Addicts find refuge at clinic, say methadone treatments turned their lives aroundSunday, May 2, 2010 @ 2:32AMEddie was 18 when he took his first Percocet. He had torn cartilage in his knee from playing high school football and baseball and needed surgery. He had never taken an opioid analgesic before, but, said Eddie, "I think I was addicted the first time I took one."
Statins could stymie H1N1Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 3:45AMA new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs such as Lipitor and Zocor.
Chinese firms wage sweet war on stateMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:38PMTAMLUK, 26 Oct: It’s called ‘Sweet War’ and it attacks below the belt.
Citys safe at night from its policemenMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:38PMAbhishek Law KOLKATA, 26 Oct.: It’s late on Friday night. There are three passengers, all men, in the car, a nondescript older-model Maruti Zen. The car has no front number plate. For all that anyone knows, the men could be Maoists or suicide bombers or anti-social elements.
Judges to be hired to clear backlogMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:38PMStatesman News Service NEW DELHI, 26 OCT: The government plans to cut down the huge backlog of over 3.1 crore court cases by appointing 15,000 trial court judges and 700 high court judges on contract for two years to work in three shifts to eliminate arrears within three years.
Ministers meet likely to focus on ChinaMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:36PMBANGALORE, 26 OCT: The much-awaited meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China, scheduled here tomorrow, will discuss ways to further strengthen regional and trilateral cooperation even though the focus will remain centered on Indo-China bilateral talks.
Checks random, say policeMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:36PMKOLKATA, 26 OCT.: The city police didn’t seem overly concerned upon hearing of our experience.
DGs new twist to missing cops caseMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 4:36PMStatesman News Service KOLKATA, 26 OCT: Even a month ago the state government had information that the two constables ~ Shabir Ali Mollah and Kanchan Garai ~ abducted by Maoists were alive, the director-general of police, Mr Bhupinder Singh, disclosed today when relatives of the two were taken to Delhi by the Trinamul Congress leadership for a meeting with the Union home minister, Mr P ...
Confusion all aroundSaturday, October 24, 2009 @ 3:51PMNEWDELHI/KOLKATA/MIDNAPORE, 24 OCT: It’s a case of mistaken identities, jumping the gun and retractions of the government stand on Maoists.