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65-705: According to The Times of India , Meira Paibi is the "largest grassroots, civilian movement fighting state atrocities and human rights violations in Manipur". One of the movement's leaders, A. K. Janaki Leima, says that "We've been fighting against drug abuse, crimes against women, and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). We will continue to fight these." Women's social movements in Manipur date to British rule . Two such movements, collectively known as Nupi lan (Women's War; Women's Uprising), preceded Meira Paibi. The first one dates to 1904 when women of

130-607: A 19-storey luxury apartment complex in Bangalore crashed -- killing two workers and injuring seven -- all the English language and Kannada language newspapers, with the exception of TOI, called out the name of the construction company, Sobha Developers, which was a private-treaty partner. An article titled "reaping gold through bt cotton" -- which first appeared in the Nagpur edition of TOI in 2008 -- reappeared unchanged in 2011, this time with

195-496: A bank and an insurance company of which he was the chairman. In the court case that followed, Ramkrishna Dalmia was sentenced to two years in Tihar Jail after having been convicted of embezzlement and fraud. Most of the jail term he managed to spend in hospital. Upon his release, his son-in-law, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain , to whom he had entrusted the running of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., rebuffed his efforts to resume command of

260-653: A benchmark for the Page 3 social scene. The Times of India - and thereby the Bombay Times - are market leaders in terms of circulation . The name of this supplement contains the word Bombay, which is the older Portuguese name of the city. It is not retained in the new supplement Mumbai Mirror that comes with Times of India . In late 2006, Times Group acquired Vijayanand Printers Limited (VPL). VPL previously published two Kannada newspapers, Vijay Karnataka and Usha Kiran , and an English daily, Vijay Times . Vijay Karnataka

325-686: A director and the company ran with new directors on board, appointed by the Government of India, with the exception of a lone stenographer of the Jains. The court appointed D K Kunte as chairman of the board. Kunte had no prior business experience and was also an opposition member of the Lok Sabha . In 1976, during the Emergency in India, the Government transferred ownership of the newspaper back to Ashok Kumar Jain , who

390-457: A news feature and ensures positive coverage to the payer. In 2005, TOI began the practice of "private treaties", also called as "brand capital", where new companies, individuals or movies seeking mass coverage and public relations, major brands and organisations were offered sustained positive coverage and plugs in its news columns in exchange for shares or other forms of financial obligations to Bennett, Coleman & Company, Ltd. (B.C.C.L.) –

455-495: A press free of prior restraint or intimidation, frequently resisting the attempts by governments, business interests and cultural spokesmen, and led the paper to national prominence. In the 19th century, this newspaper company employed more than 800 people and had a sizeable circulation in India and Europe. Subsequently, TOI saw its ownership change several times until 1892 when an English journalist named Thomas Jewell Bennett , along with Frank Morris Coleman (who later drowned in

520-461: A problem that has morphed into ever-larger scale in India and recognised by India's SEBI authority in July 2009. Under an ad sales initiative called Medianet, if a large company or Bollywood studio sponsored a news-worthy event, the event would be covered by TOI, but the name of the company or studio that sponsored it would not be mentioned in the paper unless they paid TOI for advertising. In 2010,

585-459: A proposed spend of ₹ 500 crore (US$ 60 million), some of which the client said could only be paid with black money. B.C.C.L. has responded to the sting claiming that the video that was released by Cobrapost was "doctored" and "incomplete" and that the CEO Vineet Jain was engaged in a "reverse-sting" of his own to expose the undercover reporter during the filming of the video. The company

650-461: A report by a subcommittee of the Press Council of India found that Medianet's paid news strategy had spread to a large number of newspapers and more than five hundred television channels. Critics state that the company's paid news and private treaties skew its coverage and shield its newspaper advertisers from scrutiny. The Hoot , a media criticism website, has pointed out that when a lift in

715-525: A roundly authoritarian era of Indian government. The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai (formerly Bombay ) region. It covers celebrity news, news features, international and national music news, international and national fashion news, lifestyle and feature articles pegged on news events both national and international that have local interest value. The main paper covers national news. Over ten years of presence, it has become

