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Wish #MeToo had started sooner, says judge who accused retired HC justice of harassment

Ms X, as the judge is publicly known, claimed in 2014 that a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge asked her to dance on an item song at a function in his house.

Centre to ignore Khattar, appoint four lawyers as Punjab & Haryana High Court judges

The Supreme Court had also overlooked the objection raised by Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar to candidates from Punjab.

Whoever faces sexual harassment at work should report it immediately, says Kirron Kher

Weighing in on #MeToo, BJP MP Kirron Kher said sexual harassment was a result of society's patriarchal mindset.

Only 39.49% voter turnout in the third phase of civic polls in Kashmir

Though 151 wards were to go to polls in the third phase in the Valley, voting was held only in 40.

As BCCI CEO Rahul Johri is accused of sexual harassment, a test for Vinod Rai

The allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri come days after Vinod Rai was accused of covering up sexual harassment in the cricket body.

#MeToo: The Times of India editor KR Sreenivas resigns after sexual harassment allegations

K.R. Sreenivas, the resident editor of The Times of India Hyderabad edition, has been accused by multiple women of predatory behaviour.

Women’s rights body leading #MeToo in Kashmir alleges backlash, blackmail

Kashmir Women’s Collective released a list of alleged perpetrators this week that named some high-profile Kashmiris as alleged sexual harassers.

Mother of teen says plea to reinstate Sabarimala bar on women offensive to Lord Ayyappa

The mother has moved the top court, saying the petitioners' argument — that a 10-year-old’s presence will affect the celibacy of Lord Ayyappa — was offensive.

Gautam Gambhir & Omar Abdullah spar on Twitter after Mannan Wani encounter

Gautam Gambhir had tweeted after the MannanWani encounter that the radicalisation of educated youth represented a failure of the political class.  

Government says Zika not yet an ‘outbreak’, deploys 258 teams to contain the spread 

In India's third tryst with the disease, as many as 50 cases of Zika infection have been reported from Jaipur since September.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.