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A 14-year-old girl, studying in Kota committed suicide after a group of radical Islamists including Mohammad Kaif, and Mohammad Azan blackmailed and demanded that she give them money via the social media platform Instagram.
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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's producer Asit Modi was found guilty of the allegations and ordered him to settle Jennifer Bansiwal's outstanding payments plus an additional 5 lakh rupees.
From sexual harassment to due payments, there have been several times when the cast of the show and the audience accused the makers including Asit Modi of many stuff
Following the complains that Hindus were harassed at a shelter home in the Gorat area of Surat while Muslims were given special treatment, the Mayor of Surat, Hemali Boghawala rushed to the shelter home and gave instructions to blacklist the agency.
Angkita Dutta, the Assam Youth Congress President took to Twitter blaming Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (Apr 18), where through multiple tweets on her timeline she opened up about the alleged harassment.
In the video, Adil Khan was seen taken in a police van after the court sent him to judicial custody. Rakhi Sawant claimed that Adil had broken up with her and was living with his alleged girlfriend Tanu.
An Indian woman has alleged sexual harassment by a staffer at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi after the staffer demanded sexual favours for granting visa
Taking to Twitter with her internet name 'Mhyochi', said, "I still love India" despite being harassed on the streets of Mumbai during her online live stream.
Congress MLA and former Madhya Pradesh minister Umang Singar has been booked for allegedly mentally harassing and raping a woman, who claims to be his wife, in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district.
The NCPCR highlighted that Zubair has neither deleted the objectionable tweet about the minor girl nor has Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair informed the concerned authorities about the users indulging in sexual harassment of the minor girl.
An ad or a program was being broadcasted by the FM that promotes harassment of Hindu girls participating in the Navratri Garba events.
A top police officer of the district told a private media house that PV Krishnakumar, a Congress councilor in the Kannur corporation, was arrested on Tuesday night, 9 August, from his hideout in Bengaluru by a Kerala police team.
Minister Varsha Gaikwad said, "In the coming academic year, Maharashtra government will try to install CCTV cameras in all govt schools of the state to prevent the incidents of sexual harassment of girls."
Trichy police arrested CJ Paul Chandramohan, a Tamil professor and Head of Department of Tamil at Bishop Heber College on charges of sexual harassment.
Kitex Group withdraws projects worth Rs 3,500 crore in Kerala; claims harassment by state govt officials
As per the official statement, Home Minister Amit Shah replacing his predecessor Rajnath Singh, The other members of the reconstituted GoM are Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani.
A landmark international agreement banning violence and harassment in the workplace has been applauded by UN Secretary-General António Guterres after it was adopted on Friday at the International Labour Organization’s Centenary Conference in Geneva.
Increasing atrocities and harassment faced by the people of Baluchistan on Pakistan is no something which has been veiled under masks. The forced disappearances and violence enforced on these people by Pakistan has just added to the never-ending list. Coming out loud and clear, the World Balochistan Organization (WBO) and Balochistan Republican Party (BRP) jointly launched a campaign for human rights awareness in London.
In a recent, with ‘strong protest’ India slammed Pakistan security agencies after guests at an Iftar event organised on Saturday by its mission in Islamabad complained of harassment.
Keeping forward a major sensational revelation, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday informed the Supreme Court that 11 girls were allegedly murdered by key accused Brajesh Thakur and his accomplices. Stating ahead the CBI also informed that ‘bundle of bones’ was recovered from a burial ground in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case.
Continuing to show her power and demean democracy at each level, the TMC hooligans have once again displayed their horrifying phase. Disturbing as it looks, Kalyan Chaubey shared a video on twitter which signifies the brutality of Trinamool Congress. Kalyan Chaubey is a BJP MP candidate for Lok Sabha elections 2019, from Krishnanagar constituency, West Bengal. The video shared shows how the TMC goons brutally attacked BJP worker Sagar Roy in Kaligram village of West Bengal. Sagar Roy had reportedly resisted
When Sadhvi Pragya declared joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and contesting from Bhopal against Digvijay Singh who had crafted the concept of ‘Hindu terror’. The woman who was falsely accused in Malegaon blasts, who was falsely implicated to prove ‘Hindu terror’ existed revealed a shocking story which will give you goosebumps. Being tortured in jail for almost 9 years, the atrocities were beyond limits.
With the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan only soaring high each time, the Indian diplomats in Pakistan are now facing problems. It has been noticed that Indian diplomats have been facing massive harassment in Islamabad and India has sent a note verbal to Pakistan regarding the same. India has asked Islamabad to not only to investigate the incidence but also share the results.
The Supreme Court has decided to transfer 16 cases related to the sexual harassment and mental exploitation of children in Bihar shelter homes to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 28th of November.
Indeed, as noticed, the fear “symptom” has already started to run deep into the veins of the males. Is it not a very healthy development? Hope this will help douse their raging fire of lust.
As the #MeToo movement gained momentum revealing the devilish face of masked people, the government has come up with constituting a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the matter. The government on Monday constituted the group headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to intensify and strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at the workplace.
Taking cognizance of the horrifying #MeToo accounts, the central government today formed a ministerial panel to look into the matter of sexual harassment.
