A 95-year-old woman who was allegedly being held captive by her daughter-in-law, was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday, November 9. According to reports, DCW, the women’s panel helpline, received a call from victim’s son complaining that his old mother was being held captive and tortured by[Read More…]
Tag: Harassment
Bihar: 7 held for torturing, forcing students into unnatural sex
Police arrested seven men after a video of four college students being harassed at a private hostel surfaced on social media. The students aged between 18 to 21 were brutally tortured and forced into performing unnatural sex in Bihar’s Begusarai district. The accused men shot a video of the whole[Read More…]
New Facebook features to protect users from bullying, harassment
San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Embroiled in a massive data breach and facing $1.63 billion in fine from the European Union (EU) privacy watchdog, Facebook on Tuesday introduced a new feature for its 2.3 billion users to hide or delete multiple comments at once from the options menu of their[Read More…]
Society doesn’t like women who confront tormentors: Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan rues how patriarchal mindsets still dominate most part of India, where the society has not allowed women to freely use the fundamental right of legal recourse in cases of harassment. “Many crimes against women go unreported because women are scared to go to the police station, where[Read More…]
After Chandigarh stalking, Mumbai stalker arrested
After the terrorising stalking case of DJ Varnika in Chandigarh, another such case has emerged in the city of Mumbai. Designer Aditi Nagpaul, in her Facebook post, alleged that she was stalked by a man up to her house at 2 am on 6 August. He also rang her doorbell,[Read More…]
Kerala: Farmer commits suicide outside village office after being harassed by staffs
On Wednesday night, a farmer allegedly committed suicide outside a village office in Kerala’s Kozhikode district. 57-year-old Kavilpurayidathil Joy hailing from Chakkittapara village was found hanging around 9.30 pm after he was allegedly harassed by staff in the village office which led to the suicide. He left behind a wife[Read More…]
Woman accuses co-passenger of harassment, says ‘unzipped’ pants, made lewd gestures
A woman filed a complaint against a man for allegedly harassing and mistreating her in an IndiGo flight on Sunday. The woman and the accused were on a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. In her complaint, the woman said that just after she took her seat in the flight, her[Read More…]
FB post claiming harassment of a 53-year old woman by Jet Airways goes viral
A Facebook post depicting one of the worst kinds of experience during the process of boarding a flight is going viral now. The post was shared by one Kawaljit Singh Bhatia on late Friday night. The terrible episode took place after Kawaljit dropped his mom, an elderly woman who was[Read More…]
Bangladesh trains teenage girls to fight cyber crime
In order to tackle cyber-crime, Bangladesh on Tuesday began training thousands of teenage girls to fight the hysteric rise of social media-related abuses mostly targeting adolescents. As per the police, the online harassment levels have alarmingly rose in Bangladesh lately and it mostly targets young women. More than 10,000 school-age[Read More…]
Farmer attempts to kill himself inside cop station
Man sacked for sending vulgar messages to journalist Rana Ayyub
An Indian employee working in a UAE-based company has been fired for sending sexually explicit messages to renowned journalist Rana Ayyub on Facebook. The accused identified as Bincylal Balachandran hailing from Kerala has been working in Dubai for a firm called Alpha Paint, a sister company of National Paints in[Read More…]
Army official who accused seniors of harassment in interview found dead
In a shocking incident, an army jawan from Kerala was found dead near his camp in Nashik, days after he accused senior officers of harassment, said his family on Friday. The body of 33-year-old, Roy Mathew was found on Thursday near his camp in Maharashtra. Although the army believes it[Read More…]
Uber CEO apologises for company’s flaws after harassment claims
Travis Kalanick apologised to all Uber Technologies Inc. employees on Tuesday in an open meeting. The CEO of an American worldwide online transportation network giant, apologised for the cultural failings at his company after an ex-employee accused that she was harassed and discriminated against while working in Uber Technologies Inc.[Read More…]
Odisha: Villagers punish teacher for ‘harassing’ student
After a high school teacher in Odisha’s Angul district allegedly told “Darling, I love you” to a class VIII girl student, the teacher was made to prostrate in front of the girl and seek an apology. He was later forced to resign. The teacher named Laxminarayan Prasad Bhujabal (37) was[Read More…]
Rape charges against news channel head; Narayan Sai also named
Suresh Chavhanke, the editor-in-chief of Hindi news channel Sudarshan News has been charged with rape and criminal intimidation after a 36-year-old woman employee of the company complained to the police. Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, has also been named in the FIR, reports The Indian Express. “We[Read More…]
A French artist’s guide to tackle Islamophobic harassment
Islamophobia is a sad reality that the world of today faces. Sometimes being present blatantly in the form of attacks on Muslims and sometimes disguised as a ‘government policy’ to control the way they dress, speak or eat. Not only in western nations, but in even our own India where[Read More…]
Watch this girl break down racist stereotypes in the most badass manner ever!
The harassment and cat-calling faced by north-eastern people in other parts of India is not really an unknown phenomenon. Often called “chinki” or “momo” they are continuously made to feel unwanted and unsafe. Not only the people but even the government authorities are a part of this sad habit as[Read More…]
Amity student commits suicide, kin claims harassment by college
Amity Law School (Affiliated to GGSIP University, Delhi) is under fire after a student of (Noida Campus) committed suicide due to low attendance. Sushant Rohilla, a student of ALS, third year ended his life on August 10 after apparently being harassed by the college administration and authorities at his Sarojini[Read More…]