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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicM.J. Akbar

Topic: M.J. Akbar

MJ Akbar makes headlines after #MeToo takes him down

Your daily news capsule.

As women block women, there’s no #MeToo solidarity on the way to Sabarimala

From Ravish Kumar on NDTV India, to India TV, News 24, Newsnation, Prime News, Total TV and even a regional channel like Kashish TV have broadcast #MeToo.

Sabarimala opens door to all women, and 97 lawyers for M.J. Akbar

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Union Minister MJ Akbar resigns over sexual harassment charges

MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar has resigned after several women journalists accused him of sexual harassment.

Priya Ramani vs MJ Akbar must not stop public naming & shaming in India’s #Metoo

We Indians want to solve every social problem with a legal remedy, but that is pointless and counterproductive. Naming and shaming is far more effective. 

Sushma Swaraj of 2018: A pale shadow of the once firebrand leader

The irrelevance of Sushma Swaraj to politics is fast becoming obvious, and her silence on MJ Akbar & MeToo is tellingly reflective of her diminished position.

Reducing Patel’s stature to a statue, and Yogi’s bid to turn Allahabad into ‘Prayagraj’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

MJ Akbar sues Priya Ramani for criminal defamation over sexual harassment allegations

M.J. Akbar's plea accuses Priya Ramani of 'willfully, deliberately, intentionally and maliciously defaming the complainant'.

MJ Akbar’s defiance in the face of #MeToo, and Shatrughan Sinha’s latest stunt

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.