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780-554: A shareholder's meeting he was replaced by Robert Knight . In 1860, editor Robert Knight (1825–1892) bought the Indian shareholders' interests, merged with rival Bombay Standard , and started India's first news agency. It wired Times dispatches to papers across the country and became the Indian agent for Reuters news service. In 1861, he changed the name from the Bombay Times and Standard to The Times of India . Knight fought for

845-410: A small font – that its contents are "advertorial, entertainment promotional feature", that they are doing this to generate revenues just like "all newspapers in the world do advertorials" according to TOI owners. According to Maya Ranganathan, this overlap in the function of a journalist to also act as a marketing and advertisement revenue seeker for the newspaper raises conflict of interest questions,

910-575: A small-print alert that the article was a "marketing feature". In both cases, the article was factually incorrect and made false claims about the success of Monsanto 's genetically modified cotton. According to a critical article published in the Indian investigative news magazine The Caravan , when the Honda Motors plant in Gurgaon experienced an eight-month-long conflict between management and non-unionised workers over wages and work conditions in 2005,

975-530: Is also embroiled in an active lawsuit against the Financial Times . In 1993, when the Financial Times was preparing to enter the Indian market, Samir Jain , the vice-chairman of B.C.C.L., registered the term "Financial Times" as a trademark of his company and declared it his intellectual property in an attempt to stymie the Financial Times and prevent them from competing with The Economic Times , which

1040-414: Is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities. A few of his shows which have been much watched are Eyewitness , Tonight at 10 , In Focus with Karan , Line of Fire , War of Words Devil's Advocate and The Last Word . In 2004, Thapar famously interviewed late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , J. Jayalalithaa . It ended with Jayalalithaa snapping at him and tossing

1105-632: Is owned by B.C.C.L. In 1994, when the Hindustan Times was the top-selling paper in New Delhi, TOI slashed their prices by a third, to one and a half rupees after having built up their ads sales force in preparation for the price drop to make up for the lost circulation revenue. By 1998, the Hindustan Times had dropped to second place in Delhi. TOI took a similar strategy in Bangalore where they dropped

1170-552: Is sleeping. Only the mothers are awake, even at night, carrying their torches. And they are very angry." The Times of India awarded the "TOI Social Impact Awards: Lifetime Contribution" to Meira Paibi and its five leaders, the 83-year-old Thokchom Ramani, Ak Janaki Leima, L Memchoubi Devi, Y Leirik Leima, and Purnimashi Leima. In July 2004, to protest against the rape and custodial killing of Thangjam Manorama by Assam Rifles personnel, these five women, known as "imas" or mothers, along with six other elderly women, protested in front of

1235-553: Is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder ", and is a " newspaper of record ". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon , the Viceroy of India , called TOI "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked TOI among

1300-431: Is yet to release the video evidence. Publisher Karan Thapar Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire . Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil's Advocate and The Last Word . Some of the celebrities he has interviewed include Narendra Modi and Shah Rukh Khan . He was also associated with India Today , hosted

1365-518: The Imphal valley protested against the Assistant Superintendent of British authority in Manipur because of his directive to collect teak wood from Kabas to build his house. The women who protested were neighbors in the locality. British authorities brought forces from outside the state to end this women's protest. A second movement occurred in 1939 as a protest to forced rice exportation, which

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1430-527: The Times of India covered the concerns of Honda and the harm done to India's investment climate, and largely ignored the issues raised by workers. Vineet Jain , managing director of B.C.C.L., has insisted that a wall does exist between sales and the newsroom, and that the paper does not give favorable coverage to the company's business partners. "Our editors don't know who we have," Jain said, although he later acknowledged that all private-treaty clients are listed on

