Tag: Harassment

Activists want PepsiCo to compensate farmers for ‘harassment’

Nine farmers from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts were sued by PepsiCo in two separate courts for allegedly growing a variety of potatoes for which the company has claimed plant variety protection (PVP) rights, and sought damages ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 1 crore from each of them. Agitated by PepsiCo's earlier decision to sue potato growing farmers for allegedly growing a variety of potato registered by it, around 25 major farmers' bodies of Gujarat and the country, including Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with activists and NGOs have decided to form a central body - Seed Sovereignty Forum - to protect farmers' rights on seeds. A meeting to chalk out an action plan under this umbrella body was held on Friday at the Gujarat Vidyapith here, said farm rights activist, Kapil Shah of NGO 'Jatan'.

May 3, 2019

Well-managed web of trolls behind harassment: suspended DoT official Ashish Joshi

A senior official of the Department of Telecom (DoT) who was suspended a day after he complained to the Delhi Police Commissioner about a “highly incendiary” video, alleged that a “well-managed web of trolls are harassing citizens”.

March 4, 2019

Indian diplomats in Pak ‘denied gas connections, internet services’; New Delhi resents

Earlier in the year, there were reports of Indian officials being aggressively followed in vehicles and their families including children being harassed on way to schools.

December 22, 2018

Mumbai: ‘Fed up’ with woman’s demand for sex, man commits suicide, say cops

Mitkari's suicide note said the woman was aware that he was married but nonetheless was continuously after him, demanding to have sexual relations with him, police said.

October 16, 2018

Pak envoy to India set to return on Thursday

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood is set to return to India on Thursday even as the two countries continue to trade charges over incidents of harassment of each other’s diplomats in respective missions. Diplomatic sources said Mahmood, who was called back to Islamabad for consultations last week in the midst of the Indo-Pak …

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March 28, 2018

Our diplomats in Pakistan facing tremendous harassment: India

India on Sunday said it would investigate Pakistan’s charge that its diplomats posted in New Delhi were facing harassment even as it levelled serious allegations against Islamabad for harassing Indian diplomats posted at the High Commission in Pakistan. “The Pakistan High Commission has brought to MEA’s notice some incidents of alleged harassment over the last few days. …

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March 12, 2018

Delhi: Girl apprehends harasser, drags him to police station

A Delhi woman who was being followed and harassed by two men in the busy Gaffar Market in the national capital, took the matters in her on hand by apprehending one of her harasser and dragging him to a nearest police station. The incident reportedly occurred on 25 February. The men continuing with their lewd …

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February 27, 2018

Woman harassed by three men in bus

A woman was allegedly harassed by three men in a roadways bus on Delhi-Saharanpur highway in neighbouring Shamli district, police said on Saturday, 3 February. The accused also assaulted the woman’s husband and father-in-law when they objected to their behaviour. The woman was on her way from Kandhla to Saharanpur, accompanied by her husband and …

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February 3, 2018

Stop harassment, beg kin of deceased CBI Judge B H Loya

Dismissing any “suspicions” over the death of CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, his family members on Sunday appealed to the media, lawyers, NGOs and others “not to harass” them in the matter. Addressing a hurriedly convened press conference, Anuj Loya and other relatives said that for the family, Judge Loya’s passing in December 2014 …

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January 15, 2018

Singer Ghazal Srinivas arrested for sexual harassment

Popular Telugu singer Ghazal Srinivas was arrested on Tuesday on charges of sexual harassment and a court later sent him to judicial custody till January 12. The singer, whose real name is Kesiraju Srinivas, was shifted to Chanchalguda Central Jail. His bail petition will come up for hearing on Wednesday. Srinivas was taken into custody …

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January 3, 2018

Misery at work, and at home

It has been a year full of revelations. Some of them have been shocking: the corrupt dealings of some political leaders and the lewd habits of other Hollywood producers, all have been exposed on the pages of newspapers. The #MeToo hashtag that began a few months ago gave women who had access to the internet …

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December 29, 2017

Zaira molestation case: NCW writes to Maha DGP, Vistara

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to the Maharashtra DGP and the ethics officer of Vistara Airlines over allegation that Dangal actress Zaira Wasim was molested on board a flight from Delhi to Mumbai. In an email to them, the NCW said it had taken cognizance of media reports regarding the incident and …

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December 10, 2017

Know instances when controversy caught up with Zaira Wasim 

Zaira Wasim, the 17-year-old National Award winner actor, was allegedly molested by a co-passenger in a Vistara airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai. She went on to share her ordeal via an Instagram story after de-boarding from the flight. “Managed to get this,” Zaira posted with a snapshot of the man’s foot, which was rested on her arm …

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December 10, 2017

Ola suspends driver for misbehaving with Bengaluru woman in cab

Cab aggregator service Ola said it has suspended one of its drivers on Wednesday, after a woman from Bengaluru filed a complaint alleging that he locked her up in the car and misbehaved with her. The alleged incident took place on Sunday night at around 10.30 when the 23-year-old woman, who works as a fashion …

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December 6, 2017

US military reports 20,348 sexual assaults in 4 years

The US military has reported a total of 20,348 sexual assaults from 2013 to 2016 at the country’s defence installations around the world, the Pentagon said in a new report. The report, provided by the Department of Defence’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) on Friday detailed the number of sexual assault reports across …

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November 18, 2017

All forms of harassment can up psychological distress

Girls and boys are equally exposed to all forms of harassment that increases the risk of anxiety, depression, negative body image and low self-esteem.

November 10, 2017

Chhattisgarh Police officer suspended for misbehaving with women scribes

An Inspector of the Crime Branch of Raipur police was on Monday put under suspension for allegedly misbehaving with women journalists outside a local court. Inspector Gaurav Tiwari is said to have misbehaved with three media persons when they tried to talk to journalist Vinod Verma, who has been arrested in connection with the sensational …

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October 31, 2017