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TopicSexual harassment

Topic: sexual harassment

Arjuna awardee CRPF DIG found guilty of sexually harassing colleagues, MHA approves his dismissal

Khajan Singh, who was a chief sports officer of the CRPF, was suspended in 2021 but later reinstated. Recommendation by UPSC to dismiss him accepted by MHA.

‘I’m a strong contender, will contest 99.9,’ says sexual harassment accused Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan

BJP has declared candidates for majority of seats in UP but has so far not announced one for Kaiserganj, which votes on 20 May. Singh is accused of sexual harassment of female wrestlers.

Who is Deepak Sharma, the Khad FC coach accused of assaulting women players  

Sharma, a suspended executive member of All India Football Federation, has been accused of assaulting 2 women players during a tournament. His wife owns the football club.

In a Haryana college, 9 girls press on with case against prof over ‘lewd’ clip amid ‘staff politics’

Accused of sharing 'pornographic link' to a WhatsApp group, the prof of college in Kaithal is in judicial custody. Girls worry this incident could cause parents to pull them out of college.

1 yr on, Kalakshetra still fractured. ‘Passive aggressive’ jibes, no student on POSH panel

A year after sexual harassment allegations from students against four staffers rocked the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai, the campus is still ‘polarised and politicised’.

Sandeshkhali violence victims meet President Droupadi Murmu, seek intervention in the matter

According to the Memorandum, the Sandeskhali victims urged the President's intervention to safeguard the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe community in Sandeskhali.

‘Distasteful, disturbing’ — Madras HC on details included in report on sexual harassment at Kalakshetra

Court said it was a blight on Chennai’s premier cultural academy that it sat on students’ complaints for long, and called for an overhaul of guru-shishya parampara practised in the college.

West Bengal reimposes Section 144 in violence-hit Sandeshkhali village till 19 February

The section has been reimposed to maintain law and order in view of the agitation by the BJP over allegations of sexual harassment of women in Sandeshkhali block.

IIT-BHU campus has changed for women after student gang rape. Life stays the same for men

Arbitrary rules and theatrics masquerade as safety measures in most higher education institutions. Demands of IIT-BHU Students’ Parliament similarly reeked of securitisation.

Who wrote the letter alleging sexual harassment? Sirsa university’s focus turns on students

A little over a week after Chaudhary Devi Lal University in Haryana was thrown into chaos by an anonymous letter alleging molestation by the Dean, there are no victims and no FIR.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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.