A day after MJ Akbar’s resignation, who is accused of sexual harassment, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has urged political parties to form internal grievance panel in order to address the cases of sexual harassment.
Strengthening provisions for child safety, the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Tuesday said that a victim of child sexual abuse can file a complaint at any time irrespective of his/her present age. The decision came after the Ministry consulted Ministry of Law in view of the overriding provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over other criminal laws and provisions of mandatory reporting of such offences.
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today assured that strict action will be taken against those who are involved in the heinous crime of sexual harassment.
Taking cognizance of the news report published in Mid Day and Marathi daily Loksatta with title "Kiran Nagarkar, Kolse Patil And Bartholomew Accused Of Sexual Harassment", the Legal Rights Observatory in a letter to the National Commission of Women requested their chairperson to take a note on the matter, knowing that the retired Justice BG Kose Patil was involved in molested and sexual harassment of woman journalist few months ago. As the accused is a retired judge, there is high possibility of victim gett
For the first time reacting to the controversy irrupted by the recent revelation of actress Tanushree Dutta, national award-winning actor Nana Patekar today categorically denied the charges levelled by the actress.
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday ordered the head of the Internal Complaints Committee of Air India to complete within June the inquiry into a complaint of sexual harassment lodged by an air hostess of the national carrier against its senior executive. Notably, the move comes after the air hostess met the Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister in New Delhi. The WCD Minister has also taken up the matter with Minister for Civil Aviation.
In a bid to empower women and stop their exploitation, Saudi Arabia passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment. Notably, the announcement from Saudi government weeks before a decades-old ban on women driving is set to expire.
Supreme Court has ordered the Chief Justices of all High Courts to set up anti-sexual harassment committees in courts across the country within two months in accordance with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of 2013.
New Delhi acting tough against Pakistan on Thursday has sent a note-verbale to the Islamabad over continuing harassment and intimidation of Indians officials and staff members of the High Commission. Notably, India has sent a note-verbale to Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on continuing harassment and intimidation of officials and staff members of the High Commission in Islamabad. New Delhi via note-verbale in a stringent manner asked Pakistan to immediately investigate all the incidents and also direct
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Sohail Mahmood, has returned to New Delhi after he was called back by Islamabad last week. Mahmood reportedly left India over incidents of harassment and intimidation against him and his family in Delhi. The High Commission will hold an event to celebrate Pakistan National Day on March 23. Indian envoys are also facing harassment in Pakistan.
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has sent the thirteen written complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan regarding harassment of Indian in the Islamic nation. The incidents of harassment began in January this year.
Pakistan has accused India of harassing the Islamic nation's diplomats and their families in Delhi. It further claimed that it would call them back if the intimidation didn't stop. The accusations came on the back of India's complaints that Indian diplomats in Islamabad are being harassed and are subjected to hostility. As per reports, Pakistan has flagged a total of 18 incidents of harassment.
Uttarakhand women got a weapon to fight against harassment – a whistle. A whistle will act as an indication if any woman is harassed in the city buses. The Uttarakhand police on Monday launched a first of its kind initiative where whistles are being installed on city buses in Dehradun to facilitate “safe travel” for women passengers.
Bharatiya Nari! The term holds a strong significance in the life of each one of us today. Our existence depends completely on this one person who has been worshipped for years until now. Where has all the love, care, emotions and most importantly RESPECT for this word faded? Why is the country and most importantly the society depriving and degrading the importance of this word every now and then? Have we failed as a country to treasure our values and respect our elders the way we did a long time back? Looki
India has always been seen and considered as a country which high values and rituals the customs and traditions play an important role in lives of people. A country which glorifies its name through the word ‘Mata’ is helplessly walking on a wrong path. The streets are no longer safer for women. A city which was one chaotic has not become silent.
The initiative to start She-Box portal by the Women and Child Development sexual harassment on women has gained momentum. Complaints regarding inappropriate behavior in companies have been pouring in this portal. Around 350 complaints have been registered for inappropriate behavior. The complaints have come from both the government as well as private sector offices.
Women in India have been treated as the epitome of beauty and considered as a Goddess. But if you really consider them as Goddess then why are women facing atrocities every now and then? Why are they targeted for every mishappening in the society? We come across many cases and news where we see the women has been harassed and ill-treated. This is not just on open roads or midnights but these atrocities against the women can be seen even at workplaces.
SHe-Box online complaint Management System or SHe-Box portal was launched on Tuesday for women working in both public and private organizations to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. Notably, the Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi launched the SHe-Box portal in New Delhi today to ensure the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (the SH Act), 2013.
One in every 11 children in India is working. More than half of the 5.5 million working children in India come from 5 major states- Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Taking a step towards ending the existence of child labour in the country, the government has launched an online portal yesterday to register, rescue and rehabilitate child workers, as part of a drive to curb the little ones’ exploitation.
‘No’ is not just a word, it’s a whole statement from any Girl! One strong opinion adds up to the million silent voices. Have a strong stand on sexual harassment and women abuse. Feel harassed click SHe Box www.shebox.nic.in/ and One Step Centre are available.