1495-1236: The media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The company, along with its other group of companies, known as The Times Group , also publishes Ahmedabad Mirror , Bangalore Mirror , Mumbai Mirror , Pune Mirror ; Economic Times ; ET Panache ( Mumbai , Delhi and Bangalore on Monday to Friday) and ET Panache ( Pune and Chennai on every Saturday); Ei Samay Sangbadpatra , (a Bengali daily); Maharashtra Times , (a Marathi daily); Navbharat Times , (a Hindi daily). TOI has its editions in major cities such as Mumbai , Agra , Ahmedabad , Allahabad , Aurangabad , Bareilly , Bangalore , Belgaum , Bhopal , Bhubaneswar , Coimbatore , Chandigarh , Chennai , Dehradun , Delhi , Gorakhpur , Gurgaon , Guwahati , Gwalior , Hubli , Hyderabad , Indore , Jabalpur , Jaipur , Jammu , Kanpur , Kochi , Kolhapur , Kolkata , Lucknow , Ludhiana , Madurai , Malabar , Mangalore , Meerut , Mysore , Nagpur , Nashik , Navi Mumbai , Noida , Panaji , Patna , Pondicherry , Pune , Raipur , Rajkot , Ranchi , Shimla , Surat , Thane , Tiruchirapally , Trivandrum , Vadodara , Varanasi , Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam . TOI has been criticised for being

1560-530: The '1947 Violence Against Jammu Muslims'. The violence against the Muslim residents of Jammu during the partition led to their mass displacement from the Jammu region. Thapar stopped writing for the column and said "The 1947 violence against Jammu's Muslims that unfolded over a period of three-four months in 1947 is well-documented and has been historically accounted for. It is something that no one can contest. So I gather that

1625-536: The 1915 sinking of the SS Persia ), acquired the newspaper through their new joint stock company, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd . Sir Stanley Reed edited TOI from 1907 until 1924 and received correspondence from major figures of India such as Mahatma Gandhi . In all he lived in India for fifty years. He was respected in the United Kingdom as an expert on Indian current affairs. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd

1690-613: The Kangla Fort where the Assam Rifles were then stationed, by disrobing themselves and holding a banner that read 'Indian Army Rape Us'. The Times of India wrote, "She pushes the traditional wraparound or phanek lower, fastens the "khwang chet" cloth as a belt and wraps the traditional "phi" around her. A strip of cloth is made the turban. She grabs her meira, sets it aflame, and becomes a warrior for human rights and peace." Uday, an organisation that promotes social justice, also recognised

1755-457: The Meira Paibis in Manipur during their night march and said, "Women have been at the epicenter of the Manipur story, not just as survivors of violence but also at the frontline of protests. Every time there is an issue in Manipur, you have the women coming out carrying their torches to flag the issue they feel strongly about. The women here say they want peace. Discussions should start. Everybody

1820-560: The Meira Paibis protested against the Manipur assembly session that was wrapped up in 30 minutes and demanded to reconvene another session. On 2 September 2023, the Meira Paibis launched a mass civil disobedience movement against the Government. On 19 September 2023, the Meira Paibis staged protests and called for a 48-hour bandh demanding the release of five people who were arrested three days before for carrying firearms and sporting camouflage uniforms. On 1 October 2023, Meira Paibis of Thoubal and Kakching districts staged protests condemning

1885-510: The Meira Paibis said that they didn't recognise the legitimacy of buffer zones set up by the Central and State governments in Manipur. They demanded the replacement of Assam Rifles and other central security forces in Manipur with other units. The buffer zones, manned by the central security forces, divided the Kuki-dominated hill districts and Meitei-dominated valley districts. On 30 August 2023,

1950-464: The central and para military forces posted in the affected areas of the conflict remain silent spectators. On 12 August 2023, The Meira Paibis organised a sit-in protest against the alleged gang rape of a 37-year-old woman in Churachandpur in early May 2023.Thousands of women participated in the protest across five valley districts of Manipur. On 12 September 2023, in a press conference in New Delhi,

2015-409: The company was later renamed Brand Capital and has contracts in place with many companies in diverse sectors. The "paid news" and "private treaties" blur the lines between content and advertising, with the favourable coverage written by the staff reporters on the payroll of TOI . The newspaper has defended its practice in 2012 by stating that it includes a note of disclosure to the reader – though in

