sexual harassment

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Allahabad VC Hangloo’s resignation accepted

4:14 pm January 3, 2020

New Delhi: The resignation of Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Ratan Lal Hangloo, who was under the scanner over alleged financial and administrative irregularities, has been accepted, officials said Friday. His resignation was sent by the HRD Ministry to Rashtrapati Bhawan and it has been approved, officials told PTI. Hangloo had resigned on Wednesday. He was […]

Youth held for blackmailing girl over video

Women feel unsafe in Bhopal, Gwalior, Jodhpur: study

1:50 pm December 1, 2019

New Delhi: Nearly 90 per cent women feel unsafe in Bhopal, Gwalior and Jodhpur due to isolated and unsafe areas, according to a study which also found that students and unmarried women were more vulnerable to sexual harassment. The study was conducted by social enterprises Safetipin, government organisation KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) and NGO […]

Chinmayanand released on bail from Shahjahanpur jail

HC reserves order on bail plea of Chinmayanand

6:42 pm November 16, 2019

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Saturday reserved its order on a bail application of Swami Chinmayanand in the sexual harassment case filed against him by a law student of Saharanpur. After hearing the counsel for Chinmayanand and the complainant, Justice Rahul Chaturvedi reserved his order on the bail plea of the former union minister. […]

Sexual abuse case: Law student disowns statement against ex-Union minister Chinmayanand

SIT files 4,700-page charge sheet in Chinmayanand case

6:53 pm November 6, 2019

Shahjahanpur (UP): The Special Investigation Team probing sexual harassment allegations against former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand and a related extortion case filed a voluminous charge sheet on Wednesday in the two cases in a court here. “The SIT has filed a 4,700-page charge sheet and case diary in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Omveer […]

Sixteen sentenced to death after Bangladesh teen burnt alive

2:14 pm October 24, 2019

Feni (Bangladesh): A court in Bangladesh sentenced 16 people to death on Thursday over the murder of a 19-year-old female student burnt alive in April that provoked outrage across the country. Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused in kerosene and set on fire after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against the head teacher of […]