Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday vowed to end the trafficking of migrants to Italy, warning “the party is over” for those who profit from the criminal phenomenon. “Under…
New Delhi, Oct. Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that a person accused of moral turpitude involving kidnapping of a girl but subsequently acquitted cant be denied appointment as a judicial officer in…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a woman journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment, alleging that “scandalous allegations” have been…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A day after Union Minister M.J. Akbar said that charges of sexual harassment against him were “wild and baseless”, Ghazala Wahab, one of the journalists who had levelled the allegations,…
Gurugram, Oct 15 (IANS) Several Bar Associations in Haryana suspended work on Monday to protest against the attack on a judge’s wife and son which left the woman dead and the teen battling for life…
Shillong, Oct 15 (IANS) A lower court in Meghalaya on Monday deferred its verdict, for the third time, on former Bangladesh Minister Salahuddin Ahmed who was arrested three years ago for trespassing into India. Earlier,…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The CBI has submitted its closure report in the case over disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from here in October 2016, the agency…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) After Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation suit against journalist Priya Ramani for levelling allegations of sexual harassment, Ramani said Akbar is trying to “silence” the…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Expressing “deep disappointment” at Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s threat of legal action against complainants alleging sexual harassment at his hands, journalist bodies on Monday said the Minister must step down…
Dhaka, Oct 15 (IANS) Newspaper editors in Bangladesh gathered in the capital on Monday to demand an immediate amendment to the newly-enacted Digital Security Act, which they say hampers the freedom of the press and…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment amidst the raging #MeToo movement in the…
Guwahati, Oct 15 (IANS) Thirty-one Bangladeshi nationals were detained at the railway station here on Monday, a police official said. “The group came to Guwahati from Bengaluru onboard the Guwahati-Bangalore Express. They were waiting to…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday said that it will hear on November 14 a plea for the removal of vulgar and sexually explicit content from over-the-top media services including…
Canberra, Oct 15 (IANS) Therapies to make lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people heterosexual continue to be carried out in several religious communities in Australia, according to a report published on Monday. The study, “Preventing…
Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) Writer-producer Vinta Nanda will remain undaunted in her fight against the sexual violation she faced 19 years ago even if defamation suits come her way, her lawyer said on Monday, a…
Kochi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested in September on charges of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016. The bishop secured…
Kochi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested on charges of repeatedly raping a nun between 2014 and 2016.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women on Sunday urged the victims of sexual crimes to report their cases to the police and the women’s panel, creating a dedicated email ID to…
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A Summary General Court Martial (SGCM) of the Indian Army has convicted seven personnel, including a Major General, in a 24-year-old fake encounter case, sentencing them to life in prison. Sources…
San Francisco, Oct 14 (IANS) Twitter is reportedly facing an investigation by privacy regulators in Ireland over data collection in its link-shortening system, the media reported. Privacy regulators in Ireland have launched an investigation into…