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2080-465: The company's Web site. Ravindra Dhariwal, the former CEO of B.C.C.L. had defended private treaties in a 2010 interview with the magazine Outlook and claims that the partners in the private treaties sign contracts where they agree to clauses that they will not receive any favourable editorial coverage. There have been claims that TOI would strike deals with advertisers only if they removed their advertisements from other competitor newspapers. TOI

2145-580: The company. In the early 1960s, Shanti Prasad Jain was imprisoned on charges of selling newsprint on the black market. And based on the Vivian Bose Commission's earlier report which found wrongdoings of the Dalmia – Jain group, that included specific charges against Shanti Prasad Jain, the Government of India filed a petition to restrain and remove the management of Bennett, Coleman and Company. Based on

2210-682: The crisis in Manipur" . They submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India. On 7 August 2023, thousands of Meira Paibis staged protests against Assam Rifles in five districts alleging that " the para military force had unleashed atrocities on the Meitei people and demanded their withdrawal from the state." On 9 August 2023, the Meira Paibis submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India via Manipur Governor, Anusuiya Uikey, highlighting "alleged atrocities and unwarranted excessive brutalities committed against them" . The Meira Paibis alleged that

2275-410: The current crisis and remained a true patriot until her last breath.” The Times of India The Times of India , also known by its abbreviation TOI , is an Indian English -language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group . It is the fourth-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world . It

2340-509: The day after India declared a state of emergency , the Bombay edition of TOI carried an entry in its obituary column that read "D.E.M. O'Cracy, beloved husband of T.Ruth, father of L.I.Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justice expired on 25 June". The move was a critique of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 's 21-month state of emergency, which is now widely known as "the Emergency" and seen by many as

2405-407: The declaration of a just war defending human rights in Manipur. Their movement has expanded to hold "public meetings, demonstrations, road closures and public bandhs or shut down of all essential services, hunger strikes and mass rallies." These women, also known as "women vigilantes", stopped army vehicles, rescued innocent youth who were apprehended on false charges, and negotiated their transfer to

2470-420: The efforts of the Meira Paibis and awarded them. On 2 October 2023, Meira Paibi leader, Ema Longjam Memchoubi, passed away at Shija Hospital at Langol due to multiple organs failure. She was the president of Poirei Leimarol Meira Paibee Apunba Manipur (PLMPAM). Manipur CM, N Biren Singh said, “Manipur has lost a leader who was at the forefront of many political and social movements. She also took part in voicing

2535-405: The events of 1939. The Nisha Bandis women's movement developed in the late 1970s. Its origins are attributed to Meitei women's activism combating alcoholism and drug addiction. The women held night marches in the streets of Imphal and elsewhere in Manipur carrying lanterns, chastising the intoxicated, and setting fire to liquor shops. Their actions lead to the introduction of prohibition laws in

2600-506: The existing board of Bennett, Coleman & Co and to constitute a new board under the Government. The bench ruled that "Under these circumstances, the best thing would be to pass such orders on the assumption that the allegations made by the petitioners that the affairs of the company were being conducted in a manner prejudicial to public interest and to the interests of the Company are correct". Following that order, Shanti Prasad Jain ceased to be

2665-617: The family of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru . Nehru's niece, the writer Nayantara Sahgal , was married to Gautam Sahgal, brother of Bimla Thapar, his mother. He is an alumnus of The Doon School in Dehradun and Stowe School in England. While at Doon, Thapar was the editor-in-chief of the school magazine The Doon School Weekly . Thapar graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1977. In

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2730-407: The first to institutionalise the practice of paid news in India, where politicians, businessmen, corporations and celebrities can pay the newspaper and its journalists would carry the desired news for the payer. The newspaper offers prominence with which the paid news is placed and the page on which it is displayed based on the amount of the payment. According to this practice, a payment plan assures

