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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday permitted newly-appointed CBI director Anil Sinha to take over the probe into 2G cases. The apex court passed the order on an application by the probe agency seeking clarification on its earlier order removing former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Ranjit Sinha from the investigation and prosecution […]

NEW DELHI: In a setback to Cipla, the homegrown generics medicine company, the government has so far found little merit in its plea for waiver and cancellation of patent rights for five drugs over which Novartis has exclusive rights. Sources told TOI that the health ministry has suggested that Cipla’s proposal for a compulsory licence

KOLKATA: The political circles might be abuzz with the arrest of cabinet minister for sports and transport MadanMitra by the CBI, the central agency is already looking forward in terms of collecting evidence against influential men. What has not gone unnoticed, therefore, is the arrest of Saradha boss Sudipta Sen’s legal counsel NareshBhalotia by the

NEW DELHI: Seeking to facilitate ease of doing business, government on Friday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to amend the companies law to provide stringent punishment for illegal money pooling activities, among other things. The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014, introduced by finance minister Arun Jaitley, proposes as many as 14 changes in various provisions

NEW DELHI: The Dowry Act in its present form is here to stay for now. The government on Friday said it had dropped amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 proposed by the National Commission for Women (NCW). “The NCW had recommended certain amendments in Dowry Prohibition Act. However, the ministry has taken a considered

NEW DELHI: CBI on Friday filed charged against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, his close aide Vijay Joshi, former coal secretary HC Gupta, ex-chief secretary A K Basu and four others in connection with allocation of coal blocks to Kolkata-based Vini Iron Steel and Udyog Ltd. During Koda’s tenure, three allocations to private companies

MUMBAI: In a move which will bring cheer to patients and generic companies pursuing affordable treatments, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Bayer’s appeal on the compulsory licence (CL) issued on kidney and cancer drug, Nexavar. The Supreme Court set aside the special leave petition filed by the MNC in October against the Bombay high

Sending a strong signal against incidents of harassment of women particularly in court premises, the Supreme Court on Friday threw out an appeal by a lawyer against a week-long jail term in a case of misdemeanour against a woman colleague in Delhi High Court in 2012. A bench of Justices T S Thakur and Adarsh

The Delhi High Court in an interim order has restrained Xiaomi as well as online e-commerce site Flipkart from selling in India handsets of the Chinese mobile maker that run on the technology patented by Ericsson. The court has also restrained Xiaomi or its agents from making, assembling, importing or offering for sale its devices

NEW DELHI: Taking forward the money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal, the Enforcement Directorate has questioned the Maran brothers — Dayanidhi and Kalanithi — in connection with its criminal case against them. Sources said the investigators, early this week, recorded the statements of Dayanidhi, the former telecom minister, and his businessman brother Kalanithi here