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News Reports

Instructing a woman employee to do something officially or even scolding for not completing work can’t be sexual harassment: Madras High Court

OpIndia Staff - 23 February, 2020

Madras High Court says that a solitary allegation of intemperate language does not constitute sexual harassment

Media

Columnist at The Wire writes an intellectually dishonest article about alleged molester RK Pachauri

Dibakar Dutta - 21 February, 2020

On Monday, the left-leaning propagandist website, The Wire, published an article by senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha that eulogised ex TERI Chief and alleged molester, RK Pachauri, and attempted at image-makeover.

News Reports

Environmentalist, former TERI Director and an alleged molester – The murky life of RK Pachauri

Dibakar Dutta - 14 February, 2020

An obituary must be a correct assessment of someone's life, highlighting both the good deeds and sins in the same breath.

Politics

“Kaun Soni Mishra?” Kejriwal can’t recall AAP volunteer who committed suicide after sexual harassment charges

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2020

Shockingly, on July 19, 2016, allegedly depressed by no-action being taken by either the party or the police, Soni Mishra, a young political activist of the AAP, had consumed poison and ended her life.

Media

Senior Editor at TV9 Bharatvarsh resigns after two colleagues accuse him of sexual harassment: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2020

Two trainee girls had alleged that Ajaz Azad, TV9 Bharatvarsh output editor had indulged in sexual harassment

Media

Two The Quint journalists, one accused in MeToo and another for abetment of suicide, win Ramnath Goenka award

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

The winners of the Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in journalism were declared on Monday.

News Reports

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju directs SAI to dispose all pending sexual harassment cases in 4 weeks

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2020

Reacting to the Indian Express Report, SAI has claimed that "substantive deterrents" are already in place and that sexual harassment on campus is not rampant.

News Reports

Mumbai consultant Vikas Sachdeva convicted by special POCSO court for molesting former Bollywood actress on a flight in 2017

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2020

Mumbai-based consultant Vikas Sachdeva has been fined ₹25,000 and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment.

Entertainment

Sonam Kapoor becomes ‘Hindu brown female actor’ when called out for her hypocrisy on sexual harassment at Saudi Arabia concert

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2019

Fashion and culture commentary Instagram account Diet_Prada publicly called out these celebrities including Bollywood entertainer Sonam Kapoor.

News Reports

Tarun Tejpal case: Bombay HC orders Mapusa court not to let defence lawyers pose irrelevant questions to the victim

OpIndia Staff - 12 December, 2019

Tejpal is charged under several sections of the IPC for sexually assaulting his junior colleague inside a lift of a resort hotel in Goa during a media event in November 2013.

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