Delhi court grants bail to Priya Ramani on a surety bond of Rs 10,000. Ramani also files plea for permanent exemption from personally appearing in the case.
Akbar and Tejpal are accused of sexual harassment and rape. The Editors Guild has also sought response from former Times of India editor Gautam Adhikari.
Pallavi Gogoi, a chief editor at National Public Radio in the US, alleges M.J. Akbar raped her when she worked under him at The Asian Age in the 1990s.
For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Other than Akbar and Ramani, no one else knows the facts of the case. But what does the author of this piece want Akbar to say in a trial that he had initiated – “Yes I remember everything and I did everything that Ramani is saying”?
In the merchant navy similar things go on. If you make a complaint, the captain replies that only you have come forward with such a complaint. Nobody else has so, there must be something wrong with YOU. he puts the onus of proving innocence upon you, the victim of the crime, not on the perpetrator.
MJAKBAR is a spineless and mentally sick person that is the reason that he doesn’t remember the things easily.He is a characterless and shameless creature who has no remorse over his misdeeds.Only God will give it’s final judgement and he will realise his misdeeds and ultimately pay a heavy price for his mistakes
He may well have forgotten some of his transgressions, there were so many of them. Not one of the women he wronged ever will. He should get a medal for sheer brazenness. Anyone else would have crawled under a rock and stayed there.
The entire body of rules relating to laws of evidence, for criminal cases will have to be put on its head if innocent till proved guilty is the norm.
There are no easy answers. Jurists and law makers will have to think hard.
When a person doesn’t recall events with reasonable clarity, what makes him believe that there’s a good case for defamation?
Other than Akbar and Ramani, no one else knows the facts of the case. But what does the author of this piece want Akbar to say in a trial that he had initiated – “Yes I remember everything and I did everything that Ramani is saying”?
In the merchant navy similar things go on. If you make a complaint, the captain replies that only you have come forward with such a complaint. Nobody else has so, there must be something wrong with YOU. he puts the onus of proving innocence upon you, the victim of the crime, not on the perpetrator.
MJAKBAR is a spineless and mentally sick person that is the reason that he doesn’t remember the things easily.He is a characterless and shameless creature who has no remorse over his misdeeds.Only God will give it’s final judgement and he will realise his misdeeds and ultimately pay a heavy price for his mistakes
He may well have forgotten some of his transgressions, there were so many of them. Not one of the women he wronged ever will. He should get a medal for sheer brazenness. Anyone else would have crawled under a rock and stayed there.
The entire body of rules relating to laws of evidence, for criminal cases will have to be put on its head if innocent till proved guilty is the norm.
There are no easy answers. Jurists and law makers will have to think hard.