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Sexual Harrasment

News Reports

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sexual harassment case: Delhi Police begins arguments afresh after the transfer of judge

ANI - 4 January, 2024

Delhi Police on Thursday began its arguments afresh on the framing of charges against former WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case

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Can you get jailed for staring woman for 14 seconds or more? NGO posts misleading tweet

Anurag - 27 November, 2022

While woman can file case against men for inappropriate staring that makes them comfortable, there is no 14 second limit as claimed by NGO NCIB

Opinions

Rape fantasies, sexual objectification and harassment of Hindu women: How targeting of some women hasn’t made it to news

Nirwa Mehta - 25 January, 2022

And as everything evolves, so has targeted harassment. Hindu women on social media are now victims of rape fantasies and sexual objectification for Muslim men.

News Reports

Chennai Police summons actor Siddharth for his crass sexual comments on Saina Nehwal

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2022

On January 12, the Hyderabad cyber police had registered a case against Siddharth under section 67 of the IT Act and IPC section 509.

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Women empowerment, Congress style: Sexual harassment accused rewarded with AICC secretary post for 3 states. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2021

While Priyanka Gandhi Vadra screams about women empowerment, Congress has rehabilitated Ranajit Mukherjee, accused of sexual harassment

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Ghaziabad businessman arrested for allegedly sexually harassing an actress on a Delhi-Mumbai flight

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2021

Ghaziabad based businessman arrested after a 40-year-old actress accused him of molesting her on a Delhi-Mumbai flight

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United Kingdom cuts off Oxfam’s funding after new sexual exploitation allegations rock the international NGO

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2021

In 2018, the UK had suspended funding to Oxfam due to allegations of sexual exploitation against staff in Haiti.

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Forest officer had threatened with SC/ST Act: All you need to know about death of Maharashtra’s ‘Lady Singham’ and her suicide note

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2021

Forest Range Officer Dipali Chavan-Mohite, 28, who has accused IFS officer Shivkumar of sexual harassment and torture in her suicide note, was 5-months pregnant at the time of her death.

Entertainment

BBC ‘Death in Bollywood’ documentary: Jiah Khan’s sister narrates how Sajid Khan harassed the actor, says ‘he asked her to take off her top’

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

BBC recently come out with a documentary series titled 'Death in Bollywood' that traced the mysterious death of late actress Jiah Khan

News Reports

Christian preacher accused of sending inappropriate texts to minor girls says his messages were ‘misread’

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2020

Following the allegations, the board members of Scripture Union had taken the complaints into cognizance and had decided to take stringent action against Sam Jaisunder and Reuben Clement.

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