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Kroger and Albertsons are defending their plan to merge in a hearing that began Monday in federal court in Oregon

Lenovo has reportedly fired a computer salesman from the company for reportedly urinating in a hotel's lobby. Now the employee has sued the company for whopping $1.5 million. Richard Becker, 66, was fired after he urinated in a Times Square hotel lobby due to a bladder condition. Now, he has accused the company of discrimination based on disability, according to a lawsuit filed last Friday in New York State Supreme Court. The incident took place in February, after Becker attended a work-related dinner and returned to his hotel near New York's bustling Times Square. Overcome by an urgent need to relieve himself due to his chronic bladder condition, Becker claims he was forced to use a vestibule located on a separate floor from the main lobby. Although Becker's condition was well-known among his colleagues and managers at Lenovo, a coworker allegedly witnessed the incident and reported him to human resources. The lawsuit suggests that this coworker acted «out of spite and malice,» even though Becker’s actions, according to the filing, «caused no harm to anyone whatsoever.»

Travelers, be warned: The federal government may revoke your passport if you ignore a big tax bill.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that the recent incidents of crimes against women in the state are being committed with a «bigger intention of grabbing land and threatening the identity of the Assamese people». He hinted at 'political patronage' behind the crimes, while also claiming that financial power is shifting out of the hands of the Assamese people. «No society is perfect. Crimes against women are a reality. These crimes had come down in the state in the last three years. But the real intention in the recent incidents is much bigger, through crimes such as rape the target is our land, civilisation,» Sarma said at a press interaction late on Saturday evening. «In Assam, this design is on for the last 30-35 years. That is why the Assam Agitation happened. We have identified the radicals now, but in 1975 itself, the Assamese society was warned that this would happen,» he said, referring to the six-year-long movement from 1979 against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

Central Bureau of Investigation has received sanction to prosecute Bhola Yadav, former officer on special duty (OSD) to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, for his alleged role in the land-for-jobs case. An intimation to this effect was given by CBI to a local court last week. As per available information, the competent authorities of Central Railway and Western Central Railway zone have accorded sanction to prosecute Bhola Yadav in the alleged scandal. The two sanctions were placed on record by CBI last week. The court was also informed that the CBI's request seeking sanction for prosecution against Lalu Prasad and 31 other public servants is «under consideration» of the competent authorities.

Medvedev on Sunday claimed that Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram messaging app, «miscalculated» by fleeing Russia. Durov was arrested on Saturday at Paris Le Bourget airport in France for offences related to the app and failing to address its criminal use, and appeared in court on Sunday. Medvedev, now deputy head of Russia's Security Council, asserted Durov's belief he could avoid cooperating with security services abroad was mistaken. Medvedev mentioned a past conversation with Durov where he warned him that refusing to cooperate with law enforcement would cause problems in any country. Despite this, Durov, who holds multiple citizenships, left Russia in 2014 after refusing to comply with government orders to shut down opposition groups on his previous social media platform, VKontakte. «He miscalculated,» Medvedev stated. “For all our common enemies now, he is Russian – and therefore unpredictable and dangerous.” Medvedev added, «Durov should finally realise that one cannot choose one's fatherland.»

JD Vance would go to St. Gertrude to meet the friar. It was a fitting place for the millennial aspiring politician, who was drawn to the Catholic Church's ancient ways. For years he had flirted with joining the church. Now he wanted to explore the desire in earnest. St. Gertrude Church was led by the Dominican Friars from the Province of St. Joseph, part of a religious order founded in 1216. Its sanctuary smelled of incense but felt modern, its concrete walls pierced with bright stained-glass rectangles in reds and blues.

After a bitter contract dispute shut down the country’s two major railways, the federal labour board ordered thousands of rail employees back to work on Saturday.

Supreme Court has agreed to look into the retrospective applicability of a provision in the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, under which the revenue department can initiate criminal prosecution against businesspeople for violations that were allegedly committed much before the law came into force. A bench led by Justice Abhay S Oka, while issuing notices to various businessmen, stayed the Karnataka High Court's June judgment that held retrospective applicability of section 72 of the 2015 Act as unconstitutional. The apex court posted the matter for further hearing on September 20. On June 7, the high court had held that criminal prosecution initiated for acts done prior to the enactment of the law were not valid under Article 20 of the Constitution. The order was pronounced in the case of Dhanashree Ravindra Pandit.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.

Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), a coalition of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and Nationalist Congress Party (SP), has called off its planned bandh on August 24 in Maharashtra following the Bombay High Court's intervention. The MVA initially called the bandh in response to the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls in the Badlapur district. The High Court noted that enforcing the bandh would paralyze normal life and cited its 2004 order declaring such bandhs unconstitutional. The Bombay High Court bench, composed of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar, heard two petitions challenging the band call. In its ruling, the bench said that significant losses could occur if political parties proceeded with the bandh. The court stated, «Until further orders all concerned are restrained from proceeding with the call for bandh on August 24 and also on any other further date. We are, prima facie, convinced the call given by political parties is a call to observe bandh tomorrow in the entire state of Maharashtra, which means a call for cessation of all kinds of activities which will result in the life of the state coming to a halt, that may entail heavy loss to industrial activities, business activities, economic activities and other such activities.»

₹90,000 crore. To put that in perspective Vijay Mallya, who was accused of fraud and money laundering, owes Indian banks ₹9,000 crore. Another high-profile accused Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal owes about ₹7,000 crore to various banks.

₹3,000 crore fund infusion to reclaim its spot in the skies as it seeks to emerge from an unending series of struggles that have weighed it down for several years. The airline, which had almost shut down in 2014 due to financial distress, expects to get its grounded aircraft up again as it raises money from multiple sources. But it still has to contend with multiple challenges, including legal hurdles, millions of dollars in unpaid dues, and stiffer competition that has eroded its market share.

Medical Superintendent and Vice President of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, held a meeting with students and teachers to discuss ways to make the hospital a better place and to enhance the institution's services. He asserted that he is like a guardian of the institution and assured that all security demands would be fulfiled. Chatterjee on Friday said that a meeting was held with the students and teachers to discuss how RG KAR could be made a better place.

As questions swirl around how long Canadian rail lines might stay dormant, some economists argue that the Bank of Canada ought to look past any disruptions as it looks to tame inflation and ease pressure on the stagnant economy.

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Supreme Court on Friday asked the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), which has challenged a debt resolution proposal for Jaiprakash Associates' Jaypee Infratech unit, to file an affidavit indicating the steps it has taken to protect the interests of homebuyers in the projects of the bankrupt developer and others. Coming down heavily on YEIDA for its stand towards homebuyers in the residential projects, the court said: «You are not concerned with the homebuyers; that's where the problem lies.» Observing that the homebuyers are the «ultimate sufferers», a bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna told solicitor general Tushar Mehta that «you cannot say that I'm concerned with my dues and the homebuyers, who are the real sufferers, can bear the brunt».

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the Delhi excise case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that Kejriwal is likely to tamper with the evidence and hamper its ongoing probe if released on interim bail. The CBI filed an affidavit in response to Kejriwal's plea seeking quashing of his arrest by the CBI and seeking interim bail.

Supreme Court that Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which allows courts to grant bail to first-time offenders who have undergone detention for a third of the maximum period prescribed, would apply with retrospective effect. This means the provision will apply to all undertrials in cases registered before July 1, 2024. Section 479 of the BNSS provides for the release of undertrials who have been behind bars for many years with no end in sight for trial.

Congress high command threw its weight behind Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah over land allotment controversy and termed it as a BJP plot to destabilise the state government. Siddaramaih and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar travelled to Delhi on Friday afternoon for a meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders to discuss political developments in Karnataka. This was their second visit to Delhi within a month. Emerging from the meeting, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala told reporters that this was BJP's ploy to target their "Dalit chief minister". «We stand behind our chief minister and stand united,» said Surjewala. The meeting came amid a controversy over land allotments in Mysuru to Siddaramaiah's wife. On August 16, Karnataka Governor granted sanction to three private individuals to file a police complaint against the CM and others.

Calcutta High Court on Friday directed CBI to probe the alleged financial irregularities in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of former principal Sandip Ghosh. «This court directs that the investigation be transferred to the CBI, given that the case involved serious allegations and multiple agencies handling different aspects of the case could lead to inefficiencies or inconsistency for comprehensive justice, unnecessary delays in the judicial process and potential misinterpretation of information thereby undermining effective and credible enforcement. Therefore, the investigation should not be fragmented between different agencies. Handing over the investigation to the CBI ensures consistency,» the HC order read. «The special investigation team (SIT) is directed to hand over the case diary, other records, CCTV footage, statements, if any, and all material and matters concerning the case to the CBI by 10 am tomorrow,» the court order said. The state government had constituted an SIT on August 16 to probe the allegation of financial irregularities at RG Kar since 2021 under Ghosh's tenure.