Spread the love       Image Credit: X KOZHIKODE: A Catholic priest from Kerala has been arrested in Canada on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference — a term related to sexual offences involving touching any part of the body of a person under the age of 16 years for sexual purposes — and has been removed from pastoral ministry. The...

Spread the love       FAZILKA: An NRI died in Dhani Sucha Singh village of Fazilka district on Monday evening after a pistol tucked into his waist accidentally went off.Harwinder Singh alias Sonu had recently returned from abroad and settled here. He was married and had a two-year-old daughter. His last rites were performed on Tuesday afternoon.On getting information about the incident,...

Spread the love       Doctor-patient brawl A handshake and an embrace on Tuesday marked an end to the Dec 22 assault case at Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) involving sacked senior resident Dr Raghav Narula and patient Arjun Panwar. Narula and Panwar, in the office of CM’s principal media adviser Naresh Chauhan, apologised to each other and to the people...

Spread the love       Nakka Indrayya HYDERABAD: An old man bends over granite slabs waiting beside a neatly edged pit. Plants line edges. This is not a garden. It is preparation for death. It is his grave. Nakka Indrayya, 80, has dug his own resting place in Jagtial district of northern Telangana, about 200km from Hyderabad. He chose a plot close...

Spread the love       Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal. Image via: Getty Images When debating about the NBA’s most iconic players, the two names that always pop up are Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal. Both inevitably fit in the legendary positions in the league, and their fans know it well. Now, when one talks about their net worth comparison, it gets...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: When questions are raised about the safety of any food article, India’s food regulator will now ask for proof, not promises. From what a product contains and how much Indians actually eat to whether it’s safe over time, every claim will have to be backed by data to assess its safety. From Jan 1, 2026,...

Spread the love       Tatiana Schlossberg, the youngest granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died on Tuesday from cancer at age 35, the JFK Library Foundation announced.She left behind two small children, New York Post reported.“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning,” the JFK Library Foundation posted on its Instagram page, signed by “George, Edwin and Josephine Moran, Ed, Carolina, Jack,...

Spread the love       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. His daughter...

Spread the love       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 minorities.Syal (64),...

Spread the love       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 families and...