2795-468: The interview just three minutes in while saying " dosti bani rahe " ( Hindustani for "Let the friendship be intact") which became a popular internet meme . He later said that interviewing A. R. Rahman was the toughest in his career due to Rahman's shy nature. In 2020–21, Thapar wrote a column As I see it in the daily newspaper The Asian Age . In August 2021, the management of The Asian Age objected to Thapar's regular column after he wrote about

2860-472: The killing of two Meitei students whose photographs surfaced on social media on 25 September. To make sense of their role in the 2023 violence in Manipur, Manorama Sharma a former professor of history at the North-Eastern Hill University noted Meira Paibi's longer history of local vigilantism. She noted that "There have been instances when they took the law into their own hands before going to

2925-544: The mic on the table, saying that "it wasn't a pleasure talking to you" and chose to leave with a "Namaste" not responding to his handshake. In 2007, Thapar also famously interviewed current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (then the Chief Minister of Gujarat ). A few minutes after the interview started, Thapar asked a few questions regarding the Modi administrations' actions during the 2002 Gujarat riots . Modi abruptly stopped

2990-464: The newspaper has been criticised for establishing in the Indian news industry the practice of accepting payments from persons and entities in exchange for positive coverage . TOI issued its first edition on 3 November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce . The paper was published on Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar , a Maharashtrian social reformer , and contained news from Britain and

3055-533: The next 11 years. In London he was one of the co-presenters of Eastern Eye magazine program for South Asian minorities in UK. He moved to India in 1991 and worked with The Hindustan Times Television Group , Home TV and United Television before setting up his own production house in August 2001, Infotainment Television, which makes programmes for amongst others BBC , Miroshka , Doordarshan and Channel News Asia . Thapar

3120-628: The owners of TOI . The B.C.C.L., with its "private treaties" program, acquired stakes in 350 companies and generated 15% of its revenues by 2012, according to a critical article in The New Yorker . The "paid news" and "private treaties" practice started by TOI has since been adopted by The Hindustan Times group, the India Today group, the Outlook group, and other major media groups in India including Indian television channels. This division of

3185-563: The pleading, the Justice directed the Government to assume control of the newspaper which resulted in replacing half of the directors and appointing a Bombay High Court judge as the chairman. Following the Vivian Bose Commission report indicating serious wrongdoings of the Dalmia–Jain group, on 28 August 1969, the Bombay High Court, under Justice J. L. Nain, passed an interim order to disband

3250-519: The police. The Army did not protest as they respected the role of Meitei women in just causes. The Meira Paibi's movement has become known as the third Nupi Lan. The Quint alleged that Meira Paibis played an active role in instigating Meitei mobs to commit atrocities against Zo people , during the violence in Manipur. On 24 June 2023, more than 1,200 Meira Paibi activists blocked an Indian Army convoy in Itham village of Manipur's Imphal East district, which

3315-488: The police. With this history behind them, it becomes quite possible to see that they could be violent in mob action when egged on by men." In an interview to The Wire on 14 September 2023, Aheibam Chanthoisana Chanu, a Meira Paibi leader, said that the Meira Paibis have been mis-reported and mis-interpreted by the media and those providing information to the media, while they are only fighting for peace and waiting for reconciliation in Manipur. In August 2023, Barkha Dutt met

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3380-425: The price to one rupee despite protests from Siddharth Varadarajan , one of the editors of the newspaper at the time, who called the strategy "predatory pricing". In 2018, Vineet Jain , managing director of B.C.C.L., and Sanjeev Shah, executive president of B.C.C.L., were caught on camera as part of a sting operation by Cobrapost agreeing to promote right-wing content through the group's many media properties for

3445-635: The same year, he was also President of the Cambridge Union . He subsequently obtained a doctorate in International Relations from St Antony's College, Oxford . He began his career in journalism with The Times in Lagos , Nigeria and later worked as their Lead Writer on the Indian subcontinent till 1981. In 1982 he joined London Weekend Television in the United Kingdom where he worked for

3510-544: The shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth and is doing an exclusive series of Interviews with The Wire on his show Access Journalism . Karan Thapar is the youngest child of former Chief of the Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar and Bimla Thapar. The late journalist Romesh Thapar was his cousin and Thapar is also a cousin to historian Romila Thapar . Thapar is also related distantly to

