A wholesale drug-seller in Jammu and Kashmir was found selling life-saving medicines at a huge premium and investing the profits in the Valley's real estate.


J&K pharma firm searched for profiteering by I-T


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The Punjab Jail Department on Thursday dismissed four officers of the Patiala Central Jail for violating the jail manual and patronising extortion, torture, inhuman treatment besides unnatural acts.


Four prison officials dismissed in Punjab


A court here on Thursday reserved order on the plea of  British national and alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal middleman Christian Michel's plea seeking a "free and fair" trial as the fresh supplementary charge sheet filed in the case was accessed by some media outlets.


Court reserves order on Michel's charge sheet leak plea


Supreme Court judge Justice N.V. Ramana has recused from a three-judge inquiry panel constituted to probe the allegations of sexual harassment made against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by a former staffer of the top court.


SC judge Ramana recuses from inquiry panel into CJI case


The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is ready to strike against Deloitte Haskins and Sells in the murky IL&FS case. IANS learns that MCA has taken an aggressive view over malpractices by Deloitte over the last decade which have led to papering over the large cracks in its finances. Misrepresentation, cooking of books by auditors and malafide practices with respect to the web of subsidiaries are at the kernel of Deloitte's architecture for IL&FS for which MCA will disbar them.


MCA ready to strike against IL&FS tainted Delolite (IANS Exclusive)


With SEBI stopping the Hotel Leelaventure takeover bid in its tracks, several questions have cropped up. A combination of two minority investors -- ITC and LIC -- jointly owning a tad over 10 per cent petitioned both NCLT and SEBI to prevent this takeover from going ahead, citing oppression and mismanagement against the company. IANS now learns that a Middle Eastern billionaire along with an Indian arms dealer had jointly bid for Leelaventure company and their bid at $600 million was higher than any other bid.


JM FIN ARC conduct in Leela saga questionable (IANS Exclusive)


Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion blocked the entrance to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday as climate change protests continued in the British capital.


Climate protesters block London Stock Exchange


In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a probe by a former judge of the apex court Justice A K Patnaik into allegations about conspiracy against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who has been accused of sexual harassment by a woman.


Ex-judge to probe conspiracy angle in CJI sexual harassment matter


The National Aluminum Co Ltd (Nalco) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Odisha High Court judgement allowing Vedantas Jharsuguda unit to participate in the tender floated by Nalco for the sale of surplus alumina.


Nalco challenges Odisha HC's order favouring Vedanta


The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Election Commission to take appropriate action against opposition party workers for making sexist remarks against Trinamool candidate Mahua Moitra during an election campaign in West Bengal.


Sexist remarks against TMC candidate: SC asks EC to act


The Supreme Court on Thursday said some rich and powerful people want to control its functioning, as it heard for the third time the matter related to allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.


Rich and powerful want to control court: SC on CJI matter


The US state of Texas has executed John William King, a white supremacist convicted two decades ago for killing African-American James Byrd Jr. in one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history.


Texas executes white supremacist for killing black man


Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to the New York state Attorney General in response to a subpoena for documents related to loans made to President Donald Trump and his business, an informed source said.


Deutsche Bank begins providing Trump financial records


The Tokyo District Court on Thursday granted ousted Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's release on bail after he was indicted for the fourth time over alleged misuse of company funds.


Ousted Nissan chief Ghosn granted release on bail


Battling several privacy violations, Facebook has kept aside $3 billion, anticipating a record fine coming from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) related to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that involved 87 million users.


Facebook keeps aside $3 bn ahead of US FTC fine


A group of farmers' organisations, including the RSS- affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of legal suits filed by food and beverages giant PepsiCo India against nine potato growers in north Gujarat for growing a particular variety of potatoes, which the company claims it has sole rights to make its popular brand of Lay's chips.


Farmer bodies protest PepsiCo suits against potato growers


NITI Aayogs Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and UNICEF India on Tuesday signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to provide an open platform to promote participation, skilling and empowerment among young children across different communities.


UNICEF, NITI Aayog tie up for children empowerment


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply on a plea complaining that Central Bank of India, the public sector lender, has disbursed the housing loan without linking it to the stages of construction for a under-construction greenfield housing project.


RBI reply on home loan norm breach by bank sought


A day after the Supreme Court told the Gujarat government to rehabilitate and pay her Rs 50 lakh, Bilkis Yakub Rasool Bano, gang-raped in the 2002 Gujarat riots, on Wednesday said the state had been convicted on moral and constitutional principles.


State convicted on moral, constitutional principles: Bilkis Bano


The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench on Wednesday lifted the ban on video mobile application TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, subject to certain conditions.


Madras High Court lifts ban on TikTok


The Supreme Court on Wednesday said "fixing" has no place in the judiciary and it will go to "the bottom of the conspiracy" to identify those involved as it heard a case pertaining to conspiracy to frame the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.

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