Journalist Priya Ramani, who has been facing a defamation case filed by MJ Akhbar, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the Delhi court. She claimed trials after Delhi court framed defamation charge against her. The journalist had received a bail by a Delhi court in February in the criminal defamation case filed[Read More…]
Tag: #MeToo India
#MeToo: Singer Shweta Pandit accuses Anu Malik of sexually harassing her
Since October 5, dozens of women, including actors and journalists, have taken to social media to give detailed accounts of the sexual harassment and misconduct they have faced. Adding to the row of event under #MeToo campaign, singer Shweta Pandit accused Bollywood music-composer Anu Malik of sexually harassing her when[Read More…]
Modi Govt to set up GoM to investigate #MeToo allegations; set aside Maneka Gandhi’s committee
New Delhi: In a major decision on investigating the #MeToo allegations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government decides to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to lead the investigation on Wednesday. However, earlier Women and Child Development Ministry (WCD) led by Union Minister Maneka Gandhi had announced to[Read More…]
#MeToo India: Need for a collective and responsible outrage
Life on this piece of rock that we call Earth has never been a bed of roses, especially for women. Man, in his arrogance and self-pride, has kept women deprived of their basic human rights, even the right to live. Man considered woman as a commodity, that he could own[Read More…]
#MeToo: Is something coming on Amitabh Bachchan too?
Under the #Metoo movement, many famous celebrities from Bollywood have been accused of sexually harassing and raping women. Celebs like Nana Patekar, Sajid Khan, Alok Nath, Vikas Bahl are some of the renowned figures from industry who have been slapped with serious allegations of sexual harassment to women. Recently, Bollywoods’s Big[Read More…]
Mumbai police lodges FIR against Nana, three others; starts probe
Mumbai, Oct 11, Mumbai police have lodged an FIR against actor Nana Patekar and three others on the basis of actor Tanushree Dutta’s complaint of sexual harassment on the sets of a 2008 film and begun investigations, her lawyer said on Thursday. The FIR in the 10-year old case was[Read More…]
#MeToo: Women don’t go to work to be harassed, says Smriti Irani
Mumbai, Oct 11, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday supported women coming out with their stories of sexual harassment at workplace, saying that they go to work to live their dreams and earn their living respectfully and not to get harassed. Irani was interacting with the media at a[Read More…]
#MeToo Horrors
We all had and still have our share of #MeToo phases and situations in varying degrees, which disturb us at multiple levels. Each might respond or react differently. Everybody is just lapping up the news about this or that celebrity/politician/journalist. Scores of industries and many unnamed souls suffer day in[Read More…]
#MeToo India: Hindustan Times Bureau Chief Prashant Jha steps down after sexual harassment allegation
Hindustan Times Bureau Chief, also the Political Editor of the tabloid has stepped down from both his roles after slapped with serious allegation of sending inappropriate messages to at least one other journalist. According to a report Hindustan Times Editor in Chief, R. Sukumar wrote an e-mail to the staff[Read More…]