sexual harassment

Mumbai, March 20 Amid the raging controversy involving self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra NCP women wing chief Rupali Chakankar said on Friday that she is being specially targeted because she is a woman.Speaking to reporters after submitting her resignation as the...

Mumbai, March 20 – NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who is embroiled in the Captain Ashok Kharat controversy, resigned on Friday from her position as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women.Following directives from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, she met Deputy Chief Minister...

Mumbai, March 20 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign on Friday, sources within the CMO said.This directive came two days after the arrest of self-proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat from Nashik on allegations...

Dated Aizawl, March 20, 2026: A one-day training session on "Cyber Crime" was organized this morning at the Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench Conference Hall. The program was jointly organized by the Mizoram State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) and the Mizoram Police.The inaugural session was...

Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday demanded the disqualification of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura, who was convicted in a 2013 case of sexual harassment and assault.Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bajwa, said that along with deputy...

Bengaluru, March 18 – The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the obscene video case involving former MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, filed a 13,712-page charge sheet in the case on Wednesday.Charges have been framed against 39 accused...

Gurugram, March 17 Gurugram police have arrested a resident of Delhi for allegedly raping a 19-year-old college student during a house party in Sector 33 here, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Divyam (29), was produced in a city court and sent to judicial custody on Monday...

Mangaluru, March 17 A police inspector was placed under suspension on Tuesday after audio and video clips purportedly showing alleged inappropriate behavior towards a woman surfaced, officials said.According to a statement issued by the Mangaluru city Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy...

Thane, March 17 A teenage boy is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl and stripping her in front of her in Thane district, Maharashtra, according to police on Tuesday.The police have registered a case against the 16-year-old boy under Section 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a...

New Delhi, March 14 A 34-year-old bike taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a female passenger during a ride in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred on March 12 when the woman booked a bike taxi through a mobile application to travel...

Chandigarh, March 12 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Member of Parliament, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, appealed to the National Commission for Women on Thursday to take cognizance of the "misogynistic and derogatory" remarks made by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann against women.In a letter to the...

New Delhi, March 10 A Delhi court has upheld the conviction of a man for sexually harassing a woman inside a Delhi Metro train, and called for measures to ensure the safety of women commuting on public transport.Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi dismissed the appeal filed by...

New Delhi, March 9 A woman from Manipur has alleged that she was beaten with a belt and attacked with a knife after she objected to sexual and racial remarks made by a group of boys in a park in south Delhi.The police have apprehended four minors in connection with the incident that occurred...

Bhadrak (Odisha), March 7 Odisha Police on Saturday rescued a girl from a central government-run residential school in the Bhadrak district after she ran away following alleged sexual harassment by a teacher, officials said.The Class 7 student reportedly escaped by climbing the school's...

New Delhi, March 6 Female railway employees can file workplace-related sexual harassment complaints through the HRMS (Human Resource Management System) application from March 8, International Women's Day.A Railway Ministry circular, dated March 5, read: "In accordance with the existing...

Mumbai, March 4 – National Award-winning actress Konkona Sen Sharma, who is receiving a lot of positive response for her work in the recently released streaming movie ‘Accused’, has called sensationalism a very easy reward.The actress spoke with IANS during the film's promotion, saying that...

Thane, March 4 A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing and extorting Rs 50,000 from a 15-year-old schoolgirl over six months in Thane city, police said on Wednesday.The accused, Prathamesh Desai, a resident of Lokmanya Nagar, was taken into custody following a...

Kolkata, March 3 – The National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognizance of the alleged sexual harassment of a woman civic volunteer by an Officer-in-Charge of the Kolkata police station on Tuesday, and asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP), Peeyush Pandey, to file a report on...

Kochi, March 2 A case has been registered against Chidambaram S Poduval, the director of the hugely successful film "Manjummel Boys," in a sexual harassment case here, police said on Monday.The Ernakulam South Police registered the case on Sunday following a complaint filed by a woman related...

Kochi, March 2 A case has been registered against Chidambaram S Poduval, the director of the highly successful film "Manjummel Boys," in a sexual harassment case here, police said on Monday.The Ernakulam South Police registered the case on Sunday following a complaint filed by a woman...