3575-451: The state. The late 1970s was a period of civil unrest, which established an underground insurgency movement in Manipur. The Armed Forces Special Powers (Assam and Manipur) Act 1958 permitted paramilitary forces and the police to use unlimited power in dealing with insurgency, resulting in the arrest, torture, and deaths of many innocent young people. The Nisha Bandis became socially active with vigilante activities, protests and marches through

3640-422: The streets of Imphal and elsewhere in the state. The Nisha Bandis carried podons (large-wicked kerosene lamps) and laltain ( Hindi , lantern) but after switching to flaming torches, they became known as Meira Paibi. "The Manipuri story indicates that active participation by women in public affairs can and does contribute to better conditions for children and society at large". - UNICEF Meira Paibi

3705-541: The world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, TOI was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 survey, Reuters Institute rated TOI as the most trusted media news brand among English-speaking, online news users in India. In recent decades,

3770-641: The world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent . J. E. Brennan was its first editor he died in 1839 and George Buist became the Editor. It became a daily in 1850 under him. George Buist had a pro British editorial policy and a Parsi shareholder Fardoonji Naoroji wanted him to change his editorial policy particularly in background of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . However, Buist refused to change his editorial policy or give up his editorial independence. After

3835-595: Was Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain's son and Ramkrishna Dalmia's grandson. He is the father of the current owners Samir Jain and Vineet Jain ). The Jains too often landed themselves in various money laundering scams and Ashok Kumar Jain had to flee the country when the Enforcement Directorate pursued his case strongly in 1998 for alleged violations of illegal transfer of funds (to the tune of US$ 1.25 million) to an overseas account in Switzerland . On 26 June 1975,

3900-588: Was also reported in The Caravan . Meira Paibis of Nongpok Sekmai in Toubal district claimed that they rescued the two Kuki women, along with three more families from the Kuki community. The Meira Paibis burned down the houses of two of the accused, soon after their arrests. On 19 June 2023, hundreds of Meira Paibis protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi because " they felt that the Indian government has remained deaf and mute to

3965-554: Was carrying 12 cadres of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup , a banned militant group, in order to force their release. On 21 July 2023, an 18-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped in Imphal East. The victim alleged that a group of Meira Paibis women were responsible for handing her over to four armed men, who committed the act. In an interview with Karan Thapar , two Kuki survivors accused that Meira Paibis instigated men to rape Kuki women. The role of Meira Paibi's in violence against Kuki women

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4030-540: Was causing starvation among the local people. Women, nearly 99% of them, protested peacefully, submitting a petition to the Durbar (government authority). The movement forced the closure of rice mills and eventually proved successful in halting the exportation of rice. Nupi Lan became the forerunner in introducing reforms in the State after World War II . 12 December is observed annually by Meira Paibi as "Women's War Day" commemorating

4095-568: Was established in 1977 in Kakching , kakching district , Manipur , India. Its women activists carry flaming torches and march through city streets, frequently at night doing a patrol duty, and as a way of protest for seeking redress against human rights violations committed by paramilitary and armed forces units against the innocent. The movement evolved at a time when the people of Manipur were fighting for self-determination, political autonomy, and independence. The Meitei women torch bearers represented

4160-537: Was sold to sugar magnate Ramkrishna Dalmia of the industrial family, for ₹ 20 million (equivalent to ₹ 2.9 billion or US$ 34 million in 2023) in 1946, as India became independent and the British owners left. In 1955 the Vivian Bose Commission of Inquiry found that Ramkrishna Dalmia, in 1947, had engineered the acquisition of the media giant Bennett Coleman & Co. by transferring money from

4225-562: Was the leader in the Kannada newspaper segment then. The paper launched a Chennai edition on 12 April 2008. It launched a Kolhapur edition in February 2013. Introduced in 2013 and awarded for the second time in 2016, " The Times of India Film Awards " or the "TOIFA" is an award for the work in Film Industry decided by a global public vote on the nomination categories. TOI is published by

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