TIRUPATI: The TDP on Thursday suspended Satyavedu legislator Koneti Adimoolam from the party after a sexual harassment charge surfaced against him.A woman TDP leader from Satyavedu, who is a mother of two, shot off a complaint to party supremo and AP chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, accusing the Satyavedu MLA of subjecting her to sexual…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court has decided to form a special bench to hear matters related to the Justice K Hema committee report that cited instances of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry also known as Mollywood, Bar and Bench website reported.Multiple FIRs have been registered against many high profile…
T’PURAM: Director-screenwriter and Kerala Chalachitra Academy chairman Ranjith and Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) general secretary and actor Siddique resigned on Sunday from their posts over allegations of sexual harassment, while Kerala’s govt formed a police special team to probe the findings of the Justice K Hema Committee report and subsequent revelations and charges…
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi issued an order on Thursday, instructing the police to promptly restore the security detail of a woman wrestler who has leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).The interim order was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Hema Committee report paints a sordid picture of humiliating “compromises” that women are forced to make to survive in Malayalam film industry, including being subjected to ‘casting couch‘ – having to dole out sexual favours to industry’s high and mighty or risking a premature end to careers. It shows that disparity in remuneration…
Report of 3-member panel of retired HC judge K Hema, star Sharadha and retired IAS officer K B Valsala Kumari was released following a HC observation THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Hema Committee report paints a sordid picture of humiliating “compromises” that women are forced to make to survive in Malayalam film industry, including being subjected to ‘casting…
KULLU: The police in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh have registered a case of sexual harassment against controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former assembly deputy speaker Hans Raj, who allegedly sent obscene messages and demanded nude pictures while chatting on WhatsApp with a 20-year-old woman.A case under sections 75 (sexual harassment by demanding…
NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Karnataka has sought the cancellation of bail granted JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna in a sexual assault case. Revanna faces charges in two separate cases, one involving sexual harassment and the other related to kidnapping. He is currently out of jail on conditional bail.The…
MYSURU: BJP functionary G Devarajegowda, the first to alert his party last year about sleaze and sexual abuse videos allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, was arrested late Friday in a sexual harassment case, reports Milton Lawrence.Devarajegowda, also an advocate, was held near Chitradurga and brought to Holenarasipura, Hassan, on Saturday. He was later remanded…
NEW DELHI: Sakshi Malik, Olympic bronze medallist wrestler, has described the Delhi court’s order on Friday to frame charges related to sexual harassment and intimidation against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as “a small step towards victory” in the case filed by female wrestlers.The court has directed the framing…
