Category: Events

Kolkata: Sahitya Akademi awardee and poet Joy Goswami is one of the 32 lakh unmapped voters in Bengal. Two days ago, the 72-year-old poet’s wife got a call from the EC, asking him to be present at a hearing. Goswami, who is recuperating from three surgeries will not attend the scheduled hearing on Jan 2....

Meera Syal, one of the recipients (File photo) Dozens of PIOs have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List 2026 for outstanding contributions to their communities including damehoods for Punjabi actress and writer Meera Syal and India-born professor Meena Upadhyaya.Of the 1,157 recipients, 14% of those represented at higher awards are from ethnic...

A students’ group in Bangladesh protests against the killing of Dipu Das LONDON: The UK govt has for the first time condemned the two recent murders by mobs of Hindus in Bangladesh.Whitehall sources told TOI that the UK govt “condemns the murders of Dipu Chandra Das and Amrit Mondal. We extend our condolences to their...

Representational image JAMMU: Security forces Tuesday launched cordon-and-search operations in the upper reaches of Kishtwar, Doda and Poonch districts in J&K after reported sightings of terror suspects. Official sources said two groups of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, each consisting of two to three ultras, were believed to be moving in the region, which has witnessed encounters in...

Constitution in Kashmiri (Ministry of Law) SRINAGAR: For decades, scholars had tried to translate the Constitution of India into Kashmiri. That wait has now ended. The translation is now available on the Union law ministry’s website.President Droupadi Murmu released the volume in a red-bound edition decorated with Chinar leaves and traditional Kashmiri decorative art. Prof....

Representational image SRINAGAR: A court in north Kashmir’s Kupwara granted Tuesday bail to eight policemen, including a DSP, accused of illegally holding and torturing a fellow J&K constable for six days in Feb 2023. The order came after CBI dropped attempt-to-murder charge against the accused.The case stems from a CBI FIR registered on July 26...

Representational image SRINAGAR: In a move to curb the spread of anti-national propaganda, a designated NIA court in Srinagar on Tuesday issued a proclamation against three Kashmiris, in an FIR registered by the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK). Investigators have established their alleged role in propagating content deemed prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India....

Right-wing mob at Bareilly cafe Bareilly: Three days after her private birthday party with friends, including two Muslim male students, at a Bareilly café was stormed by vigilantes over allegations of ‘love jihad’, a 22-year-old final-year nursing student from Badaun said she has not stepped out of her relative’s home and is struggling with fear...

AGRA: Caught in a traffic jam in Meerut on Sunday evening, a UP Police woman sub-inspector, posted in Aligarh, vented her frustration on a young couple on a car by threatening them and abusing them by saying, “I am a police officer in uniform, I will urinate in your mouth.“A video of the incident has...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India’s batting depth got a stern stress test under Thiruvananthapuram’s evening skies against Sri Lanka. But captain Harmanpreet Kaur stood calm as a lighthouse in choppy waters to score a dazzling 43-ball 68, after the hosts were asked to take first strike. A late ambush — 47 runs plundered from the final three overs...