‘Broad daylight dacoity’: SC flags 10-fold gap in cancer medicine pricing

IANS | September 22, 2026 11:47 PM

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the huge disparity between the price at which medicines are sold by manufacturers to retailers and the maximum retail price (MRP) printed on them, observing that allowing a cancer medicine bought for Rs 2,700 to be sold at an MRP of Rs 27,000 amounted to “broad daylight dacoity”.

Punjab: Drug money raises concerns before Assembly election

IANS | September 22, 2026 10:54 PM

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Months before Assembly elections are due in Punjab, concerns remain despite crackdowns over a section’s amoral engagement with narcotics that refuses to end, with regular reports of drugs being confiscated and narco-terrorism busted.

'Key culprits evade action, those who shared video facing heat': JSP questions Bihar govt’s crackdown on Jamui horror

IANS | September 22, 2026 3:23 PM

Patna, Sep 22 (IANS) Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Tuesday condemned the Jamui molestation incident that has sent shockwaves across Bihar and beyond, and questioned why the government was focusing more on taking action against social media handles that circulated the video of the incident, instead of cracking down on the main culprits.

Jamui cops arrest one individual in minor student's molestation case; FIRs filed against 120 social-media profiles

IANS | September 22, 2026 12:31 PM

Patna, Sep 22 (IANS) Jamui Police arrested Ramashish Chaudhary in connection with the alleged molestation and harassment of two minor students in the Madwa Pahar area along the Jamui-Lakhisarai route. A video of the shocking incident in Bihar was recorded and subsequently circulated on social media, prompting police action against the molesters and also the people who shared the video online, thus compromising the minor victim's identity.

Himachal: Migrant worker found dead in Nalagarh bushes, family suspects murder

IANS | September 21, 2026 11:52 PM

Nalagarh, Sep 21 (IANS) The body of a 21-year-old migrant worker was recovered from bushes near Chonkiwala in Nalagarh subdivision on Monday evening. The deceased, identified as Rajeev, had been missing for around three days. His family identified him based on his clothes and other belongings.