Page 5 - Sexual Harassment

Karnataka Minister Jarkiholi resigns over sexual harassment allegations

Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on Wednesday sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa following allegations of sexual harassment against him. The development comes a day after purported video clips showing Jarkiholi getting intimate with an unidentified woman, were widely aired by Kannada news channels. "The allegations against me are far from the truth, it has to be investigated at the earliest. Though I'm confident about my innocence, taking moral responsibility I'm resigning my position as the cabinet Minister. I request you to accept it," Jarkiholi said in the letter to the Chief Minister. According to sources, Jarkiholi tendered his resignation after directions from the party high command. BJP National General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh is said to have communicated the party's decision to the state leadership, keeping in mind assembly polls in five states, also panchayat elections in the state. The allega

New York governor Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by second woman

A second former aide said she was sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

What guidelines needed to bail out sexual crime accused, SC asks AG

The Supreme Court asked Attorney General Venugopal and other lawyers about the kind of bail conditions that need to be set while giving bail to those accused of sexual crimes

Anurag Kashyap calls sexual harassment allegations against him 'baseless'

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Sunday said the sexual harrassment allegations levelled against him by actor Payal Ghosh are baseless. On Saturday, Ghosh took to Twitter and wrote that the "Gangs of Wasseypur" director was sexually inappropriate towards her. The 30-year-old actor tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her tweet, requesting him to take action against Kashyap. "@anuragkashyap72 has forced himself on me and extremely badly. @PMOIndia @narendramodi ji, kindly take action and let the country see the demon behind this creative guy. I am aware that it can harm me and my security is at risk. Please help!" Ghosh wrote. In a video released to ABN Telugu, Ghosh claimed that the incident happened in 2014-2015. The actor, who made her Hindi debut with Rishi Kapoor-Paresh Rawal starrer "Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi", also claimed that Kashyap boasted about his connection with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and claimed that there were other female artistes who he got intimate with. In a seri

Is this India of our dreams: Rahul on sexual exploitation of girls in UP

Along with a tweet, Gandhi tagged the media report that claimed that during the coronavirus crisis, a case of sexual exploitation of minor girls in the Chitrakoot mines has come to light

New POCSO rules make law on sexual offences against children more stringent

Some of the significant additions in the new rules include provision of mandatory police verification of staff in schools and care homes

Ex-TERI chief RK Pachauri, accused of sexual harassment, on life support

Environmentalist got anticipatory bail in March 2015 after being put on trial by Delhi court.

Air India sexual harassment: Maneka tells airline to complete probe by June

The air hostess has alleged that she had been harassed for the last six years by the senior executive of the airline

Anonymity in litigation runs counter to Indian jurisprudence, says HC

Maintaining anonymity of identity in a litigation appears to run counter to Indian jurisprudence of adversarial nature of judicial proceedings

Fewer women reported sexual harassment in India's top listed firms in FY19

Reporting relative to the number of women employees shows a decline over the previous year

SIT files charge sheet against Chinmayanand, law student and others

The SIT also submitted 79 evidences and told the court that it had cross-examined 105 people during the investigations

Pursuing Harvey Weinstein

The behaviour documented in Catch and Kill is obviously and profoundly distressing but there are some hopeful threads, too

What has changed a year after #MeToo in India enabled women to speak up?

A year ago, India's #MeToo movement witnessed women across India speak up against sexual harassment. Nikita Puri assesses what, if anything, has changed

SC verdict on Tarun Tejpal's plea in sexual harassment case likely Monday

Tarun Tejpal, founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, has denied charges made by a former colleague.

Google paid former executive $45 mn exit package following harassment claim

Google says that it has made changes recently to take a hard line against sexual misconduct.

#MeToo: 50 sexual harassment complaints at RBI till date

Central bank had set up committee to deal with sexual harassment in 1998

Madras HC judge installs CCTV in his chamber; wants govts offices to follow

Madras HC judge was disposing of petitions from IPS officer S Murugan and a woman police superintendent who had made sexual harassment charges against the senior police official

One in three UN employees say they were sexually harassed in last two years

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told staff in a letter that the study contained "some sobering statistics and evidence of what needs to change" to improve the workplace at the United Nations

169 sexual harassment cases revived from private industry since 2017: WCD

Central ministries have received as many as 141 sexual harassment complaints since last year, out of which 45 have been disposed of, the WCD Ministry said

Girls punished with chilli powder in private parts at Delhi shelter home

The teenage girls were also forced to wash utensils and clothes, clean rooms and toilets, and perform other kitchen chores, as the home did not have adequate staff