Harassment
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Sandra Bullock's stalker kills himself
Hollywood | May 03, 2018, 04:11 PM ISTJoshua Corbett, who was earlier convicted of stalking Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock, was found dead inside his La Crescenta, California, home
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Gujarat Dalit youth killed for harassing girls, not keeping horse, claim police
India | Mar 31, 2018, 11:58 PM ISTRathod from Timbi village, which is an hour's drive from Bhavnagar, was found dead on the streets of the village late on Thursday.
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India, Pakistan agree to resolve issue of 'harassment of diplomats' through talks
India | Mar 30, 2018, 11:32 PM ISTThe development comes after the diplomatic spat between the two countries where both sides were seen accusing each other of harassing diplomats.
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India issues 13th Note Verbale to Pakistan on harassment of its High Commission staff
India | Mar 18, 2018, 08:49 PM IST"We have asked the Pakistan government to investigate these incidents and ensure that such incidents do not recur and share the result of the investigation with us," a source said.
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Girl 'harassed' by Thane Municipal Commissioner: Bombay HC asks ACP to record her statement
India | Mar 05, 2018, 09:28 PM ISTA bench of Justices R M Savant and Sarang Kotwal directed ACP (special branch) Padmaja Chavan to record the girl's statement at a place and time of her choosing in accordance with the mandate of the POCSO Act.
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West Bengal man held for harassing Sachin Tendulkar's daughter
India | Jan 08, 2018, 02:47 PM ISTA 27-year-old man from East Midnapore district in West Bengal was today arrested for allegedly harassing cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, over phone.
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No ‘murga position’, ‘hair shaving’: UP police lists rules for ‘anti-Romeo’ squads
India | Mar 31, 2017, 02:16 PM ISTFollowing allegations of cops in Uttar Pradesh resorting to ‘moral policing’ in the name of ‘anti-Romeo’ drive, the state police chief on Friday issued a letter with fresh guidelines to the force.
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Sushma Swaraj comes to rescue of Indian wife harassed by her Pakistani husband
India | Mar 21, 2017, 01:09 PM ISTA father's SOS message on YouTube over his daughter’s in-laws mistreating her in Pakistan has caught the attention of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
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Cops watched as mobs targeted women on New Year’s eve in B'luru
India | Jan 02, 2017, 02:39 PM ISTAs the world turned a new chapter with the onset of 2017, Bengaluru proved its abject failure in safeguarding the safety and dignity of women.
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Arvind Panagariya raises concern over harassment of taxpayers post-demonentisation: Report
India | Jan 02, 2017, 10:29 AM ISTArvind Panagariya, vice chairperson of Niti Aayog, is learnt to have written to the Prime Minister’s Office stressing on the need to specify rules to ensure that people, especially women, are not made to suffer for having deposited old notes
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41 pc women in India experience harassment before 19: Survey
India | Nov 25, 2016, 10:04 AM ISTThe new figures of harassment and violence against women in India show the alarming levels of humiliation faced by them. According to a new survey, more than four in 10 women (41 per cent) have experienced some form of harassment or violence before t
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National kabaddi player’s wife commits suicide; alleges dowry, harassment in 2-hour long voice message
Other Sports | Oct 19, 2016, 08:01 AM ISTWife of a national-level kabaddi player, who also represents a franchise in the Pro-Kabaddi League, allegedly hung herself from a ceiling fan at her parents’ home in west Delhi on Monday night
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Delhi: Man arrested for sending obscene pictures, abusive messages to minors
India | Sep 25, 2016, 07:44 AM ISTDelhi Police on Saturday arrested a 29-year-old man for harassing and blackmailing more than 50 minor girls in the age group of 9-16 by allegedly sending them their morphed vulgar photos and abusive messages through WhatsApp and Facebook.
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Haryana Folk singer, facing online harassment, attempts suicide
India | Sep 05, 2016, 12:52 PM ISTFamous Haryana folk singer Sapna Choudhary was on Sunday admitted to a private hospital in Nazafgharh after she reportedly attempted suicide at her residence in South-west Delhi claiming online harassment. A note purportedly written by
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‘Harassment’ if you stare a woman for 14 seconds, says Kerala top cop; gets trolled on Twitter
India | Aug 16, 2016, 02:25 PM IST“A man annoyingly staring at a woman for 14 seconds can be charged with harassment,” said Singh while addressing a state-level empowerment programme for students at Kochi on Independence Day eve.
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Heart breaking! 13 year old girl commits suicide after seeing her father harassed over non payment of fees
India | Jul 28, 2016, 02:56 PM ISTDistressed after her father was taken in police custody for allegedly misbehaving with her school teachers over payment of school fees, a 13 year old girl committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in
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4 in 5 women in India experienced some harassment: Survey
India | May 21, 2016, 09:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nearly four out of five women (79 per cent) in India have experienced some form of harassment or violence in public, according to latest research by ActionAid UK released today to mark the
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Taxi driver wants every woman to do what this young girl did to him!
Life | Apr 04, 2015, 02:05 PM ISTFew months back, Delhi was shaken with the news of an elite cab (Uber) service's driver raping a customer, but this wasn't the only case. Every given day, a girl/woman reports of misbehavior, molestation, sexual
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Bollywood AD arrested for forcing wife into 'unnatural sex'
Bollywood | Feb 21, 2015, 12:55 PM ISTWife of Bollywood assistant director Yashwant Giri alleged that her husband physically and mentally tortured her.The victim a fashion designer and a former Miss India finalist claimed that her husband involved her in unnatural sex
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MPs seek PM's intervention to end harassment of IFS officer
National | Sep 29, 2013, 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: A group of MPs and an activists' outfit have demanded Prime Minister's intervention into the alleged harassment of an Indian Foreign Service officer, who had unearthed a forestry scam in Haryana involving top