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Topic: Harassment

Haryana school principal, accused of sexual harassment, dismissed from service by CM Khattar

CM Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday ordered the termination of the principal accused of sexually harassing over 100 girl students of his school. He was arrested earlier this month.

Do harassment and abuse harm poor women less? US research finds ‘thicker skin’ bias

Both low- and high-income study participants shared this pattern of judgment – as did male and female participants.

Delhi vigilance minister Atishi says officials in her dept ‘threatening’ colleagues in other wings

Atishi has directed officers at receiving end of such treatment to record phone calls as well as 'threats' given during in-person meetings, stating that such proof is admissible as evidence. 

4 staff members of UP juvenile home booked for ‘harassing inmates’, girls allege ‘sexual abuse, beatings’

Action follows a hunger strike by the inmates of the government-run juvenile home for girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, Thursday.

KKR captain Nitish Rana’s wife Saachi Marwah ‘stalked & harassed’ in Delhi’s Kirti Nagar, 2 held

In her FIR, Marwah claimed that the two men stopped their bike in front of her car and banged on it Thursday night when she was on her way to North Delhi’s Model Town.

Kalakshetra ‘sexual harassment’ row: College closed till 6 April after students protest

Students demand suspension of assistant professor and 3 other senior repertory dancers. After day-long protests, college instructs hostellers to vacate, postpones exams.

WFI chief ‘hurt’ by sexual harrassment allegations, wrestlers were ‘pressured’ to protest

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said wrestlers, who made allegations of sexual harassment against coaches, should have approached the Federation earlier.

‘Sought info posing as official’: Senior IAS says man ‘threatened’ her, Delhi cops lodge FIR

According to FIR, accused told IAS officer that cops would not be able to trace him as he was using a SIM card acquired with fake documents, and 'harassed' her using foul language.

Allahabad HC’s sweeping order in dowry case shows why women don’t get justice against cruelty

In a case of cruelty and dowry harassment, the Allahabad High Court rebuked the woman for the graphical description of the allegations and said decent expressions should be used.

UP Police book SHO & several cops for culpable homicide after Chandauli woman ‘beaten to death’

Nisha Yadav, daughter of history sheeter Kanhaiya Yadav, was at home with sister when they were both ‘beaten up’ by police. Family refutes police’s ‘suicide’ claim.

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Pakistan finance minister should learn from Manmohan Singh and engineer an economic revival

Muhammad Aurangzeb has been clamped with more manacles than he has wrists. His immediate task is to negotiate a new loan programme with the IMF.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.