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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicCrime Against Women

Topic: Crime Against Women

78% Indians did not report sexual harassment at workplace when they faced it: Survey

Survey involved 15,000 respondents from rural and urban India. About 50% who said they were harassed at workplace said it happened during regular work hours.

Haryana has not only fought its female foeticide but is also helping Punjab’s girls live

In 2011 census, Haryana had the worst sex ratio (830), while Punjab was second (842). By 2017, Haryana rose to 914, while Punjab only managed 892.

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.

Alumni of top Delhi school say sexual harassment, misogyny rampant on campus

Alumni of Delhi Public School RK Puram have accused staff of sexual harassment and teachers of cracking rape jokes. What can we say, asks school.

M.J. Akbar is not the only predator, sexual is not the only harassment for woman journalists

There was so much misogyny and such oppression and humiliation of women in the many organisations I have worked at that M.J. Akbar was just one of them. 

What do you do when your woke friend is named in #MeToo

#MeToo is a time for celebration, anger and joy. But this phase must also make space for grief, forgiveness and healing.

Women in Kashmir join #MeToo movement, accuse journalists & politician of abuse

A Kashmir women's right body has released a list identifying alleged perpetrators of sexual harassment and abuse, promising a 'part two'.

Veteran actor Alok Nath accused of rape by writer-producer Vinta Nanda

Alok Nath, popular for his many roles as the large-hearted family patriarch, allegedly raped Vinta Nanda in the 1990s. 

Kidnappings double, rape cases up as Haryana sees sharp rise in crimes against women

CM Manohar Lal Khattar tells Haryana assembly that since 2014, rapes have increased 1.5 times — from 961 cases to 1,413 till date. 

Why Delhi woman behind viral post on ‘molestation’ didn’t appear in court for 3 years

Jasleen Kaur is now based in Canada. She reached out to ThePrint after our story on the struggles being faced by the accused, who claims innocence.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.