Philippine police seize drugs worth USD 30 million

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:05

Philippine police arrested four men and seized USD 30 million worth of methamphetamine on Friday in the second large drug bust in Manila in 10 days.

Boxer Vijender`s controversy unfortunate: Abhinav Bindra

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 19:08

India`s only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra here on Sunday said it was unfortunate and sad that Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh`s name emerged in a drug bust.

Hard to mistake drugs for food supplements, NIS

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 17:06

The National Institute of Sports today rejected expelled boxer Ram Singh`s claim that he and Olympic medalist Vijender Singh had taken drugs mistaking them for "food supplements", saying the NIS has a well laid out system on food supplements for sportspersons.

NADA unlikely to test Vijender Singh

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 15:33

Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh is unlikely to be tested by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) despite claims by his sparring partner Ram Singh that the star boxer consumed small amounts of heroin.

We mistook drugs for food supplements: Ram Singh

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 10:49

In a massive blow to star Indian boxer Vijender Singh, his friend Ram Singh has claimed that the Olympic bronze-medallist consumed drugs with him on a few occasions but insisted that the duo mistook the contraband for food supplements.

Olympian Vijender Singh refutes drug link

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 19:21

Olympic boxer Vijender Singh and fellow boxer Ram Singh are being called in for questioning by the police after a drug-bust led to their names being associated with the drug peddlar, as reported by a leading Indian news channel.

Cops deny link between Vijender Singh and drug haul

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 19:14

Initial probe into the recovery of 26 kg of heroin worth Rs 130 crore from an NRI`s house in Zirakpur has not suggested any link with boxer Vijender Singh, whose car was recovered at some distance from the accused`s house, police said today.

Dealer responsible for Rolling Stones drug bust ‘showed no regrets’

Last Updated: Monday, October 25, 2010, 15:43

The drug dealer who Rolling Stones claim set them up in a drug racket "never showed any remorse" for almost ruining the rockers` careers, according to the police informant`s former lover.