Thursday, 5 November 2026 #1  ·  Times City  ·  In-depth feature / Data story My Money, My Account. Why Am I Locked Out? By Abhay (first name only as printed — 'TOI's Abhay explains')   ·   The Times of India, New Delhi  ·  Page Page 8 (Page 18 of PDF) An explanatory piece on how even a Re 1 suspicious credit can trigger a full debit freeze on a bank account, leaving innocent holders locked out of their funds. The story details two redressal mechanisms — the Money Restoration Module (MRM) and Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM) — with specific disposal data: Delhi Police received 17,336 MRM requests of which 15,077 were resolved, and 5,833 GRM requests of which 4,820 were disposed. Deputy Commissioner of Police (IFSO) Anyesh Roy is quoted on-record explaining how layered mule-account transactions inadvertently trap bona fide holders. Combines original government data with a named se

Journalist Anjana Om Kashyap and coaching teacher Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, have settled the Rs 2 crore defamation suit filed against him by Kashyap and TV Today Network before the Delhi High Court. Advocate Vrinda Bhandari, appearing for Kashyap, told Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on Wednesday that the dispute had been settled with Khan Sir and five other defendants, Live Law reported. The five are Babita Tyagi, Arvind Bhadauriya, Manish Yadav, and the operators of two X accounts, SamKhasa and Abhimanyu1305. Bhandari said the settlement agreement would be signed within a few days, and sought time to place it on record once finalised. The terms of settlement have not been disclosed yet. However, two defendants have not settled. Mediation with 4PM News has failed, and settlement talks with another defendant, Abhinay Sharma, are still pending. On 4PM News, the court observed that remarks by its journalist went beyond reporting and amounted to a personal opinion, describi

US voters deliver a “blue wave”, stripping Trump of Congress Democrats have seized control of both the House and Senate in a sweeping midterm backlash against Donald Trump, setting up two years of intensified oversight and legislative gridlock. Australian papers frame it as a major rebuke that reshapes global politics and markets, with some also arguing it marks the beginning of the end for the MAGA era. Covered by: Australian Financial Review, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Advertiser, The Australian, The Australian. David Jones on the brink as landlord talks collapse David Jones is expected to enter voluntary administration after rescue negotiations with major landlords broke down, raising fears of store closures, job losses and a fresh hit to already-stressed retail property rents. Coverage highlights both the hard commercial reality—rent arrears and restructuring—and the cultural sting of a potential fall for one of Australia’s

Veteran football journalist, author and former footballer Bhasi Malaparamba died at his residence in Kozhikode, Kerala, on Tuesday. He was 85. Malaparamba reported from eight FIFA World Cups, covering every tournament from Spain in 1982 to Brazil in 2014 for Malayalam readers. Over the course of his career, he chronicled some of football's most memorable moments, including Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal in 1986 and Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final. A former football player, he captained Kozhikode's Young Challengers Club and participated in several editions of the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament. He also met Brazilian legend Pelé and interviewed international football stars such as Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, and Peter Shilton. Alongside his journalism career, Malaparamba served as a civil engineer in the Public Works Department. He authored several books, including Jogo Bonito and Manasukkal Sagaramgal,

A Delhi court has sought an action-taken report from the police on a complaint by an independent journalist seeking registration of an FIR over allegations of sexual assault against Vivek Bhagat, an ACP with the Delhi Police. Judicial Magistrate Kautuk Bhardwaj directed the Parliament Street police station to submit a report on the action taken and ordered the preservation of CCTV footage and other digital evidence, including body-camera recordings. The matter is scheduled to be heard next on December 1. The journalist, identified as Rosy, has alleged that Bhagat touched her inappropriately while she was recording the detention of an activist during a protest in Delhi. Bhagat has denied the allegations. The complaint had triggered protests by journalists demanding an FIR against the ACP, during which eight journalists were detained.

  Veteran journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s website, paranjoy.in, has been restored to its original form after his web hosting provider, Hostinger, took it offline on October 28, triggering concerns over censorship and press freedom. “Surprise! Surprise! My website - paranjoy.in - has been restored to its original form. What happened Hostinger?” Thakurta posted on X. The journalist had alleged that Hostinger suspended his entire hosting account without prior notice, removing his 12-year-old website and associated subdomains, which contained decades of his journalistic work, books, documentary films and investigative reports. In a public statement dated October 31, the Digital News Publishers Association of India (DIGIPUB News India Foundation) condemned the takedown, describing it as an instance of “backdoor censorship by a private intermediary, outside any courtroom.” The controversy followed an October 24 ex parte interim injunction obtained

Wednesday, 4 November 2026 #1  ·  Times City  ·  Ground report / Investigative Fires Are Down In Punjab, But Most Being Lit At Dusk By Amit Bhattacharya   ·   The Times of India, New Delhi  ·  Page Page 12 A TOI reporter conducted a three-day ground tour across multiple Punjab districts and found that farmers, farm union representatives, and agriculture department officials have learned to set stubble fires in the evening to evade satellite detection, since polar-orbiting satellites used by Indian agencies have a 12-hour observation gap. The reporting reveals that village sarpanches are actively advising farmers to burn quietly after dusk, and that reduced official presence in evening hours further enables the practice. Rare, genuine field reporting — the reporter physically toured multiple districts over three days, obtained named and anonymous on-record sources at multiple levels, and uncovered a specifi