New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to journalist Priya Ramani in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted bail to Ramani asking her to furnish a personal bond and surety of Rs 10,000 each. The court has[Read More…]
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MJ Akbar is a ‘Minister’ according to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event magazine
3 months after MJ Akbar resigned from his post of Union Minister following sexual allegations, the official magazine for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event is said to have featured him with the designation “Minister of State for External Affairs.” MJ Akbar can also be seen in the event posters alongside Prime[Read More…]
#MeToo: MJ Akbar denies rape allegations by Pallavi Gogoi, says “it was consensual”
Former Union Minister MJ Akbar came forward in his defence against rape allegations levelled by Journalist Pallavi Gogoi on Friday in Washington Post. Denying the rape accusations, MJ Akbar says that they had a consensual relationship. “Somewhere around 1994, Ms. Pallavi Gogoi and I entered into a consensual relationship that[Read More…]
MJ Akbar’s wife Mallika Akbar breaks her silence on husband’s #MeToo allegations
#MeToo: MJ Akbar’s wife Mallika Joseph finally comes out in public to talk about the sexual misconduct allegations that enveloped her husband over the last few weeks after US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi’s rape allegations went viral. Talking to ANI, Mallika Joseph says, “I have been silent all this while as[Read More…]
#MeToo: US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi accuses MJ Akbar of rape
US-based, India born woman journalist and Chief Business Correspondent of National Public Radio (NPR) Pallavi Gogoi accused MJ Akbar of rape charges on Thursday in a long blog post. Gogoi is a former editor of The Asian Age. Those before me have given me the courage to reach into the[Read More…]
#MeToo: MJ Akbar talks about his life post allegations | Court posts the matter for 12 November
Live updates The court has posted the matter for 12th November. MJ Akbar concludes his statement. He further adds, “There was immediate damage because of the scurrilous nature of these concocted and false allegations.” Talking about his life after the allegations did rounds, MJ Akbar says, “It has lowered my reputation[Read More…]
Vindicated, say women journalists after MJ Akbar resigns
New Delhi: Women journalists who hurled allegations of sexual harassment and molestation against former editor M.J. Akbar on Wednesday expressed happiness over his exit as the Minister of State for External Affairs and vowed to continue their fight. Besides those who levelled the charges against Akbar, government bodies meant to[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…]
Biggest fall in #MeToo India so far, MJ Akbar finally resigns as MEA
Amid #MeToo allegations, MJ Akhbar on Wednesday October 17, reportedly resigned from his post of Minister of State for External Affairs after being slapped with sexual harassment charges. #MJAkbar resigns from his post of Minister of State External Affairs MEA. pic.twitter.com/dxf4EtFl5P — ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2018 Junior Foreign Minister[Read More…]
Gandhi attacks Modi on women’s safety, makes veiled reference to Akbar
Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on womens safety and taunted him over his “silence” while alluding to the allegations of sexual harassment against Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar. Addressing an election rally, Gandhi targeted the Modi government at[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 movement: Woman takes back her allegation of sexual harassment against MJ Akbar
Another woman takes back her allegation of sexual harassment against MJ Akbar saying that he did not do anything and that she might be imagining it. The woman who had given brief description of the experience she had with MJ Akbar when he was with The Asian Age. In her[Read More…]
MJ Akbar files defamation case against woman journalist
New Delhi: Union Minister MJ Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment. Akbar has been accused of sexual harassment by several women journalists who had worked with him. He has denied the charges as “false, wild and[Read More…]
MJ Akbar to take legal action against sexual assault accusations, releases detailed statement
MJ Akbar to take legal action against accusations made against him of sexual assault, releases detailed statement. “Accusation without evidence has become a viral fever among some sections. Whatever be the case, now that I have returned, my lawyers will look into these wild and baseless allegations in order to[Read More…]
MJ Akbar returns to India, says ‘will give statement later’ on #MeToo
Union Minister M J Akbar, who has been embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, returned to India on Sunday. “There will be a statement later on,” Akbar told reporters in his first remarks on the controversy as he made his way out of the Delhi airport.
#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…]
Akbar under #MeToo cloud: Irani says ‘the gentleman in question’ should respond
New Delhi: Amid allegations of sexual harassment against former editor and Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the “gentleman in question would be in a better position to answer.” Irani is the second minister in Prime Minister Modi’s team, after[Read More…]
Biggest fall in #MeToo India so far, media reports suggest MJ Akbar to be asked to resign on arrival
The cloud of #MeToo seems to envelop one after another as the names keep emerging with each passing day. Now, after Nana Patekar got booked for allegedly sexually assaulting an actor on a movie set, the news of Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar’s expected resignation is making[Read More…]
Sexual harassment allegations emerge against ex-editor and Union minister MJ Akbar
New Delhi: The #MeToo movement that has caused a storm in the film industry and singed newsrooms reached the Modi government with former editor and Union minister M.J. Akbar being named for sexual harassment by two journalists in the social media. A day after journalist Priya Ramani levelled allegations against[Read More…]
UN General Assembly: Terrorism biggest threat to human rights, says India
In wake of the cross-border terror attack from Pakistan on an Indian army base in Jammu and Kashmir that left 18 Indian soldiers dead, India on Tuesday used the biggest international forum to say that terrorism was the biggest threat to human rights. “Mr. President, I do want to stress[Read More…]