scorecardresearch
Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicSexual harassment

Topic: sexual harassment

Delhi Police urges court to frame charges against Brij Bhushan in sexual harassment case

Delhi Police had filed chargesheet against BJP MP and former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh last June. Court to hear matter next on 20 January.

Amending PoSH Act won’t end harassment at workplace. Here’s what needs to be done

The problem in India is not the law. It is the intent of organisations and their leaders who wish to maintain the status quo with regard to the sexual harassment and abuse of women in the workforce.

‘POSH a lie’ — UP woman judge alleges sexual harassment by colleague, seeks CJI’s permission to end life

Alleging sexual harassment 'by one particular district judge and his associates', the woman civil judge claims it took her 'six months and a thousand emails just to start an inquiry'.

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.

Haryana girls stood up against ‘predator’ principal. But parents, teachers pulling them back

A public school principal in Haryana’s Jind district allegedly turned into a serial predator, picking girls through CCTVs and molesting them in his office under the protection of a tinted glass door he installed soon after joining in 2018.

‘Now it’s AIADMK’s turn’ & ‘harasser is getting away’

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

‘Police never arrested him, nor do they require it now’ — why court gave Sandeep Singh pre-arrest bail

The BJP MLA was accused of sexual harassment last yr by a junior athletics coach in Haryana's sports dept. Court's order notes complainant’s statement has been recorded, chargesheet filed.

Amid conversion controversy, director of UP university booked for sexual harassment

An ex-employee of a Prayagraj school run by SHUATS director Vinod B Lal has accused him and others of sexual harassment. She has also claimed she was lured into converting to Christianity.

Haryana minister ‘appears’ to have sexually harassed, assaulted woman coach, says police chargesheet

In its chargesheet submitted on 25 Aug, Chandigarh Police said India’s ex-hockey captain & Haryana’s printing minister Sandeep Singh was ‘not honest during investigation’. 

Haryana minister Sandeep Singh seeks anticipatory bail as woman coach accuses him of rape attempt

1st hearing of Sandeep Singh’s bail plea was held Tuesday & case is now listed for 13 September. Congress MP Kumari Selja has asked CM Khattar if he will still not seek Singh's resignation.

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.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?