HC relief from arrest to Chidambaram extended till Jan 24

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Tuesday extended till January 24 the interim protection from arrest granted to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on his pleas seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media case lodged by the ED and CBI. Justice Sunil Gaur listed the matter for hearing on January 24 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta expressed his inability to argue during the day. On November 29, 2018, the court extended the relief till January 15. and had directed Chidambaram to cooperate.

Transgender meet at annual festival of Sahitya Akademi

NEW DELHI: Sahitya Akademi is organizing for the first time as part of its annual Festival of Letters a Transgender Poets’ Meet which opens later this month. The six-day Festival of Letters will be inaugurated on January 28. A special attraction this year will be the All India Women Tribal Writer’s Meet. There will also be a national seminar of Gandhi in Indian literature. The transgenders poetry meet is slated for February 2 from 2.30 pm to 5 pm. Around 14 such poets from Kolkata, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi and Murshidabad are expected to participate. “The meet is part of Akademi’s continued commitment to promote voices from the margins. Poems by the transgender litterateurs are powerful voices of Nature. This is the first time we have introduced this programme in our Festival and depending on the feedback from the writer’s community , we will make this a daylong programme in the subsequent Festivals,” Akademi secretary Dr K Sreenivasrao said.