium cultivation.
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Punjab to Approach Madhya Pradesh High Court for Opium Ban
- Friday July 17, 2015
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
The Punjab government is contemplating filing a PIL in Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking ban on opium and poppy cultivation in the central state, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Friday.
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Arunachal Starts Fight Against Opium
- Monday June 16, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi has come up with six-point agenda to tackle cultivation, consumption and trafficking of opium in the state as well as de-addiction measures.
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Opium poppy cultivations discovered in Shirur, Pune district
- Thursday March 8, 2012
- Pune News | Press Trust of India
Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.
- www.ndtv.com
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Union Minister's Response To 4 Questions In Parliament On Manipur Illegal Opium Poppy Cultivation
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Manipur Cops Walk 3 Hours To Raze Illegal Poppy Farms, Face "90 Armed Miscreants", Turn Back: FIR
- Sunday November 24, 2024
- India News | Written by Debanish Achom
A Manipur Police team that went to destroy illegal opium cultivation in the hills of Kangpokpi district were stopped by "80-90 armed miscreants" and forced to return without clearing the illegal farms, a police officer said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Exclusive: End Of Opium Poppy Cultivation In Manipur Soon? Satellite Imagery Data Shows...
- Sunday April 14, 2024
- India News | Written by Debanish Achom, Ratnadip Choudhury
The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the autonomous government institution Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre shows.
- www.ndtv.com
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Centre Announces Annual Licensing Policy For Poppy Cultivation In 3 States
- Thursday September 14, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
The Union Government on Thursday announced the annual licensing policy for crop year 2023-24 for the cultivation of opium poppy for farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Opium-Addicted" Parrots Affecting Poppy Cultivation In Madhya Pradesh
- Tuesday February 26, 2019
- India News | ANI
But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Uncle Used It As Medicine": Navjot Sidhu Supports Legalisation Of Opium
- Monday October 1, 2018
- India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has supported an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in his demand to legalise the sale and cultivation of opium in the state. The suspended member of Parliament from Patiala, AAP's Dharamvir Gandhi, a dcotor, has been pitching for legalisation of poppy and opium cultivation.
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab to Approach Madhya Pradesh High Court for Opium Ban
- Friday July 17, 2015
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
The Punjab government is contemplating filing a PIL in Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking ban on opium and poppy cultivation in the central state, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Arunachal Starts Fight Against Opium
- Monday June 16, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi has come up with six-point agenda to tackle cultivation, consumption and trafficking of opium in the state as well as de-addiction measures.
- www.ndtv.com
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Opium poppy cultivations discovered in Shirur, Pune district
- Thursday March 8, 2012
- Pune News | Press Trust of India
Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.
- www.ndtv.com