sexual harassment

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

Akhara Parishad comes out in support of Chinmayanand

7:09 pm October 10, 2019

Haridwar: Apex body of ascetics Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad came out in support of former Union minister Chinmayanand on Thursday saying he had been framed in the sexual harassment case. At a meeting of the parishad which began on Thursday to elect its working committee, Mahanth Narendra Giri, its president, said the parishad supports Chinmayanand. […]

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

GoM on sexual harassment at workplace meets

7:21 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: A Group of Ministers set up to look into various aspects of how to prevent sexual harassment at workplace and strengthen legal frameworks met Monday and discussed on future action, officials said. The GoM is headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah while Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal […]

JVM(P) MLA surrenders in court in sexual harassment case

10:51 pm July 25, 2019

Ranchi: Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLA Pradip Yadav, who is facing sexual harassment case filed by a party’s woman leader on Thursday surrendered in a Deoghar court. The Deoghar Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamal Ranjan, sent him to 14 days judicial custody. Yadav surrendered in the CJM court after the Jharkhand High Court had on June […]

HC rejects anticipatory bail petition of JVM(P) MLA

10:27 pm July 16, 2019

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail petition of JVM(P) MLA Pradip Yadav in a sexual harassment case filed against him by a woman leader of the party. Dismissing the petition, the bench of Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary observed that a political leader should behave in an orderly manner. The police probe […]

Stop it! Japan anti-groper app becomes smash hit

3:31 pm May 21, 2019

Tokyo: A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains. Victims of groping can activate the Digi Police app, which either blasts out a voice shouting “stop it” at top volume, or produces a full-screen SOS message — which victims can show other passengers — reading